Cristiano Ronaldo Made History! Broke Record For Most Goals Of All Time, Defeating Ruud Van Nisterlrooy

Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo. (Doc. club official website)

JAKARTA - Cristiano Ronaldo made history when Manchester United (MU) won 3-2 over Tottenham Hotspur in the English Premier League continued, Saturday, March 12, evening local time. He broke the all-time record for most goals in world football.

Cristiano Ronaldo broke the record held by Josef Bican. FIFA noted, the man from Prague has scored 805 goals in his career.

In the match against Tottenham, Cristiano Ronaldo equaled Bican's achievement when he scored the first goal. Then, he surpassed Bican's record after bringing MU winning 2-1.

The third goal scored by CR7 in that match not only led the Red Devils to a 3-2 win over Tottenham, but made his goal record believed to be difficult to pass, namely 807 goals!

Not only that, the Portuguese player has now surpassed Ruud van Nistelrooy's achievements with MU in the Premier League. Van Nistelrooy scored 95 goals during his appearance for Manchester United in the Premier League, Ronaldo winning one goal thanks to a hat trick against Tottenham.

Based on Opta's records, Ronaldo is also the third player over the age of 37 to score two or more goals in a match in the English Premier League. Previously there were former Manchester United players, Teddy Sheringham, and Graham Alexander.

The three goals scored by the 37-year-old actually surprised many parties. How not, Ronaldo was previously absent due to a hip injury.

After recovering, the former Real Madrid player immediately appeared extraordinary and made the manager, Ralf Rangnick, not expect.

"Well I didn't expect him to score three goals, but I expected him to score. That's why I decided to play him even though he only returned to training on Thursday," Rangnick told the club's official website.

The German manager revealed that he really wanted to play Cristiano Ronaldo from the start of the match because he saw the condition of the player during training. "In the end, it was the right decision," he said.