Rome (AFP)
Cristiano Ronaldo was crowned Serie A top scorer on Sunday night with 29 goals, having previously been in England and Spain, becoming the first player to score in three of Europe's five major leagues.
Many of them have been top scorer in two Top 5 championships (England, Spain, Germany, France, Italy), such as Luis Suarez, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Luca Toni or Edin Dzeko.
But CR7 managed an unprecedented pass of three: he was top scorer in the Premier League with Manchester United (2007-08), three times in La Liga with Real Madrid (2010-11, 2013-14, 2014-15) and this season in Italy for the first time.
Arrived in 2018, he had scored 21 goals in the first season in the league and 31 last season (but ahead of Ciro Immobile with 36 goals).
This season, he has scored 29 goals, including 6 penalties.
He is ahead in the scorers standings Belgian striker of Inter Milan Romelu Lukaku (24) and Colombian striker of Atalanta Bergamo Luis Muriel (22).
All competitions combined, Ronaldo has just crossed the 100 goal mark under the bianconero jersey (101).
Sunday evening, for the decisive match in Bologna (4-1), the Portuguese star was left on the bench, officially due to the accumulation of matches.
After the match, he proclaimed on his Instagram account his "pride" after the victory of his team and posted a photo of himself with his finger to his mouth as a warning to critics to shut up.
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