What does Cristiano Ronaldo mean to you?

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00:005-time Ballon d'Or winner Cristiano Ronaldo has overtaken legendary striker Pelé in the

00:08list of all-time leading goal scorers by scoring twice for Juventus against Udinese in a convincing

00:144-1 victory in Serie A on Sunday, and now has the number one spot firmly in his sights.

00:19Ronaldo scored his 757th and 758th goal either side of the break, nudging Brazilian great

00:27Pelé down to third in the standings. The 35-year-old Ronaldo is now just a goal behind

00:32Joseph Piquin in the all-time standing, and he could surpass that total this week when Juventus

00:38face AC Milan on Wednesday for a Serie A match. Here is a take on what Ronaldo means to fans

00:43across the UAE. I think it's just one of those things with Ronaldo, whether you're familiar

00:48with football or not, you know who he is. And even within the world of football, you have Brazilian

00:53Ronaldo and you have Ronaldo. If you don't specify otherwise and you say Ronaldo, people will assume

00:59you're talking about Cristiano. And that's not to take away from how brilliant Brazilian Ronaldo is,

01:05and how so many of us grew up on him, but it's just a case study in what happens with that kind

01:11of superstardom and those kind of statistics and those kind of record-breaking moments. For me,

01:17it's more interesting to see what's going to happen in another 40 years and to see if there's

01:21going to be these athletes that come along, this next generation of athletes that break these records

01:26that are being set in 2020 and 2021. For me, that's the most fascinating thought. On the footballing

01:32side, Ronaldo is obviously one of the greats. His goal-scoring record speaks for itself, and I think

01:38the media has mainly portrayed him in a fairly positive light. Because of his humble beginnings,

01:42I think he has an affinity with underprivileged kids. On a humanitarian level, he obviously has

01:47contributed a lot of effort and financial support for worthy causes. In my opinion, I think Ronaldo

01:53is an all-round good egg. As a Bayern Munich fan, when we talk about football, we're talking about

01:58legends and we're talking about the love and the art of watching football. Cristiano Ronaldo is

02:05one of the players that made every football fan around the globe, no matter which team

02:11they are supporting. They made them watch football. They made them watch an art of how to play football

02:17with the full skills and at the same time with the lovely scores and lovely goals that he made around

02:23history of all the entire clubs that he played for, either it was the Premier League, La Liga or Calcio.

02:29Cristiano Ronaldo is one of the top players worldwide with a lot of records that he made.

02:36I'm sure that he's going to be having more records coming on the way.

02:40I'm sure that he's going to be having more records coming on the way.

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