The contemporary soccer starlet, Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo, has achieved yet another milestone in the history of football, i.e., he is liked by 50 million fans on Facebook. He clearly suppresses other legendry players, like Messi, Kaka, Iniesta, and Beckham. Other soccer players in the top 10 sports personalities on Facebook are: Kaka at fourth place, and Iniesta at seventh place. Rests belong to other sports like cricket and basketball. Notably, he is well ahead of his nearest rival Messy by more than twelve million likes. This lead ensures he will be on the top for quite some time. Facebook, being the most popular social networking engine, rules the social media across the world, perhaps, every sport personal happens to be available on Facebook for live interaction with his fans, and Ronaldo’s gigantic fan following indicates how influential his decisions could be for Real Madrid and Portugal.
The star who once was a Manchester United player celebrated his milestone and said, “Reaching 50,000,000 likes is unbelievable … I want to thank you, you, you, and everyone who have been supporting me all these years. I really want us to keep sharing all the good moments together – and the best is still to come. Thank you all.”
Even more for him
Apart from being a highest popular celebrity on Facebook, he has just achieved another milestone, and that is his 100th cap for Portugal. His next international match would be a world cup qualifier against Northern Ireland in Oporto on Tuesday, and this match would be his 100th appearance for his nation in less than ten years of his international career. Perhaps, he is among few who have archived this milestone before celebrating their 30th birthday. The highest number of caps ever held by a soccer player is 184 caps – which are still counting. This record is held by Egyptian Ahmed Hassan. Reportedly, Ronaldo is too busy to choose best of his two milestones at the moment!
Ronaldo was the highest paid soccer player when Real Madrid bought him from Manchester United at a whopping €80 million transfer fee. Ronaldo was named as world player of the year by FIFA in 2008, and along with Messi, they are most popular soccer pair ever. He is still in his 28th year of life, so he can set many more records for aspiring young generation of soccer players.