SUMMARY
- Cristiano Ronaldo is one of the top soccer players.
- 18% of Cristiano Ronaldo's career goals are from penalty kicks.
Cristiano Ronaldo has been a lethal goal-scorer in his soccer career till now. The legendary forward has an unmatched eye for the goal and even better finishing skills. However, in addition to his goal-scoring abilities, the veteran number seven is also one of the most prolific penalty-takers in the game.
As per the reports, penalty kicks scored by Cristiano Ronaldo consist of about 18% of his total career goals. In lieu of his high number of penalties scored, some followers of the game have termed the 38-year-old Al-Nassr number seven as ‘Penaldo’ several times.
However, fans recently caught a post on social site ‘X’ (Twitter), regarding the infamous nickname given to CR7. The interesting thing about the post was that it dated back to November 2011. Even though in the past few years trollers have often used the term ‘Penaldo’ for CR7, seeing this post from about 12 years ago (by @PichiColindres) depicting “Cristiano Penaldo”, shocked everyone.
Cristiano Penaldo
— Luis (@PichiColindres) November 26, 2011
Fans have stated their opinions regarding the viral post. One of the followers asserted – “Lmao man saw the future”. Another fan expressed – “Bro was ahead of the curve”. A fan repeatedly inflicted – “Bro saw the future”. Another one ironically wrote – “No way Penaldo getting Penaldo shouts since 2011”.
Lmao man saw the future 💀
— 𝕸𝖆𝖟𝖎 𝕷𝖚𝖕𝖎𝖓 (@LupinIkenga) December 19, 2023
A follower chipped in and wrote – “Visionary”. One of the fans commented- “Penaldo in 2011”. From the reaction of the fans, it can be pointed out that they are quite surprised with this post from about 12 years ago stating CR7 with the term ‘Penaldo’.
How the term ‘Penaldo’ was linked to Cristiano Ronaldo
The Al-Nassr forward has so far scored over 150 penalties in his career. With such a high number of penalties he even leapfrogs Lionel Messi in this category. However, in order to be able to stand over such a number of spot kicks, one must be a trusted figure in the team.
CR7 over the period of his career has pretty much been considered the main man in terms of taking the responsibility of penalty kicks. Several managers whom he has played under have blindly trusted him to convert the spot kick opportunities into a goal. He has also delivered the goods upon the responsibility banked upon him most of the time.
However, there’s often been debate regarding the total number of goals scored by the top two or three players in soccer. On such front, the fans of CR7’s competitors have often hit back at him by stating that the Portugal forward has a large number of penalty kicks scored that contribute to his overall goal tally. Individual fans, have also infamously associated the term ‘Penaldo’ with him in this regard.
Every soccer player has his critics. CR7 might also know about these things. But, the veteran has never let such accusations come between his game. Also, the spot kicks are a major part of soccer. Sometimes, they could be the difference between a team winning and losing. To be able to score such a number of penalty kicks shows the composure of the player.