For most footballers, scoring 100 league goals in one country is enough to define an entire career. Cristiano Ronaldo has now managed to do it in three different leagues, placing himself in one of football’s most exclusive groups.
The Portuguese superstar recently became only the second player in history to score at least 100 league goals in three separate top-flight divisions. Ronaldo reached the landmark in the Premier League, La Liga, and the Saudi Pro League, adding yet another achievement to a career already filled with records.
The first player to accomplish the feat was former Spanish striker Isidro Lángara, one of the greatest goalscorers many modern fans rarely hear about.
Cristiano Ronaldo’s goals never stopped following him
Cristiano Ronaldo first crossed the century mark in England during his time with Manchester United. His early years in the Premier League were built on speed, flair, and raw talent, but over time he transformed himself into a complete forward capable of scoring in every possible way.
🇵🇹 Cristiano Ronaldo is the second player in history to score at least 100 goals in three different leagues.
🇪🇸 La Liga
🏴 Premier League
🇸🇦 Saudi Pro LeagueThe first player to achieve this was 🇪🇸 Isidro Lángara.
🇪🇸 La Liga
🇦🇷 Argentine Primera División
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His move to Real Madrid took his numbers to another level entirely. In Spain, Ronaldo became one of the most dominant goalscorers football has ever seen, regularly producing extraordinary seasons in La Liga while breaking records almost every year. By the end of his spell in Madrid, he had firmly established himself among the greatest players in the history of the game.
Even after leaving Europe, Cristiano Ronaldo’s scoring instinct never disappeared. Since arriving in Saudi Arabia with Al Nassr, he has continued delivering goals at an incredible rate and eventually reached another league century in the Saudi Pro League.
The achievement once again highlighted not just his quality, but also his longevity. Few players manage to stay relevant for this long, let alone continue scoring at elite levels across completely different leagues and football cultures.
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The forgotten icon who did it first
Long before Cristiano Ronaldo dominated modern football, Isidro Lángara had already achieved something incredibly similar. The Spanish forward starred for Real Oviedo in La Liga before later moving abroad and continuing his goalscoring success in Argentina and Mexico. Lángara scored more than 100 league goals in the Argentine Primera División with San Lorenzo and later repeated the feat in Liga MX with RC España.
His career was heavily shaped by the Spanish Civil War, which forced him to continue playing outside Spain during his prime years. Even with those interruptions, he still built a reputation as one of the deadliest strikers of his generation.
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