DO YOU KNOW THE COUNTRY THAT PORTUGAL PLAYED AGAINST WHEN CRISTIANO RONALDO MADE HIS INTERNATIONAL DEBUT?

Cristiano Ronaldo earned his 100 caps for the A Seleccao of Portugal on Tuesday, October 16, 2012 against Northern Ireland at the Estadio do Dragao in a Brazil 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.  earned his first cap on August 20 2003. He earned his first cap for Portugal in a 1–0 victory against Kazakhstan on August 20 2003. 

CR7 as he is fondly called scored his first international goal in the opening game of the Euro 2004 against Greece on June 14 2004 at the same Estadio do Dragao, in addition to helping Portugal reach the final that they hosted and lost to the Greeks. He took over the captaincy of the side in July 2008 from Nuno Gomes.

DO YOU KNOW WHO HAS SCORED THE MOST GOALS IN ONE SEASON SINCE THE ADVENT OF THE ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE?



Cole means Goal while at Newcastle

 The joint record holders are Andy Cole and Alan Shearer, who both managed 34 in a season - Cole for Newcastle United in 1993-94 and Shearer in the colours of Blackburn Rovers the following year. Cole had marginally the better strike rate, as his goals came in 40 games to Shearer's 42. Since the English Premier League was reduced to 38 games, the best total is the 31 Cristiano Ronaldo mustered for Manchester United in 2007-08.



Alan Shearer the bomber for Blackburn Rovers



DID YOU KNOW THE FIRST PORTUGUESE PLAYER TO PLAY FOR MANCHESTER UNITED FC?

Cristiano Ronaldo became Manchester United FC's first-ever Portuguese player when he signed for £12.24 million after the 2002–03 season from Sportin Lisbon after defeating Manchester United FC 3–1 in the inauguration of the Estádio José Alvalade in Lisbon for the Euro 2004 UEFA European Championship that was held in Portugal. Ronaldo's performance impressed the Manchester United FC players, who urged Sir Alex Ferguson to sign him.

DID YOU KNOW IF NANI SCORED IN HIS 100 LEAGUE MATCHES FOR MANCHESTER UNITED?

Nani aiming for the skies for Man Utd

On Sunday September 18th 2011 at Old Trafford, Portuguese star Nani played in his 100th English Premier League (EPL) game for Manchester United and scored his 19th EPL goal against Chelsea FC, which is exactly the same number as  scored in his first 100 league games for the club. However, there is a big difference in assists, as Ronaldo produced 12 and Nani has now produced 34.