So I got thinking today about Cristiano Ronaldo’s La Liga numbers with Real Madrid. Figured I’d dig up exactly how many he banged in during those white shirt years.
Starting the Search
Just googled straight up “Ronaldo Real Madrid La Liga goals”. Tons of sites popped up with stats – ESPN, Transfermarkt, random football blogs. Problem is different sites showed different numbers like they couldn’t agree. Saw 310 here, 311 there, 312 somewhere else. Annoying as hell.
Cross-checking Sources
Tried these three ways:
- Official La Liga archive – total pain clicking through seasons
- Wikipedia tables – had to add up each season manually
- Multiple stats sites – compared their figures
Realized quick why numbers differed – some counted own goals, others didn’t. And one site included goals from postponed matches twice? Messy.
Doing the Math
Finally sat down with pen and paper rewatching his highlight compilations while checking league records. Counted each strike from each season:
- 2009-10: 26
- 2010-11: 40
- 2011-12: 46
- 2012-13: 34
- 2013-14: 31
- 2014-15: 48
- 2015-16: 35
- 2016-17: 25
- 2017-18: 26
Adding these up gets 311 total. But wait – found four goals missing? Oh right, transfer window moves. His debut season started after joining mid-year so had less games.
The Final Count
After triple-checking against three different official season reports, got confirmation:
Exactly 311 goals in 292 appearances. Wild numbers honestly. Still blows my mind how consistent he was – over 30 goals every season except his first.
Why did I spend three hours on this? Funny story actually. Was arguing with my barber Jose who swore Ronaldo scored “maybe 250 max”. Dude refused to believe me so I had to get receipts. Printed out the stats next morning when getting haircut – he didn’t charge me for the trim but made me promise to stop talking football during appointments.