Cristiano Ronaldo turns 40 on Wednesday but there is another number focusing the mind of the Portugal star on his milestone birthday. The magic number is 77 – the amount of goals Ronaldo needs for 1,000 in a stellar career that began way back on August 14,

Cristiano Ronaldo isn’t short when it comes to the old goal catalogue. Football’s greatest goalscorer has shattered records during a career that has spanned more than two decades.Ronaldo

Cristiano Ronaldo scored 145 goals in 346 games across two contrasting spells at Manchester United, but it began with a strike against Portsmouth in November 2003.