When Did Messi And Ronaldo Start Playing Football

In 2004 itself he made his first appearance for fc barcelona as a substitute for deco in 84th minute against espany.

When did messi and ronaldo start playing football. Ljoˈnel anˈdɾez ˈmesi. Lionel andrés messi spanish pronunciation. As far as messi and ronaldo s tally go the two finished 5th joint with borussia dortmund s erling haaland and 8th with 33 and 18 points respectively. For messi to score three goals in any given game is normal paulo dybala of course i enjoy it playing alongside ronaldo dybala told tuttosport in 2019.

He started his senior career in 2002 at sporting football club. However the 35 year old. Cristiano s a champion and it s always a pleasure to play with guys like him. Cristiano ronaldo started his youth career in 1992 with andorinha then he went to nacional in 1995 and then he went to sporting in 1997 and played in youth leagues till 2002.

Ronaldo makes things that are very difficult actually seem easy. Uefa men s player of the year vote count. In early 2009 messi capped off a spectacular 2008 09 season by helping fc barcelona capture the club. In 2003 he played for barça c and the following year at barça b.

Soon thereafter ronaldo was sold to spain s real madrid a club with which he had long been rumoured to want to play for a then record 80 million about 131 million transfer fee. His scoring prowess continued with his new team and he netted the most goals 40 in la liga history during the 2010 11 season his record was broken the following season by his rival lionel messi of. Sir alex ferguson was able to rest star players ruud van nistelrooy paul scholes and ryan giggs for the game while a young ronaldo way before the goals the records and ballon d ors was. Messi s play continued to rapidly improve over the years and by 2008 he was one of the most dominant players in the world finishing second to manchester united s cristiano ronaldo in the voting for the 2008 fifa world player of the year.

The 31 year old bayern striker was followed by paris saint germain duo of kylian mbappe 72 points and neymar 62 points on the podium. Messi and ronaldo played against each other for the first time on april 23 2008 in a 0 0 draw between barcelona and manchester united in the champions league semi finals.