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5 Cristiano Ronaldo records that Erling Haaland is projected to obliterate

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1 year ago

September 22, 2024

Cristiano Ronaldo is undoubtedly the greatest goalscorer of the modern generation, but Erling Haaland is already closing in on several of his records.

The Manchester City forward has been in relentless form this season and if he maintains his current scoring rate, he’ll break all sorts of records by the time he retires.

We’ve taken a look at some of Ronaldo’s records and worked out how long it will take Haaland to break them.

Ronaldo’s Premier League tally

As of writing, Haaland is only 31 goals away from matching Ronaldo’s tally of 103 Premier League goals. Unsurprisingly, Haaland has been scoring at a far greater rate in England than his Portuguese counterpart.

Of course, Ronaldo started his Premier League career as an out-and-out winger and because of this, he didn’t register a double-figure scoring campaign until his fourth season in England.

If Haaland continues to average a Premier League goal every 79.1 minutes, it will only take him 28 more matches to reach Ronaldo’s tally of 103 goals. If he manages to do that, he’ll have matched CR7’s entire Premier League goal catalogue in 138 fewer matches.

Ronaldo’s UCL record

When it comes to European nights, no one does it better than CR7. However, his record of 140 Champions League goals could be in jeopardy.

Haaland is currently scoring a UCL goal every 77.5 minutes. Comparatively, Ronaldo averaged a goal every 113.89 in the competition.

Of course, the Man City forward still has a long way to go before he closes in on Ronaldo’s tally, but those statistics do make for an interesting read.

If the Norwegian forward continues to score at his current rate in the UCL, it will take him 86 more games to match Ronaldo’s tally in Europe.

Most goals in a single UCL campaign

Given the new Champions League format will involve extra matches being played, Haaland stands an even greater chance of breaking Ronaldo’s record of the most goals scored in a single UCL campaign.

CR7 managed to bag 17 goals in the 2013-14 Champions League, but Haaland now stands a great chance of breaking that record.

Successful clubs in the Champions League will now play a maximum of 17 matches, which is up from the maximum of 13 matches in the previous layout of the tournament.

Up until this point, Haaland’s most prolific European campaign came back in 2022-23 as he scored 12 goals. However, with more games now being introduced, he now stands a great chance of breaking Ronaldo’s long-standing record.

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Faster to 300 career goals

As of writing, Haaland is only 14 goals away from scoring his 300th career goal. At the rate he’s been scoring in 2024-25, he’s expected to hit the 300-goal landmark in his next 10 matches. If he manages to achieve that, he will have reached 300 career goals in just 349 matches for club and country.

For context, it took Ronaldo 554 matches until he reached 300 career goals.

Record number of hat-tricks

It will take some effort to break Ronaldo’s hat-trick record, but if anyone is capable of doing it, Haaland is surely the man.

As of writing, Ronaldo has scored 66 career hat-tricks in 1,238 appearances whereas Haaland has scored 24 hat-tricks in 339 appearances.

That means on average, Ronaldo scores a hat-trick every 18.7 games, while Haaland scores a hat-trick every 14.1 matches. It therefore stands to reason that if Haaland prolongs his career for as long as Ronaldo, he stands a great chance of surpassing his hat-trick record.

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EPL: Full list of players leaving for 2025 AFCON

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3 days ago

December 13, 2025

Ekwutos Blog

At least 25 players in the Premier League are set to travel for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco.

The tournament is scheduled to take place from December 21, 2025, to January 18, 2026.

Nigeria, Ivory Coast, DR Congo lead the way in terms of players based in the English topflight, with four selected from each club for the AFCON.

FIFA has directed clubs to release the eligible players from Monday, December 15.

Full list of players confirmed

Sunderland (5):
Chemsdine Talbi (Morocco), Reinildo (Mozambique), Bertrand Traoré (Burkina Faso), Arthur Masuaku (DR Congo), Noah Sadiki (DR Congo).

Manchester United (3):
Bryan Mbeumo (Cameroon), Amad Diallo (Ivory Coast), Noussair Mazraoui (Morocco).

Fulham (3):
Alex Iwobi (Nigeria), Calvin Bassey (Nigeria), Samuel Chukwueze (Nigeria).

Burnley (3):
Axel Tuanzebe (DR Congo), Lyle Foster (South Africa), Hannibal Mejbri (Tunisia).

Nottingham Forest (2):
Ibrahim Sangaré (Ivory Coast), Willy Boly (Ivory Coast).

Brentford (2):
Dango Ouattara (Burkina Faso), Frank Onyeka (Nigeria).

Manchester City (1):
Omar Marmoush (Egypt),

West Ham United (1):
Aaron Wan-Bissaka (DR Congo)

Wolves (2):
Tawanda Chirewa (Zimbabwe), Emmanuel Agbadou (Ivory Coast).

Brighton & Hove Albion (1):
Carlos Baleba (Cameroon).

Crystal Palace (2):
Ismaïla Sarr (Senegal), Cheick Doucouré (Mali)

Liverpool (1):
Mohammed Salah (Egypt)

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NNL bars fans from Ranchers Bees vs Adamawa United

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3 days ago

December 13, 2025

Ekwutos Blog

The Nigeria National League, NNL, has announced that matchday six fixture between Ranchers Bees and Adamawa United will be played behind closed doors.

The announcement was made in a statement by the league body.

Only the State Football Association representatives, staff of both teams, kit managers and medical personnel will be allowed into the stadium.

Others are the match officials, security personnel and camera men.

The reason for the decision to play the game without club supporters wasn’t stated by the league body.

The encounter will take place at the Bako Kontagora Stadium in Minna on Saturday (today).

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Nigeria vs Egypt Friendly Gets New Date

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1 week ago

December 8, 2025

Ekwutos Blog

Nigeria’s preparations for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations have taken a fresh hit, with Egypt confirming that the highly anticipated friendly between both nations has been shifted from 14 to 16 December.

The Egyptian Football Association (EFA) announced the adjustment late Friday, noting that FIFA’s updated international release directive, which allows clubs keep African players until 15 December, made the original date unworkable.

EFA Vice President Khaled El-Darandaly explained that the new rule left both Egypt and Nigeria without full squads for the initial date.

Key Pharaohs players, including Mohamed Salah and Omar Marmoush, are now expected to arrive only after the new release window.

Egypt had already named its 28-man provisional squad and opened camp in Cairo, with head coach Hossam Hassan accelerating final preparations for a Group B campaign that includes South Africa, Angola and Zimbabwe.

Nigeria’s disruption is more extensive. The Super Eagles were originally scheduled to open camp on 10 December and progress through a streamlined friendly schedule before departing for Morocco. That entire framework has now been dismantled.

Under the revised timeline, camp will open on 14 December, leaving Eric Chelle with barely a week to prepare before AFCON kicks off.

The venue for the friendly is also now uncertain, with Cairo no longer feasible and both federations considering shifting the match to Morocco.

Nigeria’s build-up has been further destabilised by injuries to Ola Aina, Taiwo Awoniyi, Benjamin Fredrick and Felix Agu.

The shock retirement of captain William Troost-Ekong, winner of the 2023 AFCON Player of the Tournament award, creates an additional leadership vacuum in defence.

Chelle, who released a 55-man provisional list, must now trim his squad to 28 within a compressed window. Nigeria will compete in Group C alongside Tunisia, Uganda and Tanzania as they chase a fourth continental title.