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Cristiano Ronaldo: The GOAT Contender Who Knows There Is No Substitute for Hard Work

Cristiano Ronaldo is number 2 in 90min's Top 20 Greatest Footballers of the Decade series. Follow the rest of the series over the course of the next week.

Cristiano Ronaldo. What more can you say about the man?

This is someone who can not only lay claim to being the best player of his generation, but the greatest of all time – someone who is absolutely part of that conversation when mentioned alongside Pele, Diego Maradona, Johan Cruyff and Lionel Messi.

Ronaldo’s incredible record speaks for itself. He has five Ballon d’Or awards and five Champions League titles to his name.