Ronaldo beats Messi to 600 club goals with Inter equaliser

Joe Wright

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Cristiano Ronaldo has scored the 600th goal of his impressive club career after netting for Juventus against Inter, beating Lionel Messi to the major landmark.

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The Bianconeri star struck in the 62nd minute to equalise for his side after Radja Nainggolan had put the hosts in front at San Siro.

The Portuguese star was set up by Miralem Pjanic as part of a neat one-two, finding the bottom-right corner with a powerful low drive from the edge of the penalty area.

The 34-year-old chalked up the milestone before Barcelona star Messi, with the Argentine currently sat on a tally of 597 for the Catalan club.

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Unlike his fellow forward however, Ronaldo has netted his complete number across a career that has seen him represent Sporting CP, Manchester United, Real Madrid and Juventus.

His strike also makes him only the fourth player in the club’s history to score in both games played for the Turin club at the Giuseppe Meazza Stadium in a single Serie A season, after Gonzalo Higuain, Marco Di Vaio and David Trezeguet.

He has now reached the 20 goal mark for the season, to make it 10 campaigns in a row where he has netted such a tally, across La Liga and Serie A.

Although Juve suffered Champions League disappointment in the quarter-finals against Ajax, Ronaldo's big-money move from Real Madrid has brought silverware to the club this season.

The 34-year-old's impressive haul across 28 Serie A appearances has helped the Bianconeri win the Scudetto for an eighth successive season.

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Joe is a Senior Editor at Sporting News. He was previously a sub editor and writer for Goal.com before spending six years as part of the Stats Perform editorial news service, covering major global sports including football, tennis, boxing, NBA, rugby union and athletics. Joe has reported live on some of the biggest games in football, including two UEFA Champions League finals, Euro 2016, the Confederations Cup 2017 and the 2018 World Cup final at the end of a month in Russia.