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Cristiano Ronaldo: Stop Calling Me 'Penaldo'

Cristiano Ronaldo: Stop Calling Me 'Penaldo'

Many fans around the world use the nickname "Penaldo" for Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo, and the superstar appears to be getting annoyed with it.

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The Portuguese superstar recently became Los Blancos' all-time top scorer, but many fans claim he scores a lot of his goals from the penalty spot.

"Penaldo? I've scored more than 150 goals for Madrid," he told Sport when asked about his nickname.

"They can look at the statistics and my goals on YouTube."

Overall, Ronaldo has scored 452 goals in his senior career, with 83 coming from the penalty spot, while he has missed 11 spot-kicks. Since joining Real in 2009, he has scored 334 goals in all competitions, with 61 coming from penalties.

The 30-year-old is also seen as a free-kick expert, but has struggled to convert his opportunities in recent times.

His free-kick goal during the 8-0 rout of Malmo was his first successful direct free-kick in six and a half months.

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As Twitter account MisterChip pointed out, it was his 26th goal from a direct free-kick, and he has now surpassed Real legend Roberto Carlos, who had scored the most free-kicks for the club in the past 20 years.

Ronaldo is now tied with Juninho Pernambucano for the most free-kick goals in the Champions League, and only Alessandro Del Piero is ahead of him, with just one more.

Do you think it's fair that Ronaldo gets called 'Penaldo'? Have your say in the comments section below.

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