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Michael Jordan is widely considered the biggest basketball player of all time, and the legend of Chicago Bulls said once to a football superstar that they shared the same status in their respective sports, even above Lionel Messi And Cristiano Ronaldo.
Since ignition on the world stage in the mid -2000s, Messi and Ronaldo have dominated the world of football. The legends of Argentina and Portugal won 13 Ballon of ORs between them – of which eight belong to Messi – while scoring 1,804 combined goals.
“It was spectacular and a great memory for all those who love football,” said Messi recently about his competition with the legend of Real Madrid and Manchester United.
Ronaldo has also been praise for his longtime rival: “Amazing Player, is magical, above. As a person, we share the 16 -year scene, imagine, 16, we share.”
|
Player |
Ors |
Years won |
|---|---|---|
|
Lionel Messi |
8 |
2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2019, 2021, 2023 |
|
Cristiano Ronaldo |
5 |
2008, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017 |
|
Michel Platini |
3 |
1983, 1984, 1985 |
|
Johan Cruyff |
3 |
1971, 1973, 1974 |
|
Marco Van Basten |
3 |
1988, 1989, 1992 |
|
Franz Beckenbauer |
2 |
1972, 1976 |
|
Ronaldo Nazario |
2 |
1997, 2002 |
|
Alfredo di Stefano |
2 |
1957, 1959 |
|
Kevin Keegan |
2 |
1978, 1979 |
|
Karl-Heinz Bummenigge |
2 |
1980, 1981 |
Not only did the pair dominated individual honors, but they also led their clubs to incredible periods of superiority. Ronaldo heads the UEFA Champions League ranking with 141 and won the competition five times during his stay in Europe, while Messi is not far behind with 129 goals and four winners in his name.
Success on the continental scene is often considered to be the benchmark for greatness in football, but the NBA superstar Michael Jordan thinks differently, once of an emblematic player who has never won the European elite competition that he is the “ MJ of football ”.
Jordan, who won six NBA titles during his stay with the Chicago Bulls, is known to be a football fan and is often spotted at the Paris Saint-Germain Games because of the collaboration of his brand with the club.
But despite his link with one of the old teams of the Messi, Jordan once said to Ronaldo Nazario, often called “R9”, that they share a similar status. The Brazil striker revealed the compliment After the pair met at Nike in Oregon in the United States.
“He said to me” you are the Michael Jordan of football “. I thought” wow, that’s a great compliment “.”
Messi himself called Jordan the largest athlete of all timeSo his opinion certainly has weight, and the star of Inter Miami also revealed that Ronaldo is in fact his own favorite player: “Ronaldo Nazario was a phenomena. Of all the strikers I saw, for me, he was the best. An impressive player of any aspect.”
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While Ronaldo never won the Champions League, he was crowned the best player in the world at the Golden Ball ceremony twice, and his performance at the 2002 World Cup is one of the greatest sports achievements of all time, returning from a serious knee injury to conduct his team to victory.
“Without Ronaldo, Brazil was a mess, the very chance of going to the tournament,” South American football writer Tim Vickery wrote, while the 25 -year -old has scored eight times on the way to a famous triumph, including the two goals in the final.
Although injuries have interrupted his career, there is no doubt that Ronaldo’s ability to drag his team through matches makes him almost comparable to himself Jordan.
