cristiano ronaldo won more la liga titles than messi.
cristiano ronaldo won more la liga titles than messi.
who won more la liga titles messi or ronaldo?
cristiano ronaldo
with real madrid, ronaldo won 15 trophies, including two la liga titles, two copas del rey and four uefa champions league titles. real madrid's all-time top goalscorer, ronaldo scored a record 34 la liga hat-tricks, including a record-tying eight hat-tricks in the 2014–15 season and is the only player to reach 30 goals in six consecutive la liga seasons. after joining madrid, ronaldo finished runner-up for the ballon d'or three times, behind lionel messi, his perceived career rival, before winning back-to-back ballons d'or in 2013 and 2014. after winning consecutive champions league titles, ronaldo secured back-to-back ballons d'or again in 2016 and 2017. a historic third consecutive champions league followed, making ronaldo the first player to win the trophy five times. in 2018, he signed for juventus in a transfer worth an initial €100 million; the highest ever paid by an italian club and the highest fee ever paid for a player over 30 years old. in his first season he won serie a and the supercoppa italiana, and was also named serie a most valuable player.
cristiano ronaldo
meanwhile, on the other side of spain, fc barcelona began to emerge as a force under the legendary josep samitier. a spanish footballer for both barcelona and real madrid, samitier cemented his legacy with barcelona. during his playing career with them, he scored 333 goals, won the inaugural la liga title and five copa del rey. in 1944, samitier returned to barcelona as a coach and guided them in winning their second la liga title in 1945. under samitier and legendary players cesar rodriguez, josep escola, estanislau basora and mariano gonzalvo, barcelona dominated la liga in the late 1940s, winning back to back la liga titles in 1948 and 1949. the 1940s proved to be a successful season for barcelona, winning three la liga titles and one copa del rey, but the 1950s proved to be a decade of dominance, not just from barcelona, but from real madrid.
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