Cristiano Ronaldo has notched over 133 headed goals in his glittering career and will likely go down as the greatest header of a ball in the history of football.
Ronaldo’s heading ability explained by former striker Tony Cascarino:
“The range of headers Ronaldo can score is extraordinary and he has worked so hard to reinvent himself from the tricky winger who made his name at Manchester United a decade ago.”
“The 36-year-old Portuguese has taken heading to a new level and has mastered so many different types of header when most players are lucky to be good at one or two.
“I always thought the best aspect of my game was my heading and there were not many better than me in England while I was playing.
“But Ronaldo is a class above anyone who has ever played the game.
“I’ve tried to explain before about how there are as many different ways of heading a football as there are kicking one.
“You can head with the left side, the right side, the forehead, or the top of the head.
“Ronaldo’s heading is like a perfect golf swing, everything is working in tandem and when it all clicks there is little you can do to stop him.
“His body shape has changed a lot over the years and he has clearly spent a lot of time working on his upper body strength.
“This allows him to lift himself into the air and get his body in the right position to head the ball.
“Ronaldo has thighs that look naturally big but he has done plenty of work to bulk them up and they play a key role in the explosiveness of his jumping.”
