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Goals of Messi and Ronaldo in european clubs while both played in Spain by calendar year

Cumulative distribution

Period	Lionel Messi	Cristiano Ronaldo	Difference
2009	16	13	+3
2010	74	58	+16
2011	129	111	+18
2012	208	169	+39
2013	247	228	+19
2014	297	284	+13
2015	345	338	+7
2016	396	380	+16
2017	446	422	+24
2018	472	450	+22

How do they score?

Player	Games	Home		Away		Neutral field		Right foot		Left foot		Header		Other parts		Penalty		Free kick
Leo Messi	476	279/472	59.11%	181/472	38.35%	12/472	2.54%	66/472	13.98%	386/472	81.78%	19/472	4.03%	1/472	0.21%	56/472	11.86%	33/472	6.99%
Cristiano Ronaldo	438	243/450	54%	194/450	43.11%	13/450	2.89%	300/450	66.67%	79/450	17.56%	70/450	15.56%	1/450	0.22%	79/450	17.56%	33/450	7.33%

Source: Opta™ Sports – Last update: 26/05/2018

Distribution by year

Period	Lionel Messi	Cristiano Ronaldo	Difference
2009	16	13	+3
2010	58	45	+13
2011	55	53	+2
2012	79	58	+21
2013	39	59	-20
2014	50	56	-6
2015	48	54	-6
2016	51	42	+9
2017	50	42	+8
2018	26	28	-2

Cumulative distribution (Without penalties)

Period	Lionel Messi	Cristiano Ronaldo	Difference
2009	14	12	+2
2010	71	49	+22
2011	119	90	+29
2012	185	138	+47
2013	219	188	+31
2014	263	231	+32
2015	304	275	+29
2016	349	311	+38
2017	390	347	+43
2018	416	371	+45

Distribution by year (Without penalties)

Period	Lionel Messi	Cristiano Ronaldo	Difference
2009	14	12	+2
2010	57	37	+20
2011	48	41	+7
2012	66	48	+18
2013	34	50	-16
2014	44	43	+1
2015	41	44	-3
2016	45	36	+9
2017	41	36	+5
2018	26	24	+2