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Goals of Messi and Ronaldo in friendly games with their National Teams before turning 30 years old by calendar year

Cumulative distribution

Period	Lionel Messi	Cristiano Ronaldo	Difference
2003	0	0	0
2004	0	0	0
2005	0	0	0
2006	1	2	-1
2007	3	2	+1
2008	4	2	+2
2009	6	3	+3
2010	8	3	+5
2011	10	5	+5
2012	17	6	+11
2013	20	9	+11
2014	24	11	+13
2015	27	11	+16
2016	27	11	+16
2017	27	11	+16

How do they score?

Player	Games	Home		Away		Neutral field		Right foot		Left foot		Header		Other parts		Penalty		Free kick
Leo Messi	41	7/27	25.93%	17/27	62.96%	3/27	11.11%	0/27	0%	26/27	96.3%	1/27	3.7%	0/27	0%	6/27	22.22%	0/27	0%
Cristiano Ronaldo	39	10/11	90.91%	0/11	0%	1/11	9.09%	7/11	63.64%	3/11	27.27%	1/11	9.09%	0/11	0%	1/11	9.09%	1/11	9.09%

Source: Opta™ Sports – Last update: 09/06/2017

Distribution by year

Period	Lionel Messi	Cristiano Ronaldo	Difference
2003			0
2004			0
2005			0
2006	1	2	-1
2007	2		+2
2008	1		+1
2009	2	1	+1
2010	2		+2
2011	2	2	0
2012	7	1	+6
2013	3	3	0
2014	4	2	+2
2015	3		+3
2016			0
2017			0

Cumulative distribution (Without penalties)

Period	Lionel Messi	Cristiano Ronaldo	Difference
2003	0	0	0
2004	0	0	0
2005	0	0	0
2006	1	2	-1
2007	2	2	0
2008	3	2	+1
2009	4	2	+2
2010	6	2	+4
2011	7	4	+3
2012	13	5	+8
2013	15	8	+7
2014	18	10	+8
2015	21	10	+11
2016	21	10	+11
2017	21	10	+11

Distribution by year (Without penalties)

Period	Lionel Messi	Cristiano Ronaldo	Difference
2003			0
2004			0
2005			0
2006	1	2	-1
2007	1		+1
2008	1		+1
2009	1		+1
2010	2		+2
2011	1	2	-1
2012	6	1	+5
2013	2	3	-1
2014	3	2	+1
2015	3		+3
2016			0
2017			0