Jude Bellingham has officially overtaken Cristiano Ronaldo as Real Madrid’s all-time top scorer after netting in Sunday’s 3-0 victory over Cadiz.
With 16 minutes remaining in Carlo Ancelotti’s first league match following the international break, the England international scored a goal with a brilliant finish.Bellingham has made an instant impression after moving to Madrid for €103 million (£88.5 million) from Borussia Dortmund in the summer. He has scored 14 goals in 15 games.
In addition, he becomes one of only a few club players who have scored over thirteen goals in the season’s first fifteen games after his strike against Madrid.Ronaldo had a fantastic debut for Real Madrid after leaving Manchester United in 2009 for a fee of £80 million. In his first 15 appearances across all competitions, he scored 13 goals.The mark was set in 1943 by Spanish striker Pruden and in 1953 by the renowned Alfredo Di Stefano of Madrid; the Portugal international could only equal it.Bellingham was uncertain for Madrid’s encounter against Cadiz because of a shoulder injury that prevented him from playing for the England national team during the break.”Jude is doing well,” Carlo