One of the questions most football fans do is who is better, Leo Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo? Comparative usually always odious and considering that both players play on different teams with completely different companions. But nevertheless, in Hanging by the Football we dare to make this comparison which gives us the fewer numbers curious yes, They show that both are two monsters of the current football.

Age:

Leo Messi 25 years

Cristiano Ronaldo 27 years

Position:

Leo Messi, false front, half point. He started playing for the right leg changed.

Cristiano Ronaldo, rightmost in its beginnings has undergone a similar conversion to Messi now standing as a second striker.

Titles in clubs:

Leo Messi: 5 Spanish league, 3 Champions League, 2 Club World, 2 Supecopas Europe, 2 Cups and 5 Supercopa of Spain.

Cristiano Ronaldo: 1 Portuguese league, 1 Portuguese Cup and Portuguese Super Cup, 3 Premier League, 1 Champions League, 1 Club World Cup, 2 League Cups, 2 Commuity Shield y 1 FA Cup, 1 Spanish league, 1 King Cup and Super Cup of Spain.

internacionalidades:

Leo Messi: 76 international parties 31 goals (0,41 by party). It was Olympic gold in Beijing 2008 World champion and sub 20 in 2005. It has never reached a World Cup semi-finals.

Cristiano Ronaldo: 100 Portugal scoring games 38 targets (0,38). It has managed to be finalist Euro 2004, and a semifinalist in the World 2006.

goals:

Leo Messi: 314 goals in 427 meetings (0,71 per game)

Cristiano Ronaldo: 337 goals in 611 meetings (0,55 per game)

personal distinctions:

Leo Messi:

Golden Ball World Youth 2005
Golden Boot at the World Junior 2005
Premio Golden Boy 2005
Best Player Trophy Joan Gamper 2005
Clarin Award to the Revelation of the año126 2005
Olimpia de Plata to the best Argentine footballer abroad 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
FIFPro prize to the best young player in the world 2006, 2007
FIFPro prize to the promise of the year 2006
World Soccer award to the best young player in the world 2006, 2007, 2008
Don prize goes to abroad Best 2007, 2009, 2010
Trophy EFE129 2007, 2009, 2010
Bravo Award 2007
Once Bronze 2007
Bronze Ball 2007
Best Young Player of the Copa America 2007 2007
Second prize to the FIFA World Player of the Year 2007, 2008
Once included in the FIFA Ideal 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
Producer of the best goal of the year by UEFA 2007
Prize Bugler Consecration of foreign football 2007
Sportsman of the Year ’07 SI Latino 2007
Protagonists Award Sport 2008
National Sports Award 2008
Once Silver 2008
Silver Ball 2008
Included in the team of the year UEFA 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
Legend brand 2009
Scorer in the UEFA Champions League 2009, 2010, 2011 Y 2012
Trofeo Alfredo Di Stéfano 2009, 2010, 2011
Champions Trophy Number 1 2009
Forward of the Year UEFA 2009
Player of the Year UEFA 2009
LFP Award for the Best Forward of Liga BBVA 2009, 2010, 2011
LFP Award for the Best Player La Liga 2009, 2010, 2011
Onze d’Or 2009, 2011
Golden Ball 2009
First prize for the FIFA World Player of the Year 2009
FIFA / FIFPro award for the best player in the world 2009
World Soccer Award to the best player in the world 2009, 2011
Golden Ball FIFA Club World Cup 2009, 2011
Toyota prize to the best player in the final of the FIFA Club World Cup 2009, 2011
Once Ideal Included in the sports daily L'Equipe 2009, 2010, 2011
Award for the Best Player in Europe by the Uruguayan newspaper El País 2009, 2010, 2011
Included in Best XI of the Decade by the English newspaper The Sun 2009
Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF 2010
Aldo Rovira Award 2010, 2011
FIFA Ballon d’Or 2010, 2011
Pichichi trophy 2010, 2012
Golden Boot 2010
Once included in the Ideal of the Decade for the sports magazine Don Balon 2010
Cup goalscorer King 2011
Scorer of the Year UEFA 2011
Deportivo Heritage Site 2011
Top scorer in the history of Supercopa of Spain 2011
Award for the best player in Europe UEFA 2011
Second best player in the history of the UEFA Champions League 2011
Consecration Bugler Gold Award 2011
Second in the survey online “Person of the year” Time magazine 2011
global average vote online to better “Person of the year” Time magazine 2011
anontando world record in six official club competitions in one year 2011
Scorer of the FIFA Club World Cup 2011
Olimpia de Oro 2011
elected “Best Latin American athlete of the year” by Prensa Latina 2011
elected “Champion of Champions” by the sports daily L'Equipe 2011
elected “Sportsman of the year” by Yedioth Ahronoth Publishing 2011
Citizen of the City of Rosario 2011
Ambassador Rosario City 2011
Best scorer in the world according to IFFHS 2011

Top scorer in a season, surpassing the record of Torpedo Müller.

Cristiano Ronaldo:

Player Sir Matt Busby year 2004, 2007, 2008
UEFA award to the team of the year 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009
Best Young Player of the Year 2005, 2006
PFA award to the team of the year 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
FWA award to the player of the year 2007, 2008
PFA award to the player of the year 2007, 2008
Premier League Best Player 2007, 2008
Portuguese footballer of the year 2007, 2008, 2009
Team award year 2007, 2008, 2009
Award for the young player of the year 2007
Once Silver 2007, 2009
Silver Ball France Football 2007
Third Place FIFA World Player 2007
Golden Boot Premier League 2008
Goalscorer Champions League 2008
best striker 2008
Golden Boot 2008, 2011
Onze d’Or 2008
Player of the Year UEFA 2008
Forward of the Year UEFA 2008
Best player of the world 2008
The France Football Gold 2008
FIFA World Player 2008
Silver Ball France Football 2009
Second World Player 2009
Puskas award 2009
Cup goalscorer King 2011
Spanish Liga Pichichi Trophy 2011
Scorer of the Year UEFA 2011