Nobody talks about the stage of grief where you can't even talk about it to anyone anymore because everyone expects you to be getting over it but it still runs through your mind everyday.
🗣️ “I am delighted to be included in the @PFAScotland Team of the Year and it means a lot to me."
💙 Emmanuel Fernandez on his inclusion in the @PFAScotland 25/26 Team of the Year.
👏 Emmanuel Fernandez has been voted Men’s Player of the Month for January, sponsored by @PipelineEnergyS.
🛡️ Rangers conceded just the solitary league goal last month and Fernandez’s displays at the heart of defence was a contributing factor.
I just read @TheAthleticFC 41 facts about Ronaldo as he turns 41. And some facts stood out for me.
In Cristiano Ronaldo’s nearly 24 years of playing professional football, he has scored against 207 different teams.
Of all the teams he has played against at least three times, he has only failed to score against 9 of them. Those nine are: Benfica, Turkey, Lille, Albania, Wolves, Leicester, England, Brazil, and Celtic.
The teammate he played the most games with is Karim Benzema. They played 355 games together for Real Madrid. Forget their Saudi shenanigans.
He has scored 25 goals in finals — 15 of them were for Real Madrid.
226 of his career goals were scored between the 76th and 90th minute. It's the period he scored most of his goals. The least amount of his goals came in the opening 15 minutes of games.
Of all the stats I read, the one I found the most interesting and useful for the everyday person in my opinion is this fact:
Ronaldo has played 1,308 professional games in his career. He has played 106,957 minutes in total. Since there are 1440 minutes in a day, this means Ronaldo has played a total of 74.2days in his career, approximately 74 days.
Now, to break it down.
He has played active, recognised, professional association football for only 74 days out of his career of over 23 years. He played 1,308 games across 74 days.
There are at least 8,395 days in 23 years and he has done what has given him the fame, money, and power for only 0.009% of his career.
To leave it there would be a weak and shallow position.
Ronaldo may have spent less than 0.1% of his career playing active games, but he has spent those 99.9% working hard, training, building himself and sharpening his axe to cut the tree.
We all spend days working and would be recognised only for the work we do, but there are thousands of hours that go behind the work to make it look like the quality it is.
That's something to note.
Like Roger Federer said, “effortless is a myth”.
🥅📚Last week, @RangersFC defender @EFernandez17_ took time out to visit young participants from Ibrox Primary School at the Foundation's @ScottishFA Extra Time after-school programme!
Check out what Emmanuel got up to and find out more ⤵️
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Is Emmanuel Fernandez the most underrated CB in Europe?🔝 Is this the next Van Dijk?!
6’6 Right footed LCB🔥
13 starts in the league✅
4 Goals 🔥
Highest average match rating (7.84) in Scottish Premiership this season🔥