Ronaldo's historic haul of fame

Titles in England, Spain and Italy put Portuguese in league of his own, as Associated Press reports

ROME - The breakthrough under Alex Ferguson at Manchester United. Then the coronation at Real Madrid. And now another title at Juventus.

Five-time Ballon d'Or winner Cristiano Ronaldo did it again last month, helping Juventus to the Serie A title in his first season in Italy.

In doing so, the 34-year-old became the first player to win league titles in the English Premier League (with United), La Liga (Madrid) and Serie A (Juventus).

"I'm very happy to have won in England, Spain and now the league title in Italy as well," Ronaldo said. "It meant a lot to me and it means a lot to us as a team."

Other players have won titles in three of the five major European leagues (England, Spain, Italy, Germany and France), but nobody had previously put together the combination of England, Spain and Italy.

David Beckham played in four of the top leagues but only won titles at United (six), Madrid (one) and Paris Saint-Germain (one), having failed to lift the Serie A trophy during his two loan spells at AC Milan.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic won four Serie A titles (three with Inter Milan and one with AC Milan), the Spanish league with Barcelona and four French championships with PSG.

Brazil fullback Maxwell was on many of those same teams as Ibrahimovic and also won in Italy, Spain and France.

Then there was Arjen Robben, who won the Premier League twice with Chelsea before adding a Spanish title at Madrid and seven Bundesliga trophies at Bayern Munich.

Another Dutchman who achieved the feat was Mark van Bommel, with titles with Barcelona, Bayern Munich (two) and Milan.

While Juventus also won the league in the seven seasons before Ronaldo's arrival, there was no doubting his impact in Turin.

With 20 goals and eight assists in 28 Italian league matches this season, Ronaldo played a part in around 40 percent of Juve's goals.

So it came as no surprise when his dangerous cross from a sharp angle was redirected in by a defender as an own-goal for the winner in Juve's 2-1 win over Fiorentina on April 20 - giving the Bianconeri more than the single point they needed to secure a record-extending eighth straight title with five rounds remaining.