Ronaldo made his official debut for Juventus in their opening Serie A match on 18 August , a 3 – 2 away win over Chievo . On 16 September , his fourth appearance for Juventus , he scored his first goal , which was immediately followed by a second , in a 2 – 1 home win over Sassuolo ; the latter was the 400th league goal of his career . On 19 September , in his first Champions League match for Juventus , he was sent off in the 29th minute for " violent conduct " — the first time in 154 Champions League appearances — in an eventual 2 – 0 away win over Valencia , and was awarded a one-game suspension . Ronaldo scored his first Champions League goal for Juventus in a 2 – 1 home loss to his former club Manchester United . In that month , he became the first player in history to win 100 Champions League matches , setting up Mario Mandžukić 's winner in a 1 – 0 home victory over Valencia , which sealed Juventus 's passage to the knock-out stages of the competition . In December , he scored his tenth Serie A goal of the season , from the penalty spot , netting the final goal in a 3 – 0 away win over rivals Fiorentina ; with this goal , Ronaldo became the first Juventus player since John Charles in 1957 to score 10 goals in his first 14 league games for the club . After placing second in both the UEFA Men 's Player of the Year and The Best FIFA Men 's Player for the first time in three years , behind Luka Modrić , Ronaldo performances in 2018 also saw him voted runner-up for the 2018 Ballon d'Or , finishing once again behind his former Real Madrid teammate
2018 Ballon d'Or
2018 Ballon d'Or
Cristiano Ronaldo