Cristiano Ronaldo's free-kick record for Juventus is dismal, but a teammate says it's just bad luck and he scores them 'all the time' in training

• Cristiano Ronaldo's dreadful free-kick record for Juventus is just "bad luck" says his teammate.
• The 36-year-old has scored just one free-kick in 72 attempts for the Italian side.
• "He takes free kicks in training and he scores them all the time," said Carlo Pinsoglio.

Cristiano Ronaldo may have a reputation as a great free kick taker, but since moving to Juventus in 2018 he's scored only one goal from a set piece.

However his dismal record is no fault of his own - it's actually just bad luck. At least that's according to his Juve teammate Carlo Pinsoglio, who insists the 36-year-old scores free-kicks "all the time" in training.

Ronaldo's only free-kick goal for Juventus came in a 4-1 victory over Torino in July 2020.

"Cristiano always takes free kicks in training and he scores them all the time," Pinsoglio, who is the club's third choice goalkeeper, told Tuttosport.

"I don't know why he can't do it in games, maybe it's just bad luck."

While over the years Ronaldo has produced some stunning set piece goals - most memorably for Manchester United against Portsmouth in 2008 - he was also inconsistent from the dead ball during his time at Real Madrid.

Between 2009 and 2018, the Portuguese star scored 33 free-kick goals in 444 attempts for Los Blancos - which equates to a conversion record of 7.3%.

For Juventus, his record of one goal from 72 attempts equates to a 1.4% conversion rate.

According to The Athletic, the rolling average conversion rate for free-kick takers in the English Premier League is 9.2%.

Ronaldo's woeful free-kick record for Juventus hasn't exactly got in the way of him scoring goals for Andrea Pirlo's side, however.

In his two-and-a-half seasons in Turin, Ronaldo has scored 95 goals in just 123 games, 30 of which have come this season already.

His most recent strikes for the club - a hat-trick against Cagliari - took his career total of goals to an astonishing 770 - a figure that makes him the highest official scorer in soccer history, three ahead of Brazil icon Pele.

"I'm filled with joy and pride as I acknowledge the goal that put's me on top of the World's goal scoring list, overcoming Pelé's record, something that I could never have dreamed of while growing up as a child from Madeira," Ronaldo said after breaking Pele's record.

"Thanks to all of those who took part of this amazing journey with me. To my teammates, to my opponents, to the fans of the beautiful game all over the World and, above all, to my family and close friends: trust me when I say that I couldn't have done it without you."