Ronaldo is "out of this world".

Astronomers say that Ronaldo is out of this world, following a harvest of goals in 2015/2016 football season, as a "Los Bloncos"(the whites), under the tutelage of a legendary footballer turned coach-Zinadine Zidane.

This was in the peak of a football carrier which was marked by incredible record breaking and record setting feats, all by the living legend, Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro. His dominance in the field of play was so much that it earned him a larger than life status, both on and off the pitch. Many football pundits including most of his harshest critics were all in agreement with the fact that Ronaldo has attained a legendary status, and which he convincingly demonstrated with his trickery in the field of play and his mastery of the round leather game.

Who would have imagined that observers of celestial phenomenon had been busy observing a terrestrial phenomenon(i.e Cristiano Ronaldo), and about whom they were emphatic; "he is out of this world" What an irony, some may say and to others, "a misplaced priority".Nevertheless, the action of those men was not entirely out of place.This is on account of the fact that when mastery and magic come into play, travesty, such as the deeds of the men of the Southern Hemisphere, rarely fails to happen.

The cosmic men were deeply impressed by what they saw, all of which seem to have informed the decision to rally behind the soccer maestro in 2015, in a bid to keep his memories evergreen by naming the newly discovered galaxy after him, using his signature, CR7.

Our galaxy is the milky way and its closest neighbor Andromeda is about 2.5million light years from the earth but the Galaxy CR7 is said to be 12.9-billion light years from the earth, hence the phrase, "out of this world". Ronaldo the football star doubles as a Galactico(Galaxy) and like the Galaxy CR7, he is not only a world apart but has shone brighter than the rest of the stars. The metaphor "out of this world" then becomes imperative in making comparison between the man CR7 who share a lot in common with the Galaxy CR7, which is out of this world.

The exploit of Cristiano Ronaldo will deservedly be embossed in gold in the annals of history of football.Though many say he is in the twilight of his football carrier but even if that were to true, Ronaldo has not shown any signs of slowing down.He has instead continued with his stock in trade which is scoring of goals. Yes, he has been busy lately with his trademark record breaking and record setting , and scoring as many as 28-goals in all competitions for "the Old Lady" (Juventus) in Serie A .

In the light of his contributions to the round leather game, particularly, for taking football to whole new level, and again, in anticipation of more exploits in the seasons to come and for reaching his 1000-professional match, scoring over 700- goal and counting , let us all give it up for Cristiano Ronaldo, the terrestrial phenomenon who indeed is out of this world.