having scored 103 league goals

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Maybo

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Ronaldo left Manchester United in November, having scored 103 league goals across two spells at the club. (Cristiano Ronaldo scores four times for Al Nassr to pass 500 league goals by BBC)

What's the difference between the following?
1. Ronaldo left Manchester United in November, having scored 103 league goals across two spells at the club.
2. Having scored 103 league goals across two spells at the club, Ronaldo left Manchester United in November.
 

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The first just means he left the club in November and that he'd scored 103 goals for them.

The second effectively means the same as the first. But it could also make the reader wonder why it was worded that way. It sounds a little as if Ronaldo had set himself a target of 103 goals (or maybe a hundred), and left after he got to it.
 
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