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Ronaldo keeps piling the records

Cristiano Ronaldo of Real Madrid: Piling up the record books. UEFA Photo

By scoring twice against Juventus on Tuesday, Real Madrid’s  Cristiano Ronaldo becomes the first to score in ten UEFA Champions League games in a row.

And he keeps extending  his records for club and country, according to UEFA log book.

Club/individual

  • Most UEFA club competition goals: 122
  • Most UEFA Champions League goals: 119
  • Most goals in a UEFA Champions League season: 17 (2013/14)
  • Most UEFA Champions League final wins: 4 (joint with Andrés Iniesta and Clarence Seedorf)
  • Only player to score in three UEFA Champions League finals
  • Only player to score in all six games in a UEFA Champions League group
  • Only player to score in ten straight UEFA Champions League games (run still going)
  • Most Real Madrid goals: 445
  • Most ESM Golden Shoe awards: 4 (joint with Lionel Messi)
  • Most UEFA Club Footballer/Best Player/Men’s Player awards: 4
  • Most Ballon d’Or awards: 5 (joint with Lionel Messi)
  • Most FIFA best player awards: 5 (joint with Lionel Messi)
  • Most appearances in UEFA.com users’ Team of the Year: 12 (2004, 2007–2017)
        Most EURO finals appearances: 21
  • Most EURO finals goals: 9 (level with Michel Platini)
  • Most EURO final tournaments scored in: 4
  • Only player to score three goals in multiple EUROs
  • Most EURO goals including qualifying: 29
  • Most goals in UEFA EURO and European FIFA World Cup qualifiers: 50
  • Most Portugal caps: 149
  • Most Portugal goals: 81 (fewer only than Ali Daei 109, Ferenc Puskás 84)

Top scorers in all UEFA competitions (men’s/women’s/club/national team/youth/futsal/amateur)*

1 Cristiano Ronaldo 157
2 Raúl González 107
3 Lionel Messi 103 (next non-European is Sergio Agüero on 53)
4 Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 91
5 Andriy Shevchenko 90
6 Zlatan Ibrahimović 87
7 Filippo Inzaghi 86
8 Margrét Lára Vidarsdóttir 84
9 Thierry Henry 81
10 Ricardinho (futsal) 79

*Competitions comprise: UEFA European Championship, UEFA Champions League/European Cup, UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup, UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup, UEFA Super Cup, UEFA Intertoto Cup, UEFA Women’s

 

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