Ronaldo To Be Honoured As UEFA Champions League All-Time Top Scorer

UEFA President Aleksander Čeferin will present a special award to Cristiano Ronaldo, the all-time leading goalscorer in the UEFA Champions League, in honor of his incredible legacy in the most prestigious competition in the world.

Over the course of more than 18 years, Ronaldo has achieved remarkable success in Europe’s top club tournament. On Thursday, August 29, at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco, the inaugural 2024/25 UEFA Champions League 36-team league phase draw event will honor Ronaldo’s accomplishments in the championship.

With 183 games, the former attacker for Sporting Clube de Portugal, Manchester United, Real Madrid, and Juventus has scored 140 goals in the Champions League. He has 11 more goals than Lionel Messi 46 ahead of third-placed Robert Lewandowski at the top of the scoring charts.

Ronaldo has finished seven separate Champions League seasons as leading scorer – more than any other player – spanning from his eight goals in Manchester United’s triumphant 2007/08 campaign to his 15-goal haul when Real Madrid claimed their third straight title in 2017/18. He also holds the record for most goals in a single Champions League season having found the net 17 times in 2013/14, including in the extra-time win against Atlético Madrid in the final.

The Portugal forward has won the competition once with Manchester United and four times with Real Madrid – making him the first five-time winner in the competition’s history since 1992 – and is the only player to date to have scored in three separate UEFA Champions League finals (2008, 2014, 2017).

He also holds the record for longest Champions League scoring streak, having struck in 11 successive matches from June 2017 to April 2018. Ronaldo has also scored an astounding eight Champions League hat-tricks.

The multiple Ballon d’Or and UEFA Men’s Player of the Year recipient is also the all-time leading scorer in all UEFA club competitions (145 goals, 197 appearances) as well as the most prolific ever player in men’s international football (130 goals, 212 appearances).

CRISTIANO RONALDO’S CHAMPIONS LEAGUE CAREER IN NUMBERS

Appearances: 183

Goals: 140

Wins: 5 (2008, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018)

Top scorer: 7 times (2007/08, 2012/13, 2013/14, 2014/15*, 2015/16, 2016/17, 2017/18)

Most goals in a single season: 17 (2013/14)

Longest scoring streak: 11 games

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