The former Sporting Lisbon, Manchester United, Real Madrid and Juventus striker has scored 140 Champions League goals in 183 appearances.
SPAIN.- Cristiano Ronaldo, the all-time top scorer in the UEFA Champions League, will be honoured with a special award by UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin in recognition of his remarkable legacy in the world’s most prestigious competition.
Ronaldo’s achievements in Europe’s premier club competition, spanning more than 18 years, will be recognised during the opening ceremony for the draw for the 36-team 2024/25 UEFA Champions League, taking place on Thursday 29 August at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco.
The former Sporting Lisbon, Manchester United, Real Madrid and Juventus striker has scored 140 Champions League goals in 183 appearances. He is 11 goals ahead of Lionel Messi and 46 ahead of third-placed Robert Lewandowski at the top of the scoring charts.
Ronaldo has finished seven Champions League seasons as the top scorer, more than any other player, from his eight goals in Manchester United’s triumphant 2007/08 campaign to his 15 goals as Real Madrid claimed their third consecutive title in 2017/18. He also holds the record for most goals in a single Champions League season, having scored 17 goals in 2013/14, including the extra-time winner against Atletico Madrid in the final.
The Portuguese 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 different UEFA Champions League finals (2008, 2014, 2017).
He also holds the record for the longest scoring streak in the Champions League, having scored in 11 consecutive matches from June 2017 to April 2018. Ronaldo also scored an astonishing eight hat-tricks in the Champions League.
The multiple Ballon d’Or and UEFA Player of the Year winner is also the all-time top scorer in all UEFA club competitions (145 goals, 197 appearances) as well as the most prolific player in the history of men’s international football (130 goals, 212 appearances).
