despite the severe defeat;
With his participation in the opening match of Manchester United in the Champions League against the Young Boys on Tuesday, Cristiano Ronaldo achieved many benefits and records.
The number of the Portuguese star's participation in the tournament has increased to 16 consecutive seasons, and he has also become the most visible player in the European Champions League in the history of the competition, along with Iker Casillas, each with 177 games, and he can be alone in the record and overtake the Spanish goalkeeper soon in the first match in the tournament.
Ronaldo continues his rocket start with Manchester United 💪 # Champions League # Manchester United # beINUCL # UCL pic.twitter.com/E7d6wWG8AH
— beIN SPORTS (@beINSPORTS) September 14, 2021
The 36-year-old Ronaldo's participation in the Champions League is as follows;
Manchester United (53 matches), Real Madrid (101 matches), Juventus (23 matches).
#OTD in 2009, the 🐐 moved to Spanish pastures and attained legendary status 🤩🏆⚽ @Cristiano @ChampionsLeague #SonySports #SonaManaHai #football #soccer #ucl #championsleague #uefa #realmadrid #madrid #juventus #cr7 #ronaldo #cristianopic.twitter.com .com/6wlopLD8dh
— Sony Sports (@SonySportsIndia) July 6, 2020
Ronaldo is the only player to have played more than 50 matches with two different teams in the Champions League, and the most visible in the final matches of the tournament, along with Paolo Maldini (6 matches each).
🎬Highlights of #MUFC Cristiano Ronaldo's #UCL Performance vs Arsenal in 2009#Ronaldo provided an assist & scored a brace as Manchester United booked their place in the UEFA Champions League final with a 3-1 win over Arsenal at the Emirates Stadiumpic.twitter. com/meYWqijaXg
— UEFA Champions League (@alimo_philip) September 14, 2021
Ronaldo is also the most visible player in the semi-finals (21 matches), and the second in the quarter-finals (22 matches) behind Lionel Messi by one match.
How much will Juventus miss @Cristiano Ronaldo tonight in their opening UEFA @ChampionsLeague match of the season?pic.twitter.com/V9c7571Try
— SuperSport 🏆 (@SuperSportTV) October 20, 2020
Most importantly, Ronaldo is the all-time top scorer in the Champions League with 135 goals in 177 matches, having won the top scorer title in 7 editions of the tournament seasons (2007-2008, 2012-2013, 2013-2014, 2014-2015, 2015-2016, 2016-2017, 2017-2018), and he scored the highest number of goals scored in a single season in the tournament with 17 goals.
Cristiano's goal for Juventus against Manchester United was rated Best Goal of the #ChampionsLeague 2018/19 season by UEFA #Ronaldo pic.twitter.com/gVlYzIVwQI
— JuveFC (@juvefcdotcom) June 2, 2019