Many of the records held by Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo in the European Champions League are threatened with breaking by other players, after he moved to the Saudi club Al-Nasr, and thus his continued absence from his favorite tournament.
Ronaldo monopolizes most of the individual records in the prestigious tournament, and he did not appear in the current season 2022-2023 for the first time since 2003, after his former team, Manchester United, came sixth in the English Premier League table last season 2021-2022.
The “Don” appeared for the first time in the Champions League on the first of October 2003, in the match that Manchester United lost to its German host, Stuttgart, in the second round of the group stage for the 2003-2004 edition.
The last appearance of the Portuguese star in the Champions League was on May 15, 2022, in the match that Manchester United lost to its guest Atletico Madrid 0-1, in the second leg of the final price round.
But Cristiano will not play the matches of this tournament again at least until the fall of 2025, if no surprise occurs until that period, by virtue of his signing of his transfer contract for the Saudi Al-Nasr team until the summer of the same year, according to the official statement issued by Al-Alamy.
The world's greatest athlete 🌏
officially signs for # the global 🤩 # Ronaldo_Nasrawi pic.twitter.com/BBq469mAYh
– Al-Nasr Saudi Club (@AlNassrFC) December 30, 2022
The Spanish newspaper "Sport" highlighted the numbers and statistics of Cristiano Ronaldo in the Champions League, which is unique to many of its records.
And the “Madeira Rocket” is the first scorer for the glory of European competitions, by scoring 140 goals, ahead of its eternal rival Lionel Messi, the star of Paris Saint-Germain, by only 41 goals.
This difference is not considered large or comfortable, in light of Messi’s continuation in the old European continent, given that he reached the final price round of the current season, in addition to playing at least another season, especially as he is close to extending his contract with the French capital team, according to numerous reports. .
Accordingly, Messi is the greatest danger to Cristiano's number, because the Polish Robert Lewandowski, Barcelona striker, comes in third place with 91 goals, followed by Frenchman Karim Benzema, the star of Real Madrid, with 86 goals.
In addition to Cristiano Ronaldo being the historical top scorer in the Champions League, he owns several tournament records that made him the most prominent player in it, according to Sport newspaper.
If we don't see Ronaldo in the Champions League again, what a legacy he leaves behind 🐐
✅ Most goals
✅ Most hat tricks
✅ Most appearances
✅ Most knockout goals
✅ Most goals in a single season
✅ Most consecutive games scored in pic.twitter.com/zH45foqp85
— ESPN UK (@ESPNUK) December 31, 2022
The “Don” has the largest number of goals in the knockout rounds of the tournament with 67 goals, and he also won the top scorer title in 6 backward versions, more than any other player, in the 2007-2008, 2012-2013, 2013-2014, 2015-2016 versions. 2016-2017, 2017-2018.
Cristiano played in the tournament 183 matches for Manchester United, Real Madrid and Juventus clubs, more than any other player, and he is the only one who scored at least a goal in 11 consecutive matches.
No player has ever scored in 3 final matches in the Champions League, as Ronaldo did in the 2007-2008 Manchester and Chelsea matches, Real Madrid against Atletico Madrid 2013-2014, and Real Madrid against Juventus 2016-2017.
Cristiano Ronaldo won the title 5 times, one with Manchester United, and 4 with Real Madrid, noting that he failed to win the championship while playing with Juventus in 3 seasons.
The results of the Champions League final matches played by Ronaldo:
2007-2008: Manchester United 1-1 Chelsea (6-5 on penalties)
2013-2014: Real Madrid 4-1 Atletico Madrid
2015-2016: Real Madrid 1-1 Atletico Madrid (5-3 on penalties)
2016-2017: Juventus 1-4 Real Madrid
2017-2018: Real Madrid 3-1 Liverpool