World Soccer Presents - Rise of Ronaldo (2022)

greatest ever?

WorldSoccertakesalookatsomeofthe

numbersbehindCristianoRonaldo’sChampions

Leaguelegacy,andwhatmakeshimoneofthe

eliteEuropeancompetition’sall-timegreats

naldoistheall-timetopappearance

erinthecompetition,overtakinghis

rmerRealMadridteam-mateIkerCasillas

77)duringthe 20 21- 2 2 campaign.

’salsothe tournament’sall-timetop

goalscorer. AlongsideLionelMessi(123),

’soneofjust twoplayerstoreacha

y of ChampionsLeaguegoals.

ThePortugallegendwasthetop goalscorer

r a recordsixconsecutive seasonsbetween

12 -13 and 2017 -18,whilehis tallyofseven

GoldenBootsis alsoa tournamentrecord.

scored 17 goalsinthe 2 01 3- 14 campaign

RealMadridwonladecimainthe finalagainst

leticoMadrid.Itremains a recordforthe most

ina singleChampionsLeagueseason.

’stiedwithMessioneightall-time

ChampionsLeaguehat-tricks,althoughthe

nchester UnitedandPortugalforwardis the

player to scorethree treblesina single

season;in 2015 -16forRealMadrid.

istianohasscoredthemostgoals in finals

theChampionsLeagueera,with fourgoals

sixfinals.He’salsoone of justthreeplayers

score fortwodifferentteamsinthe final.

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17

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42

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Inadditiontobeingthe all-timetop scorer,

Ronaldoalsohasthe most assistsinthe

competition’s history– sixahead of Messi.

Ronaldohaswon1 13 matchesduringhis

ChampionsLeaguecareer, themost by

anyplayer.Theonlyotherplayertowin

morethan 10 0 matchesisCasillas.

Cristianohasscoredthemostpenalties

(notincludingshootouts),converting 19

spot-kicksoutof22.He’salsoscored

a record12 directfree-kicks.

He’sscored againstarecord 38 opponents

andhasregistered themostgoalsagainst

a singleopponent;nettingtenChampions

LeaguegoalsagainstJuventus.

PacoGento is theonlyplayer to winthe

tournamentonsixoccasions,but Ronaldo

isthe only playerto winitfivetimesduring

there-brandedChampionsLeagueera.

Noplayerhasscored more 90th minute-

winninggoalsinChampionsLeaguehistory

thanRonaldo.HelevelledwithSergioAguero

onthreegoalsfollowinghis 95 th-minute

strike againstVillarrealforManchester

UnitedinSeptember 20 21.

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