UEFA Champions League
RONALDO SET TO BREAK ANOTHER CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SCORING RECORD
When Real Madrid faces APOEL in a Group H UEFA Champions League encounter this Tuesday, Cristiano Ronaldo may be up again to what he knows best to do – breaking records.
Already, he has set a record of 16 goals in the 2015 Champions League and has equalled that number in past 11 months.
One more goal by him this Tuesday or on December 6 when Real Madrid will face Borussia Dortmund will see the FIFA multiple award winner breaking his own record of 16 goals in a single calendar year.
Ronaldo has had the best three years in the Champions League from a goal scoring perspective, with 16 in 2015 and 2017, and 15 goals in 2013. The next best is Lionel Messi, who scored 13 times for Barcelona in both 2012 and 2016 – something Ronaldo also did in 2012 and 2014.
The Portugal international also has the best goal scoring record in a single Champions League season, with 17 goals in 2013-14. This season, he is also the leader in the top scorer race with six goals, ahead of Tottenham’s Harry Kane, who has scored five times so far.
Champions League all-time top scorers
GOALS | PLAYER | YEAR |
16 | Ronaldo | 2017 |
16 | Ronaldo | 2015 |
15 | Ronaldo | 2013 |
13 | Messi | 2016 |
13 | Ronaldo | 2014 |
13 | Ronaldo | 2012 |
13 | Messi | 2012 |
12 | Messi | 2011 |
12 | Messi | 2010 |
11 | Lewandowski | 2015 |