Topic: Ronaldo shoots himself to Uefa record all-time campaign goal scorer.  (Read 2091 times)

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The Portuguese international entered the last four with 14 goals in this season's competition, level with the record held by his FC Barcelona counterpart Lionel Messi. Ronaldo had equalled Messi – and, simultaneously, ex-AC Milan forward José Altafini's 51-year European Cup record – in the quarter-final first leg against Borussia Dortmund.

With Madrid already 2-0 up in Munich, the Portuguese forward set a personal landmark in the 34th minute at the Fußball Arena München, rounding off a devastating counterattack involving Karim Benzema and Gareth Bale for his record-breaking strike. He then added another from a free-kick to seal a 4-0 win and a place in Lisbon on 24 May.

An incredible group stage performance laid the foundations for his achievement. An opening-day hat-trick against Galatasaray AŞ was an ominous portent for Ronaldo's Group B opponents, and the 29-year-old added doubles against FC København and Juventus. Ronaldo struck nine times in all, breaking the eight-goal group stage record owned jointly by Ruud van Nistelrooy (2004/05), Filippo Inzaghi and Hernán Crespo (both 2002/03) – and Zlatan Ibrahimović, who equalled the feat on matchday five this term.

The irrepressible Ronaldo then almost single-handedly dispatched FC Schalke 04 with a brace in each leg of their round of 16 contest, before another landmark strike against Dortmund, against whom he had registered his 50th UEFA Champions League goal in the semi-finals last year. Ronaldo ultimately upstaged Messi in the scoring stakes last season for the first time in five campaigns – both players are closing fast on the all-time benchmark of 71 set by Raúl González. with Messi on 67, one more than Ronaldo.

UEFA Champions League leading scorers season by season
2012/13: Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid CF) – 12 goals
2011/12: Lionel Messi (FC Barcelona) – 14
2010/11: Lionel Messi (FC Barcelona) – 12
2009/10: Lionel Messi (FC Barcelona) – 8
2008/09: Lionel Messi (FC Barcelona) – 9
2007/08: Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United FC) – 8
2006/07: Kaká (AC Milan) – 10
2005/06: Andriy Shevchenko (AC Milan) – 9
2004/05: Ruud van Nistelrooy (Manchester United FC) – 8
2003/04: Fernando Morientes (AS Monaco FC) – 9
2002/03: Ruud van Nistelrooy (Manchester United FC) – 12
2001/02: Ruud van Nistelrooy (Manchester United FC) – 10
2000/01: Andriy Shevchenko (AC Milan) – 9
1999/00: Mário Jardel (FC Porto), Rivaldo (FC Barcelona), Raúl González (Real Madrid CF) – 10
1998/99: Andriy Shevchenko (FC Dynamo Kyiv), Dwight Yorke (Manchester United FC) – 8
1997/98: Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus) – 10
1996/97: Milinko Pantić (Club Atlético de Madrid) – 5
1995/96: Jari Litmanen (AFC Ajax) – 9
1994/95: George Weah (Paris Saint-Germain) – 7
1993/94: Ronald Koeman (FC Barcelona), Wynton Rufer (SV Werder Bremen) – 8
1992/93: Romário (PSV Eindhoven) – 7

-uefa.com

 

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