IFFHS STATISTICS - NEW EUROPEAN RECORD



Picture : new European record for Ronaldo !


Cristiano Ronaldo takes over another European record!

In the game vs Atalanta (3-2) which was his 300th game for two spells in Manchester United, Cristiano Ronaldo made new remarkable achievements.

*He reached the mark of 25 headers scored in Champions League: much more than any other player in the history of competition (Lewandowski scored 16 and Benzema 15).

*Atalanta became 38th team he did ever score against in Champions League. It’s new record of the competition. Messi has scored against 37 teams.

*CR7 surpassed Iker Casillas in the ranking for the players with the most matches in all the history of European competitions. The Portuguese has now 187 such games: 183 in Champions League (179 in main stage and 4 in qualification), 2 in UEFA Cup and 2 in European SuperCup. 



 PLAYERS WITH MOSTGAMES       
 IN EUROPEAN CLUBCOMPETITIONS       
          
 PlayerCountryPeriodGames     
    CLELCWCSCICTotal
1Cristiano RonaldoPortugal2002-1832 2 187
2Iker CasillasSpain1999–20191812 3 186
3Pepe ReinaSpain2000-8874 115178
4XaviSpain1998–201515713 3 173
5Paolo MaldiniItaly1985-200913922 7 168
6Gianluigi BuffonItaly1996-13235   167
7Clarence SeedorfNetherlands1992–20121312523 161
8Javier ZanettiArgentina1995-201310554 1 160
9RaúlSpain1995–201214411 3 158
 Ryan GiggsWales1991–2014151511 158
11Lionel MessiArgentina2004-152  4 156
12Dani AlvesBrazil2004-11436 5 155
13Jamie CarragherEngland1997-20139157 2 150


Abbreviatures:
CL = Champions League (including qualification) and European Cup
EL = Europa League (including qualification) and UEFA Cup
CWC = Cup Winners’ Cup
SC = European SuperCup
IC = Intertoto Cup (1995 to 2008)