Cristiano Ronaldo and the Champions League have a unique romance. The Portuguese, who has earned the nickname of ‘Mister Champions’ has achieved all kinds of records in the most important club competition, however, it is never enough for CR7 and with the debut of United, Ronaldo equalized the record of matches played in the competition with 177 games, equaling Iker Casillas .
At the moment he shares the record with the legendary former Real Madrid goalkeeper, but he will surely surpass it in the next game of the ‘Red Devils’, thus increasing his legend in the UEFA Champions League.
As if that were not enough, the Portuguese debuted in the Champions League in his new stage as a Manchester United footballer and did so by scoring a goal , thus increasing his figure to a total of 135 goals, an area in which he is also the leader.
Cristiano Ronaldo also has the record for most goals in a UEFA Champions League season: 17 as many as he scored in the 2013 / 2014, more penalties scored (19), more finals won (5).
Besides this, he is the only player who has scored in three Champions League finals, as well as he is the only player to have scored in all six group stage matches and the only player to score 11 consecutive matches in the competition.