Cristiano Ronaldo, all time top scorer UEFA Champions League with 140 goals, received a special prize at the raffle gala for the new edition at the hands of Alexandre Ceferine in recognition of his career in the most prestigious and important competition in the world. Furthermore, the current player of the Al-Nassr He is also the top scorer in all interclub competitions in the UEFA with 145 goals in 197 gamesas well as the most prolific player in the history of international men’s football (130 goals in 212 matches).
It was in the Grimaldi Forum Monaco Or Cristiano Ronaldo He received with all the honors this historic award which accredits him as the best scorer of the Champions League. A competition he has won five times. With the Manchester United in 2008 and with Real Madrid in 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018. The attacker of the Al-Nassr He did not want to miss the event and was present at the presentation of the new edition. The Portuguese also opened the door to a possible return to the Champions League.
Cristiano Ronaldoduring his stay at Manchester United, Real Madrid and Juventus He has broken all the goalscoring records in the highest continental competition. The Portuguese striker won seven top scorer awards in a single edition, in the 2007/08 season with Manchester United and the rest with Real Madrid in 2012/13, 2013/14, 2014/15, 2015/16, 2016/17 and 2017/18.
Furthermore, the current player of the Al-Nassr He holds the record for the most goals in a single edition. It was in the 2013/2014 season, the year in which Real Madrid won the Décima, where he scored 17 goals, including the goal in the Lisbon final against Atletico Madrid penalty in extra time.
Cristiano Ronaldo, at the top
The Portuguese striker has 11 goals ahead of Lionel Messi and 46 ahead of third place, which is Robert Lewandowski. Given the arrival of the Argentine in MLS and the 46 goals the Pole has left to score in Champions Leaguesomething that seems impossible before its withdrawal, the UEFA decided to award him this prize to reward him for his historic career. The Portuguese also holds the record for the most consecutive games scored in the Champions League, with eleven.
After his departure for Saudi Arabia, everything indicates that Cristiano Ronaldo will retire in the Saudi country. This was recently confirmed in a statement: “I am very happy in this club. I also feel very good in this country, I love playing in Saudi Arabia and I want to continue. On the eve of quarantine and after playing the Euro with Portugal, Cristiano Ronaldo He also mentioned a retirement from football that is already on the horizon. “In two or three years… But I will probably retire here at Al-Nassr.”
Buffon is also rewarded
Guianlui Buffon He also received the UEFA President’s Award 2024, in acknowledgement to your long career, his talent, his determination and his perseverance. The former Italian goalkeeper, who retired just over a year ago after 28 active seasons, He is the goalkeeper with the most caps of all time, 176, as well as the player with the most caps in the history of the Italian national team and the fourth-most capped European footballer.
The prize rewards the achievements the most remarkable, the Excellency professional and qualities Exemplary staff member and UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin showed his admiration for Buffon from a young age, when he was Parma goalkeeper in the mid-1990s.
