Champions League goals
Competition proper; qualifying excluded.
The record book
Extraordinary.
On the record.
The beginnings. The goals. The seasons that changed the scale of what was possible.
Sources reviewed 8 September 2026. Each changing figure carries its source’s date. This is a sourced reference, not a live match feed.
Where he stands apart
More than praise.
Specific achievements.
Record status below follows UEFA’s record list dated 6 July 2026. “Outright” means the listed record is not shared; “unique feat” describes an achievement UEFA lists as his alone.
Goals in one Champions League season
2013/14.
Champions League knockout goals
Knockout stages only.
Champions League appearances
Competition proper.
Consecutive Champions League games scored in
Eleven consecutive appearances with a goal.
Different Champions League finals scored in
2008, 2014 and 2017.
EURO finals goals
Final tournaments; qualifying excluded.
World Cup editions scored in
2006–2026, in UEFA’s July 2026 record list.
Senior men’s international goals
Portugal; snapshot dated 6 July 2026.
Senior men’s international appearances
Portugal; snapshot dated 6 July 2026.
UEFA record register and date ↗
Shared records and historical firsts deserve their own labels.
Eight Champions League hat-tricks: shared with Lionel Messi. First to five Champions League final wins: achieved in 2018; five is not the current record for most wins. UEFA context ↗
Before the records
The first time
the net moved.
- 14 August 2002 · Sporting debut
Senior bow against Inter in Champions League qualifying. Sporting ↗
- 7 October 2002 · First senior goals
Two against Moreirense for Sporting. AS retrospective ↗
- 20 August 2003 · Portugal debut
A friendly against Kazakhstan. UEFA debut archive ↗
- 1 November 2003 · First United goal
A free-kick against Portsmouth. Manchester United ↗
- 12 June 2004 · First Portugal goal
A header against Greece at EURO 2004. UEFA goal log ↗
- April 2007 · First Champions League goals
Two against Roma in United’s 7–1 win, in the competition proper. His qualifying goal in 2005 belongs to a different count. UEFA ↗
Across clubs and competitions
Different stages.
A lasting imprint.
Sporting CP
5 goalsFirst-team competitive total, 2002/03. Zerozero match log ↗
Manchester United
145 goalsBoth spells combined. Club archive ↗
Real Madrid
451 club-credited goals438 official appearances; club’s all-time scoring leader. Madrid uses a different attribution convention from the widely used 450 total. Club profile ↗
Juventus
101 goals134 appearances in the club’s later retrospective. Club retrospective ↗
Al Nassr
104 league goalsOpta league snapshot retrieved 8 September 2026. League only; not presented as an all-competition club total. Opta career table ↗
Portugal
146 goals233 senior appearances, UEFA snapshot of 6 July 2026. UEFA goal log ↗
| Club | Appearances | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| Manchester United | 59 | 21 |
| Real Madrid | 101 | 105 |
| Juventus | 23 | 14 |
| Total | 183 | 140 |
These cards have different scopes and dates. Do not add them into a career total. A reconciled all-competition Al Nassr total and a single-cutoff career total remain unverified here.
How he scores
Both feet.
Above the defence.
| Finish | Champions League | Portugal |
|---|---|---|
| Right foot | 96 | 85 |
| Left foot | 19 | 33 |
| Header | 25 | 28 |
| Total | 140 | 146 |
| Type | Champions League | Portugal |
|---|---|---|
| Scored penalties | 19 | 23 |
| Direct free-kicks | 12 | 11 |
Body-part categories add to each dataset’s total. Penalties and free-kicks overlap those categories; they are not additional goals. Shootout kicks do not count as match goals. These are not whole-career shot-type totals.
UEFA Champions League, 28 July 2026 ↗ · UEFA Portugal, 6 July 2026 ↗
Portugal’s source contains an older “145” in one sentence; its headline and numerical breakdown both total 146. The figures here use the reconciled tables.
Year by year
A career built
across seasons.
Domestic top-flight league games only. Cups, continental tournaments and Portugal matches are excluded.
| Season | Club | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002/03 | SCP | 25 | 3 |
| 2003/04 | MU | 29 | 4 |
| 2004/05 | MU | 33 | 5 |
| 2005/06 | MU | 33 | 9 |
| 2006/07 | MU | 34 | 17 |
| 2007/08 | MU | 34 | 31 |
| 2008/09 | MU | 33 | 18 |
| 2009/10 | RM | 29 | 26 |
| 2010/11 | RM | 34 | 40 |
| 2011/12 | RM | 38 | 46 |
| 2012/13 | RM | 34 | 34 |
| 2013/14 | RM | 30 | 31 |
| 2014/15 | RM | 35 | 48 |
| 2015/16 | RM | 36 | 35 |
| 2016/17 | RM | 29 | 25 |
| 2017/18 | RM | 27 | 26 |
| 2018/19 | JUV | 31 | 21 |
| 2019/20 | JUV | 33 | 31 |
| 2020/21 | JUV | 33 | 29 |
| 2021/22 | JUV | 1 | 0 |
| 2021/22 | MU | 30 | 18 |
| 2022/23 | MU | 10 | 1 |
| 2022/23 | AN | 16 | 14 |
| 2023/24 | AN | 31 | 35 |
| 2024/25 | AN | 30 | 25 |
| 2025/26 | AN | 30 | 28 |
| 2026/27* | AN | 4 | 2 |
SCP = Sporting / Primeira Liga; MU = Manchester United / Premier League; RM = Real Madrid / La Liga; JUV = Juventus / Serie A; AN = Al Nassr / Saudi Pro League.
*2026/27 is an incomplete snapshot. Source: Opta career history, retrieved 8 September 2026 ↗. Madrid league figures follow Opta’s 311-goal convention. A season split across clubs appears twice.
Manchester United / 2007–08
The season he conquered
England and Europe.
42All competitions
31Premier League
8Champions League
3FA Cup
His highest-scoring United season paired extraordinary individual output with the Premier League and Champions League titles. United also won the August 2007 Community Shield.
United’s 42-goal retrospective ↗ · Season results and scoring archive ↗ · 2007 Community Shield ↗
A remarkable double, not every trophy.
United exited the FA Cup against Portsmouth and the League Cup against Coventry. The Club World Cup triumph came in December 2008, during 2008/09. Keeping these dates separate makes the achievement clearer.
The individual recognition
The 31 league goals brought the Premier League Golden Boot and European Golden Shoe. Ronaldo received the 2008 Ballon d’Or and FIFPro World Player of the Year. Those awards have their own calendar dates; they are not additional team trophies.
Premier League season review ↗ · Ballon d’Or announcement ↗ · FIFPro announcement ↗
UEFA’s old Ballon d’Or article says seven Champions League goals, conflicting with the eight in the season statistics. This page uses eight and shows the discrepancy rather than repeating it.
Context makes the record
Read the scope.
Understand the achievement.
League / cup / continental / international
League tables measure a domestic season. Domestic cups and super cups are separate. The Champions League is a club competition. Portugal goals belong to national-team football; senior internationals include recognised friendlies.
Finals / qualifying
EURO “finals” means the whole final tournament, not only its last match. Champions League competition-proper totals exclude qualifying. Keep those scopes attached to every claim.
Record / first / shared
A historical first remains a first after another player follows. A shared record is not unique. “Best season” needs a criterion: 2007/08 leads his United goal tally; it is not his highest-scoring season at every club.
More remarkable seasons
Madrid credits him with a club season-high 61 goals; his 2013/14 Champions League campaign produced 17. In Saudi Arabia, 35 league goals in 2023/24 set the competition’s season record at that time. Madrid ↗ · Saudi Pro League ↗
Coverage: career beginnings, selected record categories, club scoring summaries, league seasons and goal types for UEFA datasets. A complete match-by-match career ledger, all-career assists, minutes, shot locations, every trophy and a reconciled current total are not yet verified here. Missing data is not zero. Sources can change; this page does not update automatically.