Ronaldo at 37: What records can he still break?
FT Desk
- Updated: 5 Feb 2022 14:56 CST
- 3 min read
Cristiano Ronaldo is undoubtedly one of - if not the very best - players that the world has ever seen.
What’s perhaps even more impressive than the heights the Manchester United forward has reached over the course of his star-studded career is the longevity and consistency that he has shown throughout it too.
Indeed, at the ripe old age of 37, the Portugal international is showing no signs of slowing down and his hunger for success is as strong as ever.
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But while we can all rhyme off which trophies and individual accolades Ronaldo has laid claim to over the course of his career, there are still some records that he hasn’t yet managed to beat.
Records that Ronaldo still hasn’t broken
Most World Cup goals: 16 - Miroslav Klose
Most goals scored in a single World Cup: 13 - Just Fontaine
Most World Cups played in: 5 - Antonio Carbajal, Lothar Matthaus, Rafael Marquez
Most World Cup games played: 25 - Lothar Matthaus
Oldest player at World Cup finals: - 40 years, 133 days - Dino Zoff
Most goals in European Cup finals: 7 – Alfredo Di Stéfano, Ferenc Puskás (both Real Madrid)
Goals in most European Cup finals: 5 – Alfredo Di Stéfano (Real Madrid, 1956, 1957, 1958. 1959, 1960)
Most goals in a single European Cup final: 4 – Ferenc Puskás (Real Madrid, 1960)
Most appearances in UEFA Champions League/European Cup (including qualifying): 181 – Iker Casillas
Most appearances in UEFA club competitions (including qualifying): 188 – Iker Casillas
Final wins with the most teams in UEFA Champions League: 3 – Clarence Seedorf (Ajax 1995, Real Madrid 1998, Milan 2003, 2007)
Highest number of teams scored for in UEFA Champions League: 6 – Zlatan Ibrahimović (Ajax, Juventus, Internazionale, Barcelona, Milan, Paris Saint-Germain)
Oldest goalscorer in UEFA Champions League final: Paolo Maldini (36 years 333 days) – Milan v Liverpool (25/05/2005)
Oldest goalscorer in UEFA Champions League, group stage to final: Francesco Totti (38 years 59 days) – CSKA Moskva v Roma (25/11/2014)
Oldest goalscorer in European Cup: Manfred Burgsmüller (38 years 293 days) – Werder Bremen v Dynamo Berlin (11/10/1988)
Goals in most UEFA Champions League seasons: Ryan Giggs (16)
Most goals in a single European season: Radamel Falcao (18), Porto 2010/11
