CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL: Penalty sees Ronaldo extend his top-scoring record to 17 goals
LISBON: Cristiano Ronaldo’s last-minute penalty for Real Madrid against city rivals Atletico was his 17th goal in the Champions League this season.
That secured him a record in ending up three clear of the mark previously shared by Jose Altafini (Milan), Ruud Van Nistelrooy (Manchester United and Leo Messi (Barcelona).
Real’s 4-1 victory was also Ronaldo’s second Champions League prize, six years after his first with Manchester United against Chelsea in Moscow in 2008. A year later he was a loser with United against Barcelona in Rome.
He then moved to Real Madrid for a world record fee of £85m. Last season he was the competition’s top scorer with 12 goals, thus becoming the sixth player Real Madrid hailed as the competition’s leading scorer after Alfredo Di Stefano, Ferenc Puskas, Michel, Raul and Fernando Morientes.
He also made history, in Lisbon, on becoming the first player to score in finals for two different clubs in the entire 58-year history of the European Champions League Cup.
The top scorers
1955-56: Milos Milutinovic (Partizan Belgrade) 8
1956-57: Dennis Viollet (Manchester United ) 9
1957-58: Alfredo Di Stefano (Real Madrid) 10
1958-59: Just Fontaine (Reims) 10
1959-60: Ferenc Puskas (Real Madrid) 12
1960-61: Jose Aguas (Benfica) 10
1961-62: Heinz Strehl (Nurnberg) 8
1962-63: Jose Altafini (Milan) 14
1963-64: Vladimir Kovacevic (Partizan), Sando Mazzola (Inter), Ferenc Puskas (Real Madrid) 7 each
1964-65: Eusebio (Benfica), Torres (Benfica) 9 each
1965-66: Florian Albert (Ferencvaros), Eusebio (Benfica) 7 each
1966-67: Jurgen Piepenburg (Vorwarts), Paul Van Himst (Anderlecht) 6 each
1967-68: Eusebio (Benfica) 6
1968-69: Denis Law (Manchester United) 9
1969-70: Mick Jones (Leeds Utd), Ove Kindvall (Feyenoord) 7 each
1970-71: Antonis Antoniadis (Panathinaikos) 10
1971-72: Johan Cruyff (Ajax), Antal Dunai (Ujpest Dozsa), Lou Macari (Celtic), Sylvester Takac (Standard Liege) 5 each
1972-73: Gerd Muller (Bayern Munich) 12
1973-74: Gerd Muller (Bayern Munich) 8
1974-75: Eduard Markarov (Ararat Yerevan), Gerd Muller (Bayern Munich) 5 each
1975-76: Jupp Heynckes (Borussia Monchengladbach) 6
1976-77: Franco Cucinotta (FC Zurich), Gerd Muller (Bayern Munich) 5 each
1977-78: Allan Simonsen (Borussia Mg) 5
1978-79: Claudio Sulser (Grasshopper) 11
1979-80: Soren Lerby (Ajax Amsterdam) 10
1980-81: Terry McDermott (Liverpool), Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (Bayern Munich), Graeme Souness (Liverpool) 6 each
1981-82: Dieter Hoeness (Bayern Munich) 8
1982-83: Paolo Rossi (Juventus) 6
1983-84: Viktor Sokol (Minsk Dynamo) 6
1984-85: Torbjorn Nilsson (IFK Gothenburg), Michel Platini (Juventus) 7 each
1985-86: Torbjorn Nilsson (IFK Gothenburg) 7
1986-87: Borislav Cvetkovic (Red Star Belgrade) 7
1987-88: Jean-Marc Ferreri (Bordeaux), Gheorghe Hagi (Steaua Bucharest), Rabah Madjer (Porto), Ally McCoist (Rangers), Michel (Real Madrid), Jose Rui Aguas (Benfica) 4 each
1988-89: Marco Van Basten (Milan) 9
1989-90: Jean-Pierre Papin (Marseille), Romario (PSV Eindhoven) 6 each
1990-91: Peter Pacult (Tirol), Jean-Pierre Papin (Marseille) 6 each
1991-92: Jean-Pierre Papin (Marseille), Sergei Yuran (Benfica) 7 each
1992-93: Romario (PSV Eindhoven) 7
1993-94: Ronald Koeman (Barcelona), Wynton Rufer (Werder Bremen) 8 each
1994-95: George Weah (Paris Saint-Germain) 8
1995-96: Jari Litmanen (Ajax) 9
1996-97: Ally McCoist (Rangers) 6
1997-98: Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus) 10
1998-99: Andriy Shevchenko (Kiev Dynamo) 10
1999-2000: Mateja Kezman (Partizan), Mikhail Mokholap (Skonto Riga) 6 each
2000-01: Raul (Real Madrid) 7
2001-02: Ruud Van Nistelrooy (Manchester United) 10
2002-03: Ruud Van Nistelrooy (Manchester United) 14
2003-04: Fernando Morientes (Monaco) 9
2004-05: Ruud Van Nistelrooy (Manchester United) 8
2005-06: Andriy Shevchenko (Milan) 9
2006-07: Kaka (Milan) 10
2007-08: Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United ) 8
2008-09: Lionel Messi (Barcelona) 9
2009–10: Lionel Messi (Barcelona) 8
2010–11: Lionel Messi (Barcelona) 12
2011–12: Lionel Messi (Barcelona) 14
2012–13: Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) 12
2013–14: Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) 17.
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