Records and Milestones set on Champions League Matchday 2: Cristiano Ronaldo reigns supreme

Modified Oct 01, 2015 07:15 GMT

Cristiano Ronaldo 501 — MACH FIVE! Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 500th and 501st career goal

Cristiano Ronaldo rewrites the record books – again!

The Real Madrid forward was at it again after not scoring in his previous three matches. Ronaldo surpassed the 500-goal mark in his career with a brace against Malmo FF. He now has 501 goals for club and country.

**Ronaldo's goals for club and country**
TEAM	GOALS
Real Madrid	323
Manchester United	118
Sporting Lisbon	5
Portugal	55
TOTAL	501

In doing so, he tied Raul for the most goals scored by a Real Madrid player. What makes the record even more astounding is that he achieved the feat in almost half the games. Raul took scored 323 goals in 741 games with Los Blancos. Ronaldo reached the mark in only 308 games – more than a goal per game!

Ronaldo also surpassed Raul for the most goals scored in Champions League for Real Madrid. Raul had 66 while this is Ronaldo’s 67th goal.

**Most goals scored by a Real Madrid player**
RANK	PLAYER	GOALS
1	Cristiano Ronaldo	323*
	Raul Gonzalez	323
3	Alfredo Di Stefano	307
4	Santillana	290
5	Ferenc Puskas	242
6	Hugo Sanchez	207

Ronaldo also went past Raul for most UCL matches in which a player has scored at least one goal. He was tied on 56 before this game. He is now on 57. The next best active player is Messi with 42.

**Most UCL matches with at least one goal scored**
RANK	PLAYER	MATCHES
1	Cristiano Ronaldo	57
2	Raul Gonzalez	56
3	Lionel Messi	42
4	Ruud van Nistelrooy	39
5	Thierry Henry	39
	Andriy Shevchenko	39

Cristiano Ronaldo Raul Real Madrid — Raul is joined by Cristiano Ronaldo at the top of Real Madrid’s all-time highest goal scorers

Ronaldo also surpassed Messi to set the record for most braces in the Champions League. Both Ballon d’Or winners were on 21 braces each until Ronaldo scored his brace against Malmo last night.