Real Madrid brazen Cristiano Ronaldo is one of usually 12 players to have done over 150 appearances in UEFA’s bar competitions.
All-time UEFA bar foe appearances*
177: Iker Casillas (Real Madrid, Porto)
174: Paolo Maldini (AC Milan)
173: Xavi Hernández (Barcelona)
163: Pepe Reina (Barcelona, Villarreal, Liverpool, Napoli, Bayern München)
163: Clarence Seedorf (Ajax, Real Madrid, Internazionale Milano, AC Milan)
161: Raúl González (Real Madrid, Schalke)
160: Javier Zanetti (Internazionale Milano)
159: Ryan Giggs (Manchester United)
156: Gianluigi Buffon (Parma, Juventus)
154: Cristiano Ronaldo (Sporting CP, Manchester United, Real Madrid)
150: Dani Alves (Sevilla, Barcelona, Juventus, Paris)
150: Jamie Carragher (Liverpool)
Ronaldo reached a landmark figure in Sep 2017, only over 15 years after his initial appearance, a UEFA Champions League qualifier for Sporting CP in Aug 2002.
Top of a raise is Iker Casillas, who also done a infancy of his UEFA bar appearances for Real Madrid though is now branch out for Porto.
The tip 12 is done adult of 3 goalkeepers, 4 defenders, 3 midfielders and dual forwards. The other striker to underline is Raúl González, himself a long-time talismanic figure during a Santiago Bernabéu whose final deteriorate in a Spanish collateral (2009/10) crossed over with Ronaldo’s first.
Should Madrid go all a approach to a 2017/18 final and Ronaldo underline in each game, he would finish a deteriorate on 161 appearances. Indeed even accounting for probable qualifiers and UEFA Super Cup games, it seems doubtful that Ronaldo would be means to locate Casillas – who can still supplement to his tally, after all – until a 2019/20 debate during a earliest.
*UEFA bar competitions means European Champion Clubs’ Cup/UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League, European/South American Cup, UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup, UEFA Super Cup and UEFA Intertoto Cup
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