Messi left Barcelona for Paris Saint-Germain in the summer of 2021 having scored 120 goals for the Spanish club in the Champions League – a record that even Cristiano Ronaldo, with his 105 for ...

Lionel Messi, Iker Casillas, Thomas Müller, Toni Kroos and front-runner Ronaldo. Ronaldo's first game in the Champions League proper took place on 1 October 2003, the then 18-year-old earning a ...

Cristiano Ronaldo's career has been built on achieving the seemingly impossible with an near constant ruthless efficiency in front of goal. The 40-year-old has sent goalscoring records tumbling ...

In October 2024, Marca ranked football’s six greatest-ever players – but aside from Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, who else featured? Messi took top spot in the list, with Ronaldo second ...

OLIVER HOLT: I'm a stadium nerd and I've ranked my favourites from 1 to 92. The best and the rest will come later but there are a handful I would happily never set foot in again.

Both players have gone toe to toe with each other throughout their careers. As far as football players go, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are among the greatest to have ever stepped on the field.