Not many football players have played on two EUROs; fewer have still scored in more than one of the quadruple tournaments.
We wrestle with facts and pick out the vital statistics and discover that the only man who managed to convert a free kick into two EUROs (clue: he is French); the player who scored all four of his final goals on the same date, albeit at four-year intervals (German); and the forward who has hit the net in record five tournaments (Portuguese, of course!).
Most EURO finals took place in
5 Cristiano Ronaldo, Portugal (2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020)
Ronaldo managed two goals at EURO 2004, one in 2008, three in 2012 and 2016, and now two more by 2020 to get far away from seven players who had scored three EUROs (see the list at the bottom of this article). He is also the only player to have recorded three or more times on several EUROs.
The same combination of assists / points on two EURO
Cesc Fàbregas / David Silva, Spain (1 year 2008, 1 year 2012) David Silva / Fernando Torres, Spain (1 year 2008, 1 year 2012) Xavi Hernández / Fernando Torres, Spain (1 year 2008, 1 year 2012) Nani / Hélder Postiga, Portugal (1 year 2008, 1 year 2012) Bastian Schweinsteiger / Michael Ballack, Germany (1 year 2004, 1 year 2008) Dennis Bergkamp / Patrick Kluivert, Netherlands (1 year 1996, 2 years 2000) Cristiano Ronaldo / Ricardo Quaresma , Portugal (1 year 2008, 1 year 2016) Karel Poborský / Vladimír Šmicer, Czech Republic (1 year 2000, 1 2004)
Both Xavi’s assists for Torres came in the final!
Points settlement of two euros
Alan Shearer, England vs Netherlands (1996), Romania (2000) Zinédine Zidane, France vs Portugal (2000), England (2004)
Both Shearers’ penalties were won by Paul Ince.
Alan Shearer Celebrates ’96 / Shaun Botterill / Getty Images
Make a free kick to two EURO
Zinédine Zidane, France vs Spain (2000), England (2004)
Points against the same team at different EURO
Angelos Charisteas, Greece vs Spain (2004, 2008) Youri Djorkaeff, France vs Spain (1996, 2000) Zdeněk Nehoda, Czechoslovakia vs Netherlands (1976, 1980) Cristiano Ronaldo, Portugal vs Netherlands (2004, 2012) Cristiano Ronaldo, Portugal vs Czech Republic Republic (2008, 2012) Cristiano Ronaldo, Portugal vs Hungary (2016, 2020) Alan Shearer, England vs Germany (1996, 2000)
Ronaldo has scored a record 11 final goals but he has actually only scored against five different opponents: Greece, the Netherlands (3), the Czech Republic (2), Hungary (4) and Wales.
Points on the same date
10/06 Cesc Fàbregas, Spain vs Russia (2008), Italy (2012) 13/06 Robin van Persie, Netherlands vs France (2008), Germany (2012) 14/06 Fernando Torres, Spain vs Sweden (2008), Republic of Ireland (2012) 17/06 Rudi Völler, West Germany vs Romania (1984), Spain (1988) 19/06 Vladimír Šmicer, Czech Republic vs Russia (1996), Netherlands (2004)
All four of Völler’s EURO goals came on June 17!
Longest gap between first and last EURO goals
17 years 3 days, Cristiano Ronaldo
Ronaldo was 19 when he struck in Portugal’s opening defeat to Greece at EURO 2004; about 17 years later, he found the target in his side’s EURO 2020 opening against Hungary.
Ronaldo celebrates a goal at Euro 2004 / Ben Radford / Getty Images
Points in two finals
Fernando Torres, Spain vs Germany (2008), Italy (2012)
