Europe's top 10 goalscorers since Cristiano Ronaldo's Man Utd debut in 2003

Cristiano Ronaldo scored his first Premier League goal for Manchester United in November 2003 and quickly became one of Europe's most prolific players.

Having scored over 100 goals for three of Europe's biggest clubs, Ronaldo's goalscoring prowess knew no bounds. Throughout his club career, he has scored at a rate of 0.74 goals per game, which is absolutely ridiculous.

The 37-year-old has now left European play, but his record during his 19.5 seasons in Europe's major leagues was truly remarkable.

We've scoured the archives and taken a closer look at the top 10 goalscorers across Europe's top five leagues since Ronaldo made his Manchester United debut in 2003.

10. Edin Dzeko – 221

Perhaps one of the most underrated strikers of the past decade, Dzeko is still going strong at 36 in Serie A. With 221 goals in Europe's top five leagues, he enters this top 10 ahead of Samuel Eto. 'o, Wayne Rooney and Thierry Henry.

9. Gonzalo Higuain - 237

The French-born Argentine striker had the best spell of his career while at Napoli, scoring an average of 0.68 league goals per game during his three years at the Diego Armando Maradona stadium.

He also ranks 14th on Real Madrid's all-time top scorers list, having netted 107 La Liga goals during his time at the Bernabeu. In total, Higuain has scored 237 goals in Europe's top five leagues.

8. Luis Suarez - 248

"I actually think he was the best center forward in the world for about four years. Not just at Liverpool, but what he did at Barcelona for the next two or three years," said Jamie Carragher at Overlap.

A two-time European Golden Shoe winner, Suarez was breathtaking in his prime. In total, he scored 248 goals in Europe's top five leagues for Liverpool, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid. That's not even counting the 91 Eredivisie goals he scored for Groningen and Ajax.

Only Lionel Messi and Cesar Rodriguez have scored more goals for Barcelona than the Uruguayan, which is pretty amazing considering he was only at Camp Nou for six seasons – ridiculously prolific.

7. Sergio Aguero - 259

Aguero ranks fifth in the Premier League's all-time top goalscoring charts with 184 goals for Manchester City. He scored 75 more points for Atletico Madrid and Barcelona, ​​taking his tally to 259 in Europe's top five leagues.

6. Edinson Cavani – 267

The Uruguayan striker is still scoring goals today for Valencia in La Liga. In a career that spans over 17 years so far, Cavani has 267 goals to score in Europe, which is a superb comeback - scoring in four of Europe's top five leagues, with only the Bundesliga missing. .

Kylian Mbappe may be breathing, but the 35-year-old remains PSG's all-time top scorer so far (200 goals in all competitions, 138 in Ligue 1).

5. Karim Benzema – 270

“There is absolute fear now from other defenders when he comes up against them,” Rio Ferdinand told BT Sport in 2022. This is how he achieved a rich vein of form.”

Benzema deservedly won the latest Ballon d'Or for his remarkable 2021-22 campaign. He often sacrificed his own goal return to accommodate others, but a tally of 270 league goals (227 for Madrid, 43 for Lyon) is testament to his talent.

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4. Zlatan Ibrahimovic - 301

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