Against which club did Ronaldo score his first UEFA Champions League goals?

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Cristiano Ronaldo scored his first UEFA Champions League goals against Roma. He scored twice for Manchester United in a 7–1 quarter-final second-leg victory at Old Trafford on 10 April 2007.

The goals came in Ronaldo’s 30th Champions League appearance. United had already won the first leg 2–1 in Rome, and the emphatic second-leg performance sent them through 8–3 on aggregate.

Ronaldo’s first goal arrived during a devastating attacking display from United, while his second helped underline his emergence as a decisive European performer. The match remains one of the biggest wins in the competition’s knockout stage.

A frequent mix-up is Milan, because Ronaldo scored in both semi-final legs against Milan later in that tournament. Those goals came after his Champions League breakthrough against Roma, not before it.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Sept. 2026

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