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Ryan Giggs, Manchester United's record appearance maker Wayne Rooney, Manchester United's record goalscorer. Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester. The club was founded as Newton Heath LYR F.C. in 1878 and turned professional in 1885, before joining the Football League ...
Wayne Rooney is the club's all-time top scorer with 253 goals. He captained the club from 2014 to 2017. He captained the club from 2014 to 2017. Nemanja Vidić made 300 appearances for Manchester United and served as captain from 2011 to 2014.
As of the end of the 2023–24 season, the club has played a total of 5,941 competitive matches, and has competed in the top flight for 99 of their 125 seasons. [2] This list details the club's achievements in major competitions, and the top scorers for each season. Top scorers in bold were also the top scorers in the English league that season ...
According to the IFFHS and other media outlets, 25 players are credited with scoring 500 or more goals in top-level professional football competitions: As of 2 March 2025. [1] Bold indicates players currently active. * indicates player has scored at least 500 goals for a single club. [58] [59]
Manchester United celebrate the Championship title in their inaugural season. Manchester United Women Football Club is an English professional football club based in Leigh, Greater Manchester. The club was formed as a professional outfit in May 2018 and is the direct female affiliate of Manchester United F.C. This list encompasses the major honours won by Manchester United and records set by ...
A name that does not appear on the top scorer list is Arthur Rowley, the record holder for the most goals in league football, scoring 434 goals in 619 league games. Arthur's brother Jack Rowley scored 173 goals for Manchester United and is ranked 50th, shown above. Arthur however didn't play much top flight football in his career, but he did ...
Cristiano Ronaldo is the competition's all-time top scorer with 140 goals. The UEFA Champions League, known until 1992 as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or colloquially as the European Cup, is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1955. Originally a straight knockout competition open only to champion clubs ...
The players that came closest to this tally were Kocsis in 1954 (eleven goals), Müller in 1970 (ten goals), and Portugal's Eusébio in 1966 (nine goals). The top scorers with the fewest goals were from the 1962 tournament, when six players finished joint-top with just four goals each. Across the 22 tournaments of the World Cup, 31 footballers ...