Better striker(s) 2012 : Balotelli (Italy), M Mandzukic (Croatia), M Gomez (Germany), A Dzagoev (Russia), F Torres (Spain) et Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) with 3 goals
Number gained matches : France : 20, Spain : 19, Portugal : 18
Sergio Conceiçao (Portugal) marked 3 goals of continuation during the match of 1st turn Portugal-Germany (3-0) in Rotterdam (Netherlands) Tuesday June 20, 2000
For the 1st time, 6 different best strikers of 6 different countries
Y Klinsmann (Frg and Germany) took part in 3 Football European Nations Cup of continuation and marked in each one of them : 1 (1988) (Frg), 1 (1992) (Germany), 3 (1996) (Germany) as W Smicer (Czech Republic) : 1 (1996), 2 (2000), 1 (2004), T Henry (France) : 3 (2000), 2 (2004), 1 (2008), Nuno Gomes (Portugal) : 4 (2000), 1 (2004), 1 (2008), Z Ibrahimovic (Sweden) : 2 (2004, 2008, 2012), Helder Postiga (Portugal) : 1 (2004, 2008, 2012) and Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) : 2 (2004), 1 (2008), 3 (2012)
The fastest goals were marked at the 2th minute by : D Kirichenko (Russia) - 1st turn Russia-Greece (2-1) Sunday June 20, 2004 at Loulé (Portugal), M Owen (England) - Quarterfinal Portugal-England (2-2 penalties shoot-out : 6-5) Thursday June 24, 2004 at Lisbonne (Portugal), P Jiracek (Czech Republic) - 1st turn Czech Republic-Greece (2-1) Tuesday June 12, 2012 at Varsovie (Poland), R Brady (Irish Republic) - Round of 16 France - Irish Republic (2-1) Sunday June 26, 2016 at Lyon (France) and R Lewandowski (Poland) - Quarterfinal Poland-Portugal (1-1 penalties shoot-out : 3-5) Thursday June 30, 2016 at Marseille (France)
Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) is the 1st player to marked in 4 Euros (2 in 2004, 1 in 2008, 3 in 2012 et 3 in 2016 = 9 goals)
Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) had played 21 matches 6 (2004), 3 (2008), 5 (2012) and 7 (2016)
M Platini (France) and Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) are the best strikers of EURO with 9 goals
Of the 17 players who participated in 4 Euros, only 4 won : Matthäus.L (Frg-Germany) in 1980, Schmeichel.P (Denmark) in 1992, Thuram.L (France) in 2000 and Cristiano.Ronaldo (Portugal) in 2016
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