Pepe and Ronaldo double up with EURO triumph
Sunday, July 10, 2016
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Pepe and Cristiano Ronaldo have completed a EURO and UEFA Champions League double, triumphing with Portugal after conquering the club scene with Real Madrid in May.
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Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo and Pepe have completed a club and international double, adding the UEFA EURO 2016 title to their UEFA Champions League final triumph with Real Madrid on 28 May.
Forward Ronaldo left the UEFA EURO 2016 decider on a stretcher during the first half, but was able to celebrate a landmark victory by the time of the final whistle at the Stade de France – just six weeks after his clinching penalty in Madrid's shoot-out win against neighbours Atlético in Milan.
Centre-back Pepe, meanwhile, ended Sunday's showpiece as man of the match following his success with Madrid, while France and Atleti striker Antoine Griezmann finished both contests on the losing side. As for Griezmann's team-mate Adil Rami, he did not feature in Saint-Denis but lifted the UEFA Europa League trophy with Sevilla.
EURO2016.com examines where Sunday's winners and losers fit into a long history of players vying for club and international honours in the same summer.
- Portugal spoil France's party with extra-time win
- Portugal become tenth different EURO winner
- Cristiano Ronaldo's record-breaking EURO
Players who have won European Cup final and EURO final in same summer
1964: Luis Suárez (Internazionale and Spain)
1988: Hans van Breukelen, Ronald Koeman, Berry van Aerle, Gerald Vanenburg (PSV and Netherlands)
2012: Fernando Torres, Juan Mata (Chelsea and Spain)
2016: Cristiano Ronaldo, Pepe (Real Madrid and Portugal)
Players who have won European Cup final and World Cup final in same summer
1974: Sepp Maier, Paul Breitner, Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck, Franz Beckenbauer, Gerd Müller, Uli Hoeness (Bayern and West Germany)
1998: Christian Karembeu (Real Madrid and France)
2002: Roberto Carlos (Real Madrid and Brazil)
Players who have won European Cup final but lost EURO final in same summer
1976: Sepp Maier, Franz Beckenbauer, Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck, Uli Hoeness (Bayern and West Germany)
2004: Ricardo Carvalho, Nuno Valente, Maniche, Costinha, Deco, Paulo Ferreira (Porto and Portugal)
Players who have won European Cup final but lost World Cup final in same summer
1994: Paolo Maldini, Demetrio Albertini, Roberto Donadoni and Daniele Massaro (Milan and Italy)
2002: Carsten Ramelow, Bernd Schneider and Oliver Neuville (Leverkusen and Germany)
Players who have lost European Cup final and won EURO final in same summer
1964: Ignacio Zoco, Amancio Amaro (Real Madrid and Spain)
1980: Manfred Kaltz, Horst Hrubesch (Hamburg and West Germany)
Players who have lost European Cup final and won World Cup final in same summer
1994: Romário (Barcelona and Brazil)
1998: Didier Deschamps and Zinédine Zidane (Juventus and France)
Players who have lost European Cup final and EURO final in same summer
2008: Michael Ballack (Chelsea and Germany)
2016: Antoine Griezmann (Atlético and France)
Players who have lost European Cup final and World Cup final in same summer
1958: Nils Liedholm (Milan and Sweden)
1982: Paul Breitner, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (Bayern and West Germany)
2006: Thierry Henry (Arsenal and France)
Several more players have less solid claims to having won both big trophies in such quick succession. Wim Kieft landed the 1988 European Cup with PSV Eindhoven but did not make it off the bench with the Netherlands for the EURO '88 final. Madrid's Nicolas Anelka had the same experience with France in 2000, while team-mate Christian Karembeu fared slightly worse – as unused squad member in both the 2000 UEFA Champions League and UEFA EURO 2000 finals (though he had been on the field to win the UEFA Champions League and World Cup two summers before).
Sami Khedira, meanwhile, tasted UEFA Champions League glory with Madrid in 2014 yet was injured in the final warm-up prior to Germany picking up the World Cup a few weeks later.
Players who have won UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League final and EURO final in same summer
1996: Markus Babbel, Thomas Helmer, Thomas Strunz, Christian Ziege, Mehmet Scholl, Jürgen Klinsmann (Bayern and Germany)
Players who have won UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League final and World Cup final in same summer
1998: Youri Djorkaeff (Internazionale and France)
Players who have won UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League final and lost EURO final in same summer
1972: Wim Rijsbergen, Theo de Jong, Wim Jansen,Willem van Hanegem, (Feyenoord and Netherlands)
Players who have won UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League final and lost World Cup final in same summer
1978: Ernie Brandt, Jan Poortvliet, Willy van der Kerkhof, René van der Kerkhof (PSV and Netherlands)
1994: Nicola Berti (Internazionale and Italy)
1998: Ronaldo (Internazionale and Brazil)
Players who have lost UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League final and won EURO final in same summer
2000: Patrick Vieira, Thierry Henry (Arsenal and France)
Players who have lost UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League final and World Cup final in same summer
1982: Manfred Kaltz, Horst Hrubesch (Hamburg and West Germany)
1986: Harald Schumacher (Köln and West Germany)
2014: Ezequiel Garay (Benfica and Argentina)
NB: unused substitutes and squad members during the final are not included for the purpose of these calculations