Mohamed Salah Shatters Untouchable European Record—What Messi and Ronaldo Never Could

Mohamed Salah keeps adding to his résumé after his move to Turkey. The Egyptian forward scored and assisted in Trabzonspor’s 4-2 Conference League win at KuPS. That performance added another match to a statistic that neither Lionel Messi nor Cristiano Ronaldo has matched in Europe since 2017-18.

According to statistics network Opta, Salah has both scored and assisted in 13 different major European matches since the 2017-18 season. The Egyptian forward has four more than any other player, which means neither Messi, Ronaldo nor anyone else has more than nine.

Salah set up Paul Onuachu for the opening goal in the third minute and then scored Trabzonspor’s second in the 44th, completing his 13th game with both a goal and an assist before halftime. It was a debut to remember in the Conference League, in the opening match of Trabzonspor’s league-phase campaign.

Salah arrived at Trabzonspor in August as a free agent after nine seasons at Liverpool, where he scored 257 goals in 442 appearances. He signed a two-year contract, and he has hit the ground running in the Super Lig as well, reaching 10 goal contributions in his first seven league games, a record start.