The European Cup that began in the 1955/1956 season has been home to the best forwards in the world. However, the absence of a group stage prior to the format change in the 1992/1993 campaign meant that the players had fewer matches in the tournament to score.
The top European Cup scorer of all time, Alfredo Di Stéfano, scored 49 goals in just 58 games. It is also a number of goals that places him in the ninth position of top scorers along with the gunners of modern football.
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Cristiano Ronaldo is the top scorer in the history of the UEFA Champions League; however, he did not see his first goal come until his 27th game in the competition. The Portuguese currently occupies the first position with 140 goals scored, more than any player who has played in this competition.
Lionel Messi is the active player with the most goals in the Champions League. Counting the goals he scored in the current 2022/2023 season, the Argentine has 129 goals from his time at Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain.
In the same way, Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi are the only players in history to have broken the 100-goal barrier. The Portuguese was the first to do so in the 2017 season, when he scored a hat-trick against Bayern Munich in that edition’s semifinals.
Karim Benzema and Robert Lewandowski are in contention for third place in the Ranking. The Pole is currently the one who occupies the third position with 91 goals, followed by the French who accumulates 90 goals.
Raúl González Blanco is the fifth player in the top scorers and the first of them who is no longer active. The Spaniard finished his stage in the competition with 71 goals, conceded with Real Madrid and Shalke 04.
2023-06-07 12:47:59
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