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UEFA Champions League Top 5 Goal Scorers In History

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Dec 19, 2020.

EKO HOT BLOG , 19TH DECEMBER, 2020

The UEFA Champions League is arguably the biggest soccer competition in the world. The competition has produced great goal scorers in its history.

Below are the list of UEFA Champions League highest goal scorers

5. Karim Benzema

Regarded by many as the best French striker of all time, Karim Benzema is football player that plays for Spanish club Real Madrid.

The 34 year old has won the Champions League 4 times in his career, since joining Real Madrid from Olympique Lyonaisse.

Benzema has netted 69 Champions League goals in 125 appearances, making him one of the highest scoring player in the competition.

#4. Raul Gonzalez Blanco

Raul is a retired Spanish football player, and played for Laliga champions Real Madrid (as well other European teams) and currently manages Real Madrid Castilla

Raul has 71 Champions League goals in 141 appearances his career.

#3. Robert Lewandowski

Current FIFA best player of the year, Robert Lewandowski is a football player who plays as a striker for German champions Bayern Munich and the Poland national team.Scored total 15 goals in the just concluded UCL season and clinched the UCL title yet again.

Lewandowski has scored 71 goals in 94 UCL appearances, third Highest in the history of the competition.

#2. Lionel Messi

6 Times Ballon D’or winner Lionel Andrés Messi is an Argentinian professional footballer who plays for Football Club Barcelona and the Argentina national team and captain both sides.

Known as the GOAT, Messi holds for the record for most goals in a single calendar year(91),most Ballon D’or in history (6), most European Golden Boot in history (6), highest goalscorer in Laliga and Barca history, just to name a few.He’s won the Champions League 4 times in his career since joining the Blaugranas in 2002.

Messi has netted 118 goals in 147 UCL appearances, the second highest Scorer in the history of the competition.

#1. Cristiano Ronaldo

Known as Mr Champions League. Cristiano Ronaldo is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Serie A Giants Juventus and the Portugal national team.

He’s often regarded by many as the greatest player of all time (GOAT), which is disputable. Cris holds lots of individual records such as the second highest goalscorer in international football, 5 times Ballon D’or winner, 5 times European Golden Boot winner, 5 times champions league winner, highest goalscorer in the history of Real Madrid, just to name a few.Known as Mr Champions League, Ronaldo holds the record for most goals scored in a single UCL season (17).