UEFA Champions League only 5 Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid vs Bayern, 2016/17) 4 Karim Benzema (Real Madrid vs Chelsea, 2021/22) 4 Lionel Messi (Barcelona vs Arsenal, 2009/10) 4 Filippo Inzaghi ...

Barcelona’s return to the Champions League quarter-finals was impressive ... His performance quickly reignited comparisons to Lionel Messi, who also rose through Barcelona’s academy before ...

Messi left Barcelona for Paris Saint-Germain in the summer of 2021 having scored 120 goals for the Spanish club in the Champions League – a record that even Cristiano Ronaldo, with his 105 for ...

Yet the crowning glory of Messi’s European club career lies in his four Champions League titles. These triumphs have come in countries where his win rate — by his own lofty standards — is ...

Messi's record for most goals by a Barcelona player in a Champions League campaign came back in 2011-12 when he scored 14 goals. He also scored 12 during the 2010-11 and 2018-19 seasons in Europe.

First contested in 1992/93, the UEFA Champions League has become synonymous with the very best strikers in world football history, with Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Robert Lewandowski and Karim ...

With this strike, the Argentine forward reached 15 goals in the Champions League in just 26 matches, surpassing the record of his compatriot Lionel Messi, who had 13 goals in the same span.

Real Madrid and Juventus in the Champions League. Lionel Messi, meanwhile, is second with 129 goals for Barcelona and PSG, while Lewandowski is third, having become just the third player to ...

Since the Champions League's inception in 1992, a select group of 51 players have amassed 100 or more appearances, with Real Madrid favourite Raúl González the first in February 2006. An even more ...

In the game against Benfica, Lamine Yamal became the youngest player in Champions League history to score and assist in a single game. The Spanish young star achieved this feat at just 17 years and ...