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Cristiano Ronaldo is the UEFA Champions league all-time top goalscorer with 140 goals while Messi is second with 129 to his name. [177] The pair had broken each other's record over the course of 2015, after Messi surpassed the previous recordholder, Raúl , in November 2014. [ 178 ]
Messi pointing to the sky following his record five-goal display against Bayer Leverkusen in the last 16 of the UEFA Champions League in 2012. Despite Messi's individual form, Barcelona's four-year cycle of success under Guardiola – one of the greatest eras in the club's history – drew to an end. [108]
Messi capped off the year by winning the 2015 FIFA Club World Cup final over River Plate in Yokohama, collecting his fifth club trophy of the calendar year. [124] On 11 January 2016, Messi won the FIFA Ballon d'Or for a record fifth time in his career. [125] He would end the season by winning La Liga as well as the Copa del Rey again. [126]
The UEFA Champions League, known until 1992 as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or colloquially as the European Cup, is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1955. Originally a straight knockout competition open only to champion clubs, the tournament was expanded during the 1990s to incorporate a round-robin ...
Most goals scored in UEFA Champions League: 120 – Lionel Messi, 2004–2021 [1] Most goals scored in the group stage of UEFA Champions League (UCL Record): 71 – Lionel Messi, 2004–2021 [1] Most goals scored in UEFA Cup: 11 – Carles Rexach, 1972–1981 [citation needed] Most goals scored in UEFA Super Cup: 3 – Lionel Messi, 2004–2021 ...
The UEFA Champions League is a seasonal football competition established in 1955. [1] Prior to the 1992–93 season, the tournament was named the European Cup. [1] The UEFA Champions League is open to the league champions of all UEFA (Union of European Football Associations) member associations (except Liechtenstein, which has no league competition), as well as to the clubs finishing from ...
The 2022-23 UEFA Champions League saw Manchester City finally win the trophy after years of disappointment under Pep Guardiola, beating Italian club Inter Milan in the final after a lone goal by Rodri(footballer, born 1996) in the 68th minute, marking the 4th consecutive time the UEFA Champions League Final finished 1-0. Inter also notably ...
It also replaced the UEFA Club Footballer of the Year award. [5] Cristiano Ronaldo has won the award the most time with 3 awards and is the only player to win it twice in a row. [6] [7] Female players are awarded the UEFA Women's Player of the Year Award, introduced in 2013. [8]