The Champions League is the most prestigious club competition in Europe
#2 Lionel Messi (Argentina, Barcelona)
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Career Goals in UEFA Champions League – 100
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Lionel Messi has scored 100 Champions League goals from 125 appearances, with a fascinating return of 0.8 goals per game! He has the record of taking the least amount of game to reach 100 Champions League goals and has been the UEFA Champions League top goalscorer in 5 seasons. The Argentinian is also the youngest player to reach 100 appearances in the Champions League and also has the joint most hattricks in the Champions League.
Messi made his Champions League debut in the 2004/05 season, when he played in Barcelona’s 2-0 win over Shakhtar Donetsk, however, the Argentinian was not able to find the back of the net. Next season, however, Messi scored his first Champions League goals against Panathinaikos and since then, Messi has scored every season in the Champions League. He has hit double figures 4 times and the 14 goals he scored in the 2011/12 season is his best return.
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Last season, Messi scored 6 goals from 10 games in the Champions League, as Barcelona crashed out of the Quarter Finals. It has been 3 seasons since Barcelona last won the tournament and Messi has recently talked of his desire to win the Champions League again. The Argentinian has started the season strong, after being handed the armband at Barcelona and has scored 4 goals in 5 games already.
Barcelona are in Group B this season, along with Inter Milan, PSV Eindhoven and Tottenham. They welcome PSV at the Nou Camp on Tuesday night and will be looking up to their Skipper to start the tournament with a bang!
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Deepungsu is a veteran football journalist who has been covering daily transfer roundups and news for over seven years at Sportskeeda. He has written more than 9000 articles for the website, and has garnered over 20 million reads.
Deepungsu holds a PG degree in Microbiology and an MBA degree in Total Quality Management. He has an extensive two-decade long writing experience, which includes a decade of sports blogging. His writing prowess has even led his work getting cited on the legendary Franz Beckenbauer's Wikipedia page.
Inspired by Diego Maradona, Deepungsu played as an attacking midfielder for his local club at subdivision level in his initial years and scored an important goal or two. However, his all-time favorite footballer is Lionel Messi, and evidently, he feels Argentina's glory in 2022 is his favorite FIFA World Cup moment for fulfilling his long-standing dream. He is also an ardent East Bengal fan.
Deepungsu has been a Manchester United supporter since the year 2000. Unsurprisingly, his favorite manager is Sir Alex Ferguson and the Scotsman helped him get through some of the toughest days of his life. Like the fiery Scot, Deepungsu also leaves no stone unturned when it comes to accuracy in articles and only relies on credible sources.
Despite believing in Kylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland to create an iconic rivalry, Deepungsu reckons no one can match the longevity of Messi and Ronaldo. He spends his leisure time writing about life on his blog, reading books, and playing the guitar.
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