Who is the top scoring African player in the UEFA Champions League with 44 goals?

Didier Drogba – 44 goals

Who scored the most goals in the Champions League?

Cristiano Ronaldo is the top scorer of all time in the UEFA Champions League and UEFA club competition as well as the most prolific in the history of senior international football.

Who scored 4 goals in one Champions League game?

Marco van Basten was the first player to score four goals in a Champions League match.

Which African player has the most appearances in the Premier League?

1. Emmanuel Adebayor (Togo) Emmanuel Adebayor played for four Premier League teams - Arsenal, Manchester City, Tottenham and Crystal Palace - and scored an impressive 97 times in 242 games.

Who is the king of Champions League?

Cristiano Ronaldo leads the UEFA Champions League in all-time goals scored, scoring a total of 135 goals. Lionel Messi sits in second place with 120 goals. Both players stand well clear of the other contenders, with third placed Robert Lewandowski scoring 73 goals.

Who is the highest goalscorer in Europe?

1. Robert Lewandowski | Bayern Munich | 34 goals (68)

Who scored 5 goals in one match?

Robert Lewandowski broke a host of records when he plundered five goals in nine minutes as FC Bayern München brushed VfL Wolfsburg aside 5-1 in September 2015. Now you can watch the whole nine minutes in FULL!

Who scored 5 goals in one Champions League?

Lionel Messi becomes first player to score five goals in single Champions League match. Barcelona forward Lionel Messi has become the first ever player to score five goals in a single Champions League match following Wednesday's 7-1 thrashing of Bayer Leverkusen at Camp Nou.

Who has the highest Golden Boot in Champions League?

Ronaldo holds the record for the most golden boot awards, winning it 6 times. He has scored a record 127 goals in the competition throughout his entire career.

Who scored 1000 goals football?

Pele. One of the greatest ever and a three-time World Cup winner. Pele scored nearly a goal-per-game during his 656 competitive games for Santos, though claims to have scored more than 1,000 times in his career.

Has any footballer scored 1000 goals?

Brazilian soccer great Pelé scores his 1,000th professional goal in a game, against Vasco da Gama in Rio de Janeiro's Maracana stadium. It was a major milestone in an illustrious career that included three World Cup championships.

How many players scored 700 goals?

Hats off to Alex Ovechkin for notching his 700th goal

Wayne Gretzky (894), Gordie Howe (801), Jaromir Jagr (766), Brett Hull (741), Marcel Dionne (731), Phil Esposito (717) and Mike Gartner (708) are the other players to score 700 NHL goals. "That's pretty good company, so I'm happy to be there," Ovechkin said.

Who scored 100 international goals?

Ali Daei of Iran was the first player to reach 100 goals in international football, having scored 109 in his career.

Who has more goals Messi or Ronaldo?

Who has scored the most goals between Messi and Ronaldo? Ronaldo has scored 804 goals in 1106 games while Messi has scored 759 goals in 957 games. Ronaldo has played 149 games more than Messi in his entire career.

Who is the king of Serie A?

The award is currently held by Cristiano Ronaldo, who scored 29 goals for Juventus in the 2020–21 season. Gunnar Nordahl, by winning the Capocannoniere award five times, is the pluricapocannoniere of Serie A, while playing at A.C. Milan.

Who is the highest scoring African player?

Samuel Eto'o, the Cameroonian footballer, was the all time leading goal top scorer in the African Cup of Nations history scoring 18 goals. Laurent Pokou (Côte d'Ivoire) and Rasheed Yekini (Nigeria) followed each managing 14 and 13 goals, respectively.

Which player has more goals in Africa?

Asamoah Gyan Sets Record for Most Career World Cup Goals by an African Player. Ghana's Asamoah Gyan became Africa's all-time leading scorer in World Cup history when he equalised for his nation during their key Group G match against Portugal on Thursday.

Who has scored the most goals in Africa Cup of Nations history?

Among the cup's greatest performers are Samuel Eto'o of Cameroon, who holds the record for most career goals scored in the Cup of Nations (18), and Ivorian striker Laurent Pokou, who tallied five goals in a 6–1 victory over Ethiopia in 1970.