Updated 27 May 2015
Lionel Messi
Cristiano Ronaldo
Raul Gonzalez
Ruud van Nistelrooy
Thierry Henry
Alfredo Di Stefano
Andriy Shevchenko
Filippo Inzaghi
Didier Drogba
UEFA is shortened form of 'Union of European Football Association' which works to organize the most acclaimed football club competition, called UEFA Champions League. Formerly the tournament was founded with the name of European Champions Clubs' Cup in 1955, later on the name was changed in 1992 with more expanded format, adding group stage for clubs and European National Leagues. For competition National Leagues have to prepare four teams from their side but now from season 2015-16, they will be allowed to provide five teams. Here we prepared the list of top leading football stars to score most goals in UEFA Champions League.
Argentine National Football Team captain, Messi is top of the list to score most goals in UEFA Champions league. With his striking forward playing position, Messi serves for club Barcelona and Argentine National Team. He is regarded as one of the greatest footballers all the time. He scored seventy seven total goals throughout his UEFA career and still playing.
Cristiano Ronaldo
Portuguese National Football Team Captain, Cristiano Ronaldo plays for club Real Madrid and scored seventy seven goals in UEFA career. Ronaldo is regarded as one of the greatest footballers of all the time, drawing a number of fans worldwide. He made his UEFA debut in 2003 and still playing. Also he is the only footballer to score most goals in single tournament.
Raul Gonzalez
One of the most valuable footballer for Spanish National Football Team, Raul served as a stunning striker for Real Madrid and scored seventy one total goals in UEFA. In 1994, he said goodbye to the league and now is at number three in the list of most goals scorers in the history of Champions League. Currently he joined American Professional Football Club, New York Cosmos.
Ruud van Nistelrooy
Former Dutch Professional Footballer, Ruud van Nistelrooy played for clubs PSV Eindhoven, Real Madrid and Manchester United. He is at number four in the list of top scorers in Champions League with the score of fifty six goals. In 2009, he played his last match and said goodbye to league. Now he serves as Assistant Manager for Dutch National Team.
Thierry Henry
Former French footballer, Thierry Henry is at number five to score most goals in UEFA. He served as a stunning forwarder for clubs Arsenal, Monaco and Barcelona. Henry made his UEFA debut in 1997 and with his outstanding performances, scored fifty total goals throughout his career. He said goodbye to league after playing his last match in 2010.
Former Argentine-Spanish professional footballer, Alfredo Di Stefano is at number sixth in the list with the score of forty nine total goals in UEFA career. He played for both national teams of Argentine and Span. Born in Argentina, Alfredo started his career by playing for Argentine National Team, later on after getting dual citizenship of Argentine-Spanish, he joined Spanish National Team. He played for Real Madrid in tournament. He also served as a best coach for several teams. We lost Alfredo on July 7 2014.
Retired Ukrainian Professional footballer, Andriy Mykolayovych Shevchenko is seventh most goals scorer in UEFA Champions League. He served as a stunning striker for clubs Dynamo Kyiv, Milan and Chelsea and scored forty eight total goals throughout his career. In 2012, he said goodbye to his football career and joined Ukrainian politics.
Eusebio
Former Portuguese striker, Eusebio da Silva Ferreira is eighth most goals scorer in the history of UEFA league. He showed outstanding performances by playing for club Benfica and scored forty six total goals in tournament career. Eusebio was known for his super-fast speed and magical technique. Unfortunately we lost the legend on Jan 5, 2014.
Former Italian Striker Filippo Inzaghi is at number nine to score most goals in the history of UEFA Champions League. He played for clubs Juventus and Milan and scored forty six total goals in tournament career. In 2012, he said goodbye to his career and started coaching for Milan. He is regarded as the most valuable footballer for Italian National Football Team.
Ivorian striker, Didier Drogba also made his name in the list by scoring forty four goals in UEFA career and currently playing for Chelsea. He served as a captain for Ivory Cost National Football Team and other clubs Marseille and Galatasaray. He made his tournament debut in 2003 and is regarded as one of the best African footballers of all the time.