In the Champions League in the early hours of this morning, Liverpool, who rotated their squads, drew 3-3 with Benfica to advance to the semi-finals with an aggregate score of 6-4. In this game, Brazilian striker Firmino scored twice, was the key man of the team, and he had one more foot to almost successfully assist Díaz's pass before scoring the goal, which was destroyed by Grimaldo's extreme flying shovel.
With two goals from the match, Firmino's total Champions League goals have reached 20, equalling his predecessor Romario and tied for 7th in the brazilian players' champions League all-time top scorer list. Here's a look at the 16 Brazilian players who scored the most goals in the history of the Champions League:
15 Ronaldo 14 goals, 7 assists in 40 games
Never been involved in a Champions League title in his career is a regret for Da Luo and the fans. At his peak, before the big injury, Da Luo also played in the Champions League for one season. It was not until his second season with Inter that he stood on the Stage of the Champions League for the first time in his 1998-99 career, however, at that time, He luo had already suffered some minor knee injuries. In October 1998, Da Luo was suspended for a month due to a knee injury, and only made 19 league appearances in the whole season, and only once of his six Champions League appearances that season played the whole game. Not to mention the season that followed, with one knee after another suffering serious injuries.
And Da Luo's second Champions League season, three years after the last time, has been in 2002 after joining Real Madrid, this season Da Luo originally had great hopes to reach the final with the team, but in the end they fell at the feet of Juventus led by Lippi in the semi-finals, and Da Luo was injured after the opening of the second half of the first leg, and the second leg was not healed, the substitute came on with an injury and played less than half-time, although the first leg scored a goal, the second leg successfully made points, and the most regrettable thing was that they were eliminated in the end.
With 14 goals and seven assists in 40 games, the Champions League stats are the bleakest of all competitions in Ronaldo's career. But Da Luo's European statistics are actually not bad, before the serious injury, Da Luo won the 1998 championship with 15 goals and 4 assists in 18 games of the League Cup, and at Barca also won the Cup Winners' Cup with the team, and Da Luo contributed 5 goals and 1 assist in 7 games that season.
It is worth mentioning that Da Luo's Champions League goals are the same as Klose and Adriano, the former is the "enemy of life" in the historical goalscoring list of Da Luo's World Cup, and the latter is the expected successor.
15 Adriano 14 goals, 4 assists, 27 games
Adriano, who succeeded Himo in the national team, was in full swing when he arrived in Serie A 20 years ago, scoring against Argentina in the final for two consecutive years and winning the Copa America and the Confederations Cup for Brazil.
At the height of the "Kings", the Champions League also failed to achieve good results, and in the 2004-06 season, inter were stopped in the quarter-finals. But Ade's personal performance was still good, with a hat-trick against Porto in the second leg of the first season knockout round to help the team advance to the quarterfinals, and the quarter-final with Milan only playing 50 minutes due to injury, and the team was eventually eliminated. Facing Villarreals, the strongest ever, led by Riquelme and Fran, Adriano scored a goal in the first leg of the quarter-finals, but the team eventually stopped the quarter-finals for two consecutive years due to the disadvantage of away goals.
14 Carlos 15 goals, 22 assists, 120 games
Similar to the "King", Carlos's left foot is also very violent, and it is estimated that many people are surprised that Carlos has scored more Champions League goals than Big Ronaldo. After all, carlos has played 120 Champions League games in many years at Real Madrid, coupled with his extremely strong offensive ability, violent long-range shots and free kicks can often knock on opponents' goals, so it is not unusual for him to score 15 goals.
Carlos won the Champions League twice at Real Madrid, scoring 2 goals and assisting 5 times in the Champions League in the 1997-98 Real Madrid debut season, and the goal against Juve Mijatovic in the final was precisely because Carlos's heavy cannon popped up on the defender. Two years later he scored four goals and three assists in the cup, helping the team win the championship again.
12 Hulk 17 goals, 10 assists, 50 games
In this list, Hulk is the only player who has never played in the five major leagues, but this does not prevent him from scoring the goals of the five major league teams in the Champions League. At Porto and Zenit, Hulk has scored four goals in the Champions League in three seasons and has pierced the goals of Atletico and Dortmund twice, but he and his team have never reached the quarter-finals, and they are always eliminated in the first round of the knockout rounds.
12 Willian 17 goals, 9 assists, 63 games
In the summer of 2020, Willian missed Chelsea's Champions League coronation by moving to Arsenal, where his best result in the Champions League was to reach the final four under Jose Mourinho and eventually eliminated by Atletico.
10 Junior Roninho 18 goals, 16 assists, 59 games
Junior Juninho stunned the world with a free kick, and of the 100 goals he scored for Lyon, the free kick actually accounted for 44 of them. Although they have won 7 Ligue 1 titles, Lyon do not have the strength to win the champions league on the stage of the Champions League, and in Juninho's 8 seasons in the Champions League, their best results are only the top 8.
10 Ronaldo 18 goals, 11 assists in 47 games
In the first two Champions League seasons for Barca, Ronaldo Jr. was incredibly efficient, scoring 4 goals and 2 assists in 7 games in the first season and 7 goals and 4 assists in 12 games in the following season, almost averaging one goal per game. In the Champions League final against Arsenal, although Ronaldo did not score, his frequent impact on the left side was impressive.
9 Jesus 19 goals, 4 assists, 36 games
Unconsciously, Jesus surpassed Xiao Luo in total goals with 3 Champions League goals this season. Although he can take the poacher's style to the extreme, like the goal scored against Liverpool in the last round of the league, he has never been able to occupy the main position of Manchester City. In last season's Champions League final, when De Bruyne was injured, Guardiola used the first substitution to replace Jesus, which can also be seen that he still has a certain weight in Guardiola's heart.
7 Romario 20 goals, 3 assists, 32 games
Scoring 20 goals in 32 Champions League games, Romario is the most efficient Brazilian player in the Champions League. In the 1992–93 Champions League, Romario scored six goals in three consecutive goals for Eindhoven, including against Milan. More than a year later, Romario, who moved to Barca, met Milan again in the Champions League final, unfortunately losing 4-0 to their opponents.
7 Firmino 20 goals, 11 assists in 48 games
Two years after joining Liverpool, Firmino finally played the Champions League for the first time in his career in 2017, when he was invincible to the trident of Mane and Salah, Firmino scored 10 goals and assisted 7 times in the Champions League, producing more than 1 goal efficiency, Mane scored 10 goals and assisted 1 in 11 games, Salah scored 10 goals and 4 assists in 13 games, and all three scored in doubles in single-season Champions League matches. Sadly, in the final they ended up losing to Real Madrid, who owns the BBC.
With two goals this morning, Firmino has scored five goals in the Champions League this season, which is also his second highest number of goals in the Champions League season, can the "Jade Face Langjun", who lost his main position, get more trust in this?
6 Luis Adriano 21 goals, 3 assists, 47 games
Luis Adriano is definitely the most hydrated player on this list, and it is amazing that he can be in the 6th place, which fully illustrates two truths: one is that in a good team, even the average ability of the striker, can score a lot of goals; second, even in a high-level event like the Champions League, it is difficult to avoid scoring goals.
In the 2014-15 Champions League group stage, Luiz scored eight goals (5+3) in two games against Borisov, and see what teammates he had at the time: The Brazilian international Bernard at the time, the current Manchester United midfielder Fred, Fernando, Teixeira and Douglas Costa, who later played briefly in Beijing Guoan, and the Croatian veteran Silna. The Donetsk miners, made up of Brazilian gangs, have the firepower of giants against the weak brigades of the group, and once they face the real giants, their offensive firepower cannot be used. In the knockout stage against Bayern, the miners were kicked 0-7 in the second leg.
5 Elber 24 goals, 13 assists, 69 games
In the 1998-99 Champions League final, Bayern and Manchester United joined forces to perform the classic, Elber did not participate in the final in february of that year, and perhaps If Elber had been in the squad, Bayern would have a better chance of winning.
Two years later, in the Quarter-finals of the Champions League, Bayern and Manchester United met again, and bayern advanced 3-1 on aggregate, with Elber scoring a goal in the second leg. In the next semi-final against Real Madrid, Elber scored both goals to help the team advance to the final 3-1, and finally Bayern defeated Valencia in the final to win the Champions League.
4 Jardel 25 goals, 3 assists, 46 games
Judel and Elber are also Brazil fringe internationals, and in the national team they are both centre-forwards in Ronaldo's shadow, but this does not prevent Elber from shining in the Portuguese Premier League. In the Portuguese Premier League, he scored 30+ goals in four seasons, including 42 goals in the Portuguese sports season in 2001-02, and won the European Golden Boot trophy for the second time in his career.
Representing Porto in the Champions League in the 1999–00 season, Jardel played amazingly. Played a total of six games against Real Madrid, Barca and Bayern, and Judel scored in five games, scoring a total of seven goals.
3 Rivaldo 27 goals, 10 assists, 73 games
When Rivaldo ended his career at Milan in 2004, it was thought that his Champions League goals would stop at 24, but the old and strong Wattle still showed a higher level of professionalism than most Brazilian players, and during his Olympiacos period he played in the Champions League for three consecutive seasons and scored three goals and assisted four times, which made him the brazilian who scored the most goals in The Champions League history at that time.
2 Kaka 30 goals, 22 assists, 86 games
In 2007, Kaka led Milan to the Champions League, and Kaka proved himself to be the best player in the world at that time. Unfortunately, after joining Real Madrid with C Ronaldo, Kaka has been suffering from injuries large and small, and he can never return to his peak state. Without that many injuries, Kaka would definitely be at number one on this list.
1 Neymar 41 goals, 28 assists, 75 games
Neymar's 41-goal personal data, although only ranked 16th in the history of the Champions League, can be ranked first in this list. It is worth mentioning that Neymar is not only the Brazilian who has scored the most goals in the history of the Champions League, he is also the Brazilian player with the most assists in this competition.
In 2015, he scored 10 goals in the Champions League in a single season, and MSN led Barca to the title; in 2017, he directed the Miracle of camp Nou; in 2020, he led Greater Paris to reach the Champions League final for the first time, one step away from the dream of winning the cup again. Neymar has left a lot of moments in the Champions League, but he still needs a big ear cup to prove himself. (Supine Braces/Qiu Yixi)
(Attached is the list of brazilian players in the Champions League history of top scorers, source: back-up football database)