Keylor Navas, Christian Pulišić, Jonathan David, Atiba Hutchinson: Who are central and north America's top UEFA Champions League performers?
venerdì 20 dicembre 2024
Intro articolo
Which central and north American players have the most appearances and goals in Europe's leading club competition?
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Corpo articolo
Still the top-scoring Mexican in UEFA club competitions, Hugo Sánchez sparkled for Atlético de Madrid and then Real Madrid, where he won the UEFA Cup in 1985/86. Trinidad and Tobago's Dwight Yorke became the first player from the Caribbean to win the UEFA Champions League when Manchester United won the trophy in 1998/99, while the United States and Canada (once footballing backwaters) now send plenty of talent to the world's top clubs.
Last updated: 20 December 2024
Most appearances by CONCACAF nationals in the UEFA Champions League (group stage/league phase to final)
63: Keylor Navas (CRC – Real Madrid, Paris)
59: Christian Pulišić (USA – Dortmund, Chelsea, Milan)
52: Héctor Herrera (MEX – Porto, Atlético de Madrid)
46: Javier Hernández (MEX – Manchester United, Real Madrid, Leverkusen)
45: Alphonso Davies (CAN – Bayern München)
45: Rafael Márquez (MEX – Monaco, Barcelona)
41: Jesús Corona (MEX – Porto)
36: Dwight Yorke (TTO – Manchester United)
31: Hirving Lozano (MEX – PSV Eindhoven, Napoli)
29: Weston McKennie (USA – Schalke, Juventus)
Top-scoring CONCACAF nationals in the UEFA Champions League (group stage/league phase to final)
14: Javier Hernández (MEX – Manchester United, Real Madrid, Leverkusen)
11: Christian Pulišić (USA – Dortmund, Chelsea, AC Milan)
11: Dwight Yorke (TTO – Manchester United)
7: Jonathan David (CAN – Lille)
7: Héctor Herrera (MEX – Porto, Atlético de Madrid)
6: Weston McKennie (USA – Schalke, Juventus)
5: Nery Castillo (MEX – Olympiacos, Shakhtar)
5: Tomasz Radzinski (CAN – Anderlecht)
Most appearances by CONCACAF nationals in UEFA club competition*
109: Atiba Hutchinson (CAN – Copenhagen, PSV Eindhoven, Beşiktaş)
92: Milan Borjan (CAN – Ludogorets, Crvena Zvezda, Slovan Bratislava)
77: Keylor Navas (CRC – Levante, Real Madrid, Paris)
73: Christian Pulišić (USA – Dortmund, Chelsea, AC Milan)
65: Scott Arfield (CAN – Falkirk, Rangers)
63: Héctor Herrera (MEX – Porto, Atlético de Madrid)
58: Javier Hernández (MEX – Manchester United, Real Madrid, Leverkusen, Sevilla)
56: Rafael Márquez (MEX – Monaco, Barcelona)
55: Leon Bailey (JAM – Genk, Leverkusen, Aston Villa)
55: Jesús Corona (MEX – Porto, Sevilla)
53: Jonathan David (CAN – Gent, Lille)
Top-scoring CONCACAF nationals in UEFA club competition*
24: Hugo Sánchez (MEX – Atlético de Madrid, Real Madrid)
20: Jonathan David (CAN – Gent, Lille)
18: Javier Hernández (MEX – Manchester United, Real Madrid, Leverkusen, Sevilla)
17: Leon Bailey (JAM – Genk, Leverkusen, Aston Villa)
17: Julio Dely Valdés (PAN – Cagliari, Paris, Málaga)
16: Tomasz Radzinski (CAN – Beerschot, Anderlecht)
14: Raúl Jiménez (MEX – Atlético Madrid, Benfica, Wolves)
14: Frantzdy Pierrot (HAI – Maccabi Haifa)
13: Christian Pulišić (USA – Dortmund, Chelsea)
13: Dwight Yorke (TTO – Aston Villa, Manchester United, Blackburn)
Notable firsts
First CONCACAF national to win a UEFA club competition
Hugo Sánchez (MEX – Real Madrid 5-3agg Köln, 1985/86 UEFA Cup)
Only CONCACAF national to have won the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
Julio Dely Valdés (PAN – Paris 1-0 Rapid Wien, 1995/96)
First CONCACAF national to win the European Champion Clubs' Cup/UEFA Champions League
Dwight Yorke (TRI – Manchester United 2-1 Bayern München, 1998/99)
Nation-by-nation: Most appearances by CONCACAF nationals in UEFA club competition*
Anguilla – NONE
Antigua and Barbuda – NONE
Aruba – NONE
Barbados – 9: Thierry Gale (Dila Gori, Rapid Wien)
Bahamas – NONE
Belize – NONE
Bermuda – NONE
British Virgin Islands – NONE
Canada – 109: Atiba Hutchinson (Copenhagen, PSV Eindhoven, Beşiktaş)
Cayman Islands – NONE
Costa Rica – 77: Keylor Navas (Levante, Real Madrid, Paris)
Cuba – 4: Joel Apezteguia (Tre Fiori)
Curaçao – 15: Cuco Martina (Twente, Southampton, Everton)
Dominica – NONE
Dominican Republic – 11: Enmy Peña (Valletta, Birkirkara)
El Salvador – 4: Víctor Dubón (FC Jazz)
Grenada – 12: Brendon Batson (West Brom)
Guatemala – 8: Carlos Ruiz (Aris Thessaloniki)
Guyana – NONE
Haiti – 33: Wilde-Donald Guerrier (Qarabağ)
Honduras – 48: Emilio Izaguirre (Celtic)
Jamaica – 55: Leon Bailey (Genk, Leverkusen, Aston Villa)
Mexico – 63: Héctor Herrera (Porto, Atlético de Madrid)
Montserrat – NONE
Nicaragua – 5: Ariagner Smith (Spartaks Jūrmala, Panevėžys)
Panama – 38: Julio Dely Valdés (Cagliari, Paris, Málaga)
Puerto Rico – NONE
Saint Kitts and Nevis – NONE
Saint Lucia – NONE
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines – 2: Cornelius Stewart (VPS Vaasa)
Suriname – 3: Gleofilo Vlijter (Beitar Jerusalem, VPS Vaasa), Yahcuroo Roemer (F91 Diddeleng)
Trinidad and Tobago – 51: Dwight Yorke (Aston Villa, Manchester United, Blackburn Rovers)
Turks and Caicos Islands – NONE
United States – 73 Christian Pulišić (Dortmund, Chelsea, AC Milan)
US Virgin Islands – NONE
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*UEFA club competitions means European Champion Clubs' Cup/UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League, UEFA Conference League, European/South American Cup, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, UEFA Super Cup and UEFA Intertoto Cup