Christian Pulišić, Jonathan David, Keylor Navas, Javier Hernández: Who are Central and North America's top UEFA Champions League performers?

sabato 20 dicembre 2025

Which Central and North American players have the most appearances and goals in Europe's leading club competition?

Keylor Navas, Christian Pulišić, Jonathan David and Javier Hernández

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 lifted the trophy in 1998/99, while the United States and Canada also now send plenty of talent to the world's top clubs.

Last updated: 20 December 2025

Most appearances by CONCACAF nationals in the UEFA Champions League (group stage/league phase to final)

Classic goals by central and north America's top players

63: Keylor Navas (CRC – Real Madrid, Paris)
63: Christian Pulišić (USA – Dortmund, Chelsea, Milan)
52: Héctor Herrera (MEX – Porto, Atlético de Madrid)
50: Alphonso Davies (CAN – Bayern München)
46: Javier Hernández (MEX – Manchester United, Real Madrid, Leverkusen)
45: Rafael Márquez (MEX – Monaco, Barcelona)
41: Jesús Corona (MEX – Porto)
39: Weston McKennie (USA – Schalke, Juventus)
36: Dwight Yorke (TTO – Manchester United)
33: Sergiño Dest (USA – Ajax, Barcelona, AC Milan, PSV Eindhoven)

Top-scoring CONCACAF nationals in the UEFA Champions League (group stage/league phase to final)

Five great Chicharito goals

14: Javier Hernández (MEX – Manchester United, Real Madrid, Leverkusen)
12: Jonathan David (CAN – Lille, Juventus)
12: Christian Pulišić (USA – Dortmund, Chelsea, AC Milan)
11: Dwight Yorke (TTO – Manchester United)
9: Weston McKennie (USA – Schalke, Juventus)
8: Santiago Giménez (MEX – Feyenoord, AC Milan)
7: Héctor Herrera (MEX – Porto, Atlético de Madrid)
6: Ricardo Pepi (USA – PSV Eindhoven)
5: Nery Castillo (MEX – Olympiacos, Shakhtar)
5: Tomasz Radzinski (CAN – Anderlecht)

Most appearances by CONCACAF nationals in UEFA club competition*

Canada's Atiba Hutchinson at Beşiktaş©AFP/Getty Images

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)
77: Christian Pulišić (USA – Dortmund, Chelsea, AC Milan)
65: Scott Arfield (CAN – Falkirk, Rangers)
63: Jonathan David (CAN – Gent, Lille, Juventus)
63: Héctor Herrera (MEX – Porto, Atlético de Madrid)
62: Leon Bailey (JAM – Genk, Leverkusen, Aston Villa, Roma)
58: Javier Hernández (MEX – Manchester United, Real Madrid, Leverkusen, Sevilla)
56: Rafael Márquez (MEX – Monaco, Barcelona)

Top-scoring CONCACAF nationals in UEFA club competition*

Julio Dely Valdés with the Cup Winners' Cup©Getty Images

25: Jonathan David (CAN – Gent, Lille, Juventus)
24: Hugo Sánchez (MEX – Atlético de Madrid, Real Madrid)
18: Leon Bailey (JAM – Genk, Leverkusen, Aston Villa, Roma)
18: Javier Hernández (MEX – Manchester United, Real Madrid, Leverkusen, Sevilla)
17: Julio Dely Valdés (PAN – Cagliari, Paris, Málaga)
16: Tomasz Radzinski (CAN – Beerschot, Anderlecht)
14: Santiago Giménez (MEX – Feyenoord, AC Milan)
14: Raúl Jiménez (MEX – Atlético Madrid, Benfica, Wolves)
14: Frantzdy Pierrot (HAI – Maccabi Haifa, AEK Athens)
14: Christian Pulišić (USA – Dortmund, Chelsea)

Notable firsts

Hugo Sánchez with the UEFA Cup in 1986©Getty Images

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 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*

Three-time UEFA Champions League winner Keylor Navas©Getty Images

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's Cuco Martina in action for Everton in 2017Getty Images

Curaçao – 15: Cuco Martina (Twente, Southampton, Everton)
Dominica – NONE
Dominican Republic – 24: Mariano Díaz (Real Madrid, Lyon, Sevilla)
El Salvador – 4: Víctor Dubón (FC Jazz)
Grenada – 12: Brendon Batson (West Brom)
Guatemala – 8: Carlos Ruiz (Aris Thessaloniki)
Guyana – NONE
Haiti – 41: Frantzdy Pierrot (Maccabi Haifa, AEK Athens)
Honduras – 48: Emilio Izaguirre (Celtic)
Jamaica – 62: Leon Bailey (Genk, Leverkusen, Aston Villa, Roma)

Jamaica's Leon Bailey in Europa League action for RomaAS Roma via Getty Images

Mexico – 63: Héctor Herrera (Porto, Atlético de Madrid)
Montserrat – NONE
Nicaragua – 6: Ariagner Smith (Spartaks Jūrmala, Panevėžys)
Panama – 50: Cesar Blackman (Dunajská Streda, Slovan Bratislava)
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 – 77 Christian Pulišić (Dortmund, Chelsea, AC Milan)
US Virgin Islands – NONE

Trinidad and Tobago's Dwight Yorke with the UEFA Champions League trophy in 1999Popperfoto via Getty Images

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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