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How many goals has Benzema had in the Champions League? How many is Messi and Cristiano?

2022-05-04T21:55:51.734Z


Karim Benzema's statistics have skyrocketed in the UEFA Champions League after his brace against Manchester City and his two hat-tricks against PSG and Chelsea.


Can Benzema aspire to the Ballon d'Or?

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(CNN Spanish) -

The fourth top scorer in the history of the UEFA Champions League, Karim Benzema, continues to expand his scoring figures.

The 34-year-old footballer is on the lookout for the great football legends in that tournament.

The French player is reaping a brilliant championship especially in the knockout rounds, being crucial in the semi-final and having scored two consecutive hat-tricks before.

The first in the comeback against PSG and the second in the first leg of the quarter-final at Stamford Bridge against Chelsea.

And to this we must add the decisive goal in the second leg against Chelsea to get Real Madrid through to the semi-finals.

Now, in the semi-final against Manchester City, he scored three goals (two in the first leg, one in the second leg) to take his team to the final.

In this edition of the Champions League, he has scored 15 goals in 11 games played with an average of 1.37 goals per game, according to the UEFA portal.

The French player tied with Lewandowski and is still alive in the competition with the final to be played.

His plethoric state of form suggests that he can manage to surpass him in the current campaign, in which he is already running as one of the favorite candidates for the Ballon d'Or.

  • "He has everything... he's a complete striker": Karim Benzema continues to bet on being the best player in the world

Top 5 UEFA Champions League top scorers

1. Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United): 140 goals

2. Lionel Messi (PSG): 125 goals

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3. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid): 86 goals

= Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich): 86 goals

5. Raul Gonzalez (Real Madrid): 71 goals

Karim Benzema's numbers at Real Madrid

The striker is having the best season of his career, as the numbers show.

With just a few games to go in the Santander League and the Champions League final, Benzema has 43 goals and 14 assists in 43 games.

His previous best scoring season was in 2007-2008, in which he scored 31 goals for Olympique de Lyon.

Benzema is "a complete striker", as defined by his own coach, Carlos Ancelotti, and Alan Feehely, editor of Football Spain, agrees.

The Frenchman has established himself as one of the top Real Madrid scorers of all time after scoring 322 goals in 13 seasons and reaching the legends Alfredo Di Stéfano, Ferenc Puskás and Santillana.

Only Raúl González (323) and Cristiano Ronaldo (451) surpass him.

The footballer is at his best and can continue to make history.

If he continues on the scoring path, Benzema could overtake Raúl González and become the second-highest merengue scorer.

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The star accumulates 28 titles in his record, among which the four Champions League and the three Spanish Leagues stand out.

The forward can close his best season with the addition of two new titles: the 21/22 Champions League and the 21/22 Santander League.

Karim is probably the best player in the world.

His partner, Nacho Fernández, assures that he is a world player who "deserves to win the Ballon d'Or".

The footballer who is having a great performance can close the season with a flourish, becoming LaLiga's top scorer and with the possibility of raising the highest individual award, the Ballon d'Or.

Karim BenzemaReal MadridUEFA Champions League

Source: cnnespanol

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