Pulišić, Keylor Navas, Bailey: Who are central and north America's top UEFA Champions League performers?
Saturday, December 3, 2022
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Which central and north American players have the most appearances and goals in Europe's leading club competition?
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Most appearances by CONCACAF nationals in the European Champion Clubs' Cup/UEFA Champions League (including qualifying)
63: Keylor Navas (CRC – Real Madrid, Paris)
56: Héctor Herrera (MEX – Porto, Atlético Madrid)
48: Javier Hernández (MEX – Manchester United, Real Madrid, Leverkusen)
48: Christian Pulišić (USA – Dortmund, Chelsea)
46: Rafael Márquez (MEX – Monaco, Barcelona)
45: Jesús Corona (MEX – Porto, Sevilla)
41: Milan Borjan (CAN – Ludogorets, Crvena zvezda)
39: Atiba Hutchinson (CAN – København, Beşiktaş)
36: Dwight Yorke (TRI – Manchester United)
34: Emilio Izaguirre (HON – Celtic)
Top-scoring CONCACAF nationals in the European Champion Clubs' Cup/UEFA Champions League (including qualifying)
17: Hugo Sánchez (MEX – Real Madrid)
14: Javier Hernández (MEX – Manchester United, Real Madrid, Leverkusen)
11: Dwight Yorke (TRI – Manchester United)
8: Héctor Herrera (MEX – Porto, Atlético Madrid)
7: Christian Pulišić (USA – Dortmund, Chelsea)
6: DaMarcus Beasley (USA – PSV Eindhoven, Rangers)
6: Nery Castillo (MEX – Olympiacos, Shakhtar)
6: Hirving Lozano (MEX – PSV Eindhoven, Napoli)
5: Jesús Corona (MEX – Porto)
5: Wilde-Donald Guerrier – (Qarabağ)
5: Tomasz Radzinski (CAN – Anderlecht)
5: Jordan Siebatcheu (USA – Rennes, Young Boys, Union Berlin)
5: Carlos Vela (MEX – Arsenal, Real Sociedad)
5: Frantzdy Pierrot (USA – Maccani Haifa)
Most appearances by CONCACAF nationals in UEFA club competition*
109: Atiba Hutchinson (CAN – København, PSV Eindhoven, Beşiktaş)
77: Milan Borjan (CAN – Ludogorets, Crvena zvezda)
77: Keylor Navas (CRC – Levante, Real Madrid, Paris)
65: Scott Arfield (CAN – Falkirk, Rangers)
63: Héctor Herrera (MEX – Porto, Atlético Madrid)
58: Javier Hernández (MEX – Manchester United, Real Madrid, Leverkusen, Sevilla)
56: Rafael Márquez (MEX – Monaco, Barcelona)
56: Christian Pulišić (USA – Dortmund, Chelsea)
55: Jesús Corona (MEX – Porto, Sevilla)
51: Dwight Yorke (TRI – Aston Villa, Manchester United, Blackburn)
Top-scoring CONCACAF nationals in UEFA club competition*
24: Hugo Sánchez (MEX – Atlético Madrid, Real Madrid)
18: Javier Hernández (MEX – Manchester United, Real Madrid, Leverkusen, Sevilla)
17: Julio Dely Valdés (PAN – Cagliari, Paris, Málaga)
16: Tomasz Radzinski (CAN – Germinal Beerschot, Anderlecht)
14: Raúl Jiménez (MEX – Atlético Madrid, Benfica, Wolves)
13: Leon Bailey (JAM – Genk, Leverkusen)
13: Dwight Yorke (TRI – Aston Villa, Manchester United, Blackburn)
11: Olivier Occean (CAN – Odd, Lillestrøm)
10: Jonathan David (CAN – Gent, LOSC)
9: Jordan Siebatcheu (USA – Young Boys)
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, 1998/99)
Nation-by-nation: Most appearances by CONCACAF nationals in UEFA club competition*
Anguilla – NONE
Antigua and Barbuda – NONE
Aruba – NONE
Barbados – 5: Emmerson Boyce (Wigan)
Bahamas – NONE
Belize – NONE
Bermuda – NONE
British Virgin Islands – NONE
Canada – 109: Atiba Hutchinson (København, PSV Eindhoven, Beşiktaş)
Cayman Islands – NONE
Costa Rica – 77: Keylor Navas (Levante, Real Madrid, Paris)
Cuba – 4: Joel Apezteguia Hijuelos (Tre Fiori)
Curaçao – 15: Cuco Martina (Twente, Southampton, Everton)
Dominica – NONE
Dominican Republic – 9: Enmy Peña (Valletta)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 – 38: Leon Bailey (Genk, Leverkusen)
Mexico – 63: Héctor Herrera (Porto, Atlético Madrid)
Montserrat – NONE
Nicaragua – 5: Ariagner Smith (Spartaks Jūrmala)
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)
Surinam – 1: Gleofilo Vlijter (Beitar Jerusalem)
Trinidad and Tobago – 51: Dwight Yorke (Aston Villa, Manchester United, Blackburn Rovers)
Turks and Caicos Islands – NONE
United States – 56 Christian Pulišić (Dortmund, Chelsea)
US Virgin Islands – NONE
*UEFA club competitions means European Champion Clubs' Cup/UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League, UEFA Europa Conference League, European/South American Cup, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, UEFA Super Cup and UEFA Intertoto Cup