Your favourite Nordic European Cup players
Tuesday, April 7, 2015
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We asked our followers on Facebook and Twitter who their favourite Nordic players to have appeared in Europe's top club competition are. Here's what they told us.
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Having celebrated the achievements of Nordic players in UEFA club competition, we asked our UEFA Champions League followers on Facebook and Twitter for their favourite European Cup performers from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden.
Here are your top five:
Zlatan Ibrahimović (SWE – AFC Ajax, Juventus, FC Internazionale Milano, FC Barcelona, AC Milan, Paris Saint-Germain)
UEFA club competition appearances, including qualifying: 117
Goals: 46
Henrik Larsson (SWE – Feyenoord, Celtic FC, FC Barcelona, Manchester United FC, Helsingborgs IF)
UEFA club competition appearances: 108
Goals: 59
Fredrik Ljungberg (SWE – Halmstads BK, Arsenal FC)
UEFA club competition appearances: 87
Goals: 16
John Arne Riise (NOR – AS Monaco FC, Liverpool FC, AS Roma, Fulham FC)
UEFA club competition appearances: 120
Goals: 7
Ole Gunnar Solskjær (NOR – Manchester United FC)
European Champion Clubs' Cup/UEFA Champions League appearances (including qualifying): 81
European Champion Clubs' Cup/UEFA Champions League goals (including qualifying): 20
