Klaas-Jan Huntelaar joins 50-goal club

Klaas-Jan Huntelaar's goal to complete Schalke's 3-0 win at PAOK has taken his tally to 50 in UEFA club competition, making him just the 16th player to reach a half-century, in what was his 81st continental fixture.

UEFA.com celebrates the other 50+ players, including Karim Benzema who achieved that mark during the UEFA Champions League group stage, as well as the top marksmen in the UEFA Europa League, and reveals key stats about the 33-year-old Huntelaar's haul.

Henrik Larsson celebrates a goal for Celtic©Getty Images

Huntelaar after scoring his first UEFA club goal©AFP

Players who have scored 50 or more goals in UEFA club competition*
98: Cristiano Ronaldo (Sporting CP, Manchester United, Real Madrid)
96: Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
77: Raúl González (Real Madrid, Schalke)
70: Filippo Inzaghi (Parma, Juventus, AC Milan)
67: Andriy Shevchenko (Dynamo Kyiv, AC Milan, Chelsea)
62: Gerd Müller (Bayern München)
62: Ruud van Nistelrooy (Heerenveen, PSV Eindhoven, Manchester United, Real Madrid, Hamburg)
59: Thierry Henry (Monaco, Arsenal, Barcelona)
59: Henrik Larsson (Feyenoord, Celtic, Barcelona, Manchester United, Helsingborgs)
56: Zlatan Ibrahimović (Ajax, Juventus, Internazionale Milano, Barcelona, AC Milan, Paris, Manchester United)
56: Eusébio (Benfica)
54: Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus)
51: Karim Benezma (Lyon, Real Madrid)
50: Alfredo Di Stéfano (Real Madrid)
50: Didier Drogba (Marseille, Chelsea, Galatasaray)
50: Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (Heerenveen, Ajax, AC Milan, Schalke)

Top scorers in the history of the UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League
40: Henrik Larsson (Feyenoord, Celtic, Helsingborg)
34: Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (Heerenveen, Ajax, Schalke)
31: Radamel Falcao (Porto, Atlético Madrid)
29: Dieter Müller (Köln, Bordeaux)
27: Shota Arveladze (Dinamo Tbilisi, Trabzonspor, Ajax, Rangers, AZ Alkmaar)
25: Alessandro Altobelli (Internazionale, Juventus)
25: Mladen Petrić (Grasshoppers, Basel, Hamburg, Panathinaikos)
24: Claudio Pizarro (Werder Bremen)
23: Jupp Heynckes (Borussia Mönchengladbach)
23: Óscar Cardozo (Benfica, Trabzonspor)
23: Dimitris Salpingidis (PAOK, Panathinaikos)

Klaas-Jan Huntelaar's total
Goals by club
5: Heerenveen
14: Ajax
31: Schalke

Goals by competition
34: UEFA Europa League
16: UEFA Champions League

First UEFA goal
Israel 0-2 Netherlands
01/05/2000, UEFA European Under-16 Championship final tournament group stage

First UEFA club competition goal
Benfica 4-2 Heerenveen
21/10/04 UEFA Cup group stage

Highest single-match tally
4: Schalke 6-1 HJK Helsinki
25/08/11, UEFA Europa League play-offs

*UEFA club competition is UEFA Champions League/European Cup, UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, UEFA Super Cup, UEFA Intertoto Cup, European/South American Cup

Huntelaar after scoring four goals against HJK in 2011©AFP