Africa has consistently produced top performers in major European competitions like the UEFA Champions League over the years. The five greatest African scorers in UEFA Champions League history are listed below.
1. Liverpool winger Mohamed Salah, an Egyptian, has scored 44 goals in the UEFA Champions League. In the eight UCL games he has participated in during the 2022/23 season, he has scored eight goals. In their UCL round of 16 defeat to Real Madrid, which they lost 2-5, he scored one goal.
2. Didier Drogba was a retired striker from Ivory Coast who also played for Chelsea and scored 44 UEFA Champions League goals.
3. Samuel Eto’o is the fifth African player to ever score the most goals in the UEFA Champions League. During the UEFA Champions League, he scored 30 goals.
4. In the UEFA Champions League, the Senegalese winger Sadio Mane has scored 27 goals. In the 2022/23 season, he has played six games for Bayern Munich, scoring three goals.
5. Manchester City’s Algerian winger Riyad Mahrez has scored 20 UEFA Champions League goals in his career. In the seven UCL games he has played this season, he has scored three goals. In their UCL round of 16 match against RB Leipzig, which ended in a 1-1 draw, he scored one goal.
