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Cristiano Ronaldo is the competition's all-time top scorer with 140 goals. The UEFA Champions League, known until 1992 as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or colloquially as the European Cup, is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1955.
On 26 May, Benzema scored the first goal of the match in 2018 UEFA Champions League final by intercepting Loris Karius's throw in a 3–1 victory over Liverpool, when Madrid won their third consecutive and 13th overall Champions League title.
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Benzema has scored at least one Champions League goal for 16 consecutive seasons - a record he jointly holds with Lionel Messi.
The Frenchman has scored in every round of the competition, including an impressive tally of 51 goals in the group stage.
66 of Benzema's 71 Champions League goals came from inside the penalty area, with just five coming from outside the box.
Benzema's all-round ability in front of goal is on show here as he has reached double figures in terms of goals from both feet as well as his head.
Quite surprisingly, Benzema has never scored a free kick or penalty in the Champions League, with all 71 goals coming from open play.
The Frenchman has, near enough, been equally proficient in both the first and second half of Champions League matches.
Benzema has enjoyed the most success midway through the first half, as well as the last quarter-of-an-hour of matches in the competition.
Clubs hailing from 19 different nations have been on the receiving end of a Karim Benzema goal in the Champions League, with German sides his most frequent victims (14 goals).
Benzema has breached the net of 33 different outfits in Europe's premier club competition, with Galatasaray having the unfortunate distinction of conceding the most goals to the Frenchman (five).
Muller has scored past 42 different goalkeepers in his Champions League career, and he has scored at least three times against eight different stoppers.
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May 28, 2022 · Yet Benzema moved into pole position with a double in the first leg of Real Madrid's semi-final tie at Manchester City, his Panenka penalty moving him to 14 goals for the campaign.
Apr 6, 2022 · Karim Benzema's second successive UEFA Champions League hat-trick earned Real Madrid a 3-1 lead over Chelsea after the first leg of their quarter-final tie.
Jun 9, 2022 · Karim Benzema scored 90 goals over 18 seasons in the UEFA Champions League, making the French striker the fourth highest scorer in Europe's top club football competition.
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Apr 18, 2023 · He has scored a total of 90 goals in 149 appearances in the competition, making him the fourth-highest scorer in the history of the tournament. Benzema’s first Champions League goal came in his debut season with Real Madrid in 2009-10.
