29 May, 2025

Scandinavian goalscorers in the European Cups, 1955-1999

 


Goals scored in Champions League, European Cup, UEFA Cup, Cupwinners' Cup, Intercontinental Cup and Super Cup.

Total goals:
43 : Allan Simonsen (Den)
33 : Torbjörn Nilsson (Swe)
26 : Stefan Pettersson (Swe)
24 : Jari Litmanen (Fin)
23 : Kenneth Brylle (Den)
21 : Michael Laudrup (Den), Kurt Hamrin (Swe)
18 : Søren Lerby (Den), Harald Brattbakk (Nor)
16 : Johnny Ekström (Swe), Bent Christensen (Den)
15 : Preben Elkjær (Den), Ralf Edström, Conny Torstensson (Swe)
14 : Ove Kindvall (Swe)
13 : Henning Jensen, Benny Nielsen (Den), Ismo Lius (Fin), Henrik Larsson (Swe)
12 : Ásgeir Sigurvinsson (Isl), Owe Ohlsson (Swe)
11 : Frank Arnesen (Den), Hallvar Thoresen, Sigurd Rushfeldt (Nor), Bo Larsson, Mats Magnusson (Swe)
9 : Michael Manniche (Den), Tore Cervin (Swe), Arnór Gudjohnsen, Lárus Gudmundsson (Isl) 
8 : Benny Wendt, Stig Fredriksson (Swe), Johnny Bjerregaard (Den), Pétur Pétursson (Isl)
 
Goals per game (min. 25 played):
0,750 T. Nilsson
0,606 Simonsen
0,583 Hamrin
0,538 Kindvall
0,516 Christensen
0,500 Litmanen
0,460 Brylle
0,455 Elkjær
0,450 Brattbakk
0,419 H. Larsson
0,366 Torstensson
0,357 Edström
0,355 B. Larsson, M. Magnusson
0,348 Ekström
0,329 S. Pettersson
0,324 Thoresen
0,286 J. Bjerregaard
0,273 M. Laudrup, Manniche, Lerby
0,267 Pétursson
0,255 H. Jensen
0,240 Arnesen
0,207 Sigurvinsson
0,205 S. Fredriksson
0,184 A. Gudjohnsen


Ove Kindvall & Torbjörn Nilsson

The top 100 players of the 21st century


1 Lionel Messi (Argentina)
2 Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)
3 Andrés Iniesta (Spain)
4 Zinédine Zidane (France)
5 Xavi (Spain)
6 Ronaldinho Gaúcho (Brazil)
7 Thierry Henry (France)
8 Luka Modrić (Croatia)
9 Luis Suárez (Uruguay)
10 Sergio Ramos (Spain)
11 Kaká (Brazil)
12 Karim Benzema (France)
13 Zlatan Ibrahimović (Sweden)
14 Ronaldo (Brazil)
15 Andrea Pirlo (Italy)
16 Manuel Neuer (Germany)
17 Dani Alves (Brazil)
18 Wayne Rooney (England)
19 Gianluigi Buffon (Italy)
20 Sergi Busquets (Spain)
21 Robert Lewandowski (Poland)
22 Philipp Lahm (Germany)
23 Samuel Eto'o (Cameroon)
24 Neymar (Brazil)
25 Toni Kroos (Germany)
26 Iker Casillas (Spain) 
27 Thomas Müller (Germany)
28 Steven Gerrard (England)
29 Arjen Robben (Netherlands)
30 Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium)
31 Francesco Totti (Italy)
32 Piqué (Spain)
33 Sergio "Kun" Agüero (Argentina)
34 Gareth Bale (Wales)
35 Patrick Vieira (France)
36 Carles Puyol (Spain)
37 Andriy Shevchenko (Ukraine)
38 Mo Salah (Egypt)
39 Rio Ferdinand (England)
40 Luís Figo (Portugal)
41 Claude Makélélé (France)
42 Kylian Mbappé (France)
43 Franck Ribéry (France)
44 Frank Lampard (England)
45 Fabio Cannavaro (Italy)
46 John Terry (England)
47 Didier Drogba (Côte d'Ivoire)
48 Vincent Kompany (Belgium)
49 Yaya Touré (Côte d'Ivoire)
50 Paolo Maldini (Italy)
51 Xabi Alonso (Spain)
52 Virgil van Dijk (Netherlands)
53 David Villa (Spain)
54 Radamel Falcao (Colombia)
55 Pavel Nedvěd (Czech Republic)
56 Petr Čech (Czech Republic)
57 Michael Ballack (Germany)
58 Ángel Di María (Argentina)
59 Paul Scholes (England)
60 Roberto Carlos (Brazil)
61 Eden Hazard (Belgium)
62 Nemanja Vidić (Serbia)
63 Ruud van Nistelrooy (Netherlands)
64 Marcelo (Brazil)
65 David Beckham (England)
66 Cafú (Brazil)
67 Bastian Schweinsteiger (Germany)
68 Raúl (Spain)
69 Cesc Fàbregas (Spain)
70 Wesley Sneijder (Netherlands)
71 Alessandro Nesta (Italy)
72 David Silva (Spain)
73 Jan Oblak (Slovenia)
74 N'Golo Kanté (France)
75 Harry Kane (England)
77 Ivan Rakitic (Croatia)
78 Edinson Cavani (Uruguay)
79 Alexis Sánchez (Chile)
80 Ryan Giggs (Wales)
81 Raheem Sterling (England)
82 Raphaël Varane (France)
83 Henrik Larsson (Sweden)
84 Fernando Torres (Spain)
85 Juan Román Riquelme (Argentina)
86 Thiago Silva (Brazil)
87 Ashley Cole (England)
88 Thibaut Courtois (Belgium)
89 Hernán Crespo (Argentina)
90 Arturo Vidal (Chile)
91 Carlos Tévez (Argentina)
92 Edwin van der Sar (Netherlands)
93 Mesut Özil (Germany)
94 Javier Zanetti (Argentina)
95 Deco (Brazil/Portugal)
96 De Gea (Spain)
97 Luca Toni (Italy)
98 Rivaldo (Brazil)
99 Trent Alexander-Arnold (England)
100 Miroslav Klose (Germany)

Goalkeepers in red.

               1- 51-tot
Spain           7  7  14
Brazil          5  6  11
England         5  6  11
France          7  2   9
Germany         4  4   8
Italy           4  3   7
Argentina       2  5   7
Netherlands     1  4   5
Belgium         2  2   4
Portugal        2  1   3
Côte d'Ivoire   2  0   2
Croatia         1  1   2
Uruguay         1  1   2
Sweden          1  1   2
Wales           1  1   2
Czech Republic  0  2   2
Chile           0  2   2
Poland          1  0   1
Cameroon        1  0   1
Ukraine         1  0   1
Ukraine         1  0   1
Egypt           1  0   1
Colombia        0  1   1
Serbia          0  1   1
Slovenia        0  1   1


 


Chelsea ratings 2024/25


6,39 Cole Palmer
6,23 Moisés Caicedo, Enzo Fernández
6,14 Noni Madueke
6,10 Cucurella
6,05 Jadon Sancho
6,04 Nicolas Jackson
6,03 Pedro Neto
6,02 Levi Colwill
6,00 Tosin Adarabioyo
5,88 Robert Sánchez
5,86 Malo Gusto

Player ratings Betis 1-4 Chelsea [Conf League final]


 1-0 9' Abde Ezzalzouli (Isco), 1-1 65' Enzo Fernández h. (Cole Palmer), 1-2 70' Nicolas Jackson h. (Cole Palmer), 1-3 83' Jadon Sancho (Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall), 1-4 90+1' Moisés Caicedo (Enzo Fernández). Att: 39.754 (Stadion Wrocław). 

Betis: Adrián 5,50 - Youssouf Sabaly 6,00, Marc Bartra 5,50, Natan 5,20, Ricardo Rodríguez 6,00 (46' Romain Perraud 5,30), Johnny Cardoso 6,00 (85' Sergi Altimira), Pablo Fornals 5,70 (85' Giovani Lo Celso), Antony 5,60, Isco 6,70, Abde Ezzalzouli 6,90 (53' Jesús Rodríguez 5,50), Cédric Bakambu 5,90 (72' Aitor Ruibal). - coach: Manuel Pellegrini 5,50. = average: 5,83 [mediocre]

Chelsea: Filip Jörgensen 5,90 - Malo Gusto 4,80 (46' Reece James 6,50), Trevoh Chalobah 5,90, Benoît Badiashile 6,00 (61' Levi Colwill 6,00), Cucurella 6,30, Moisés Caicedo 6,60, Enzo Fernández 6,90, Pedro Neto 5,20 (61' Jadon Sancho 6,60), Cole Palmer 7,20 (88' Marc Guiu), Noni Madueke 5,30, Nicolas Jackson 6,40 (80' Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall), - coach: Enzo Maresca 6,50. = average: 6,11 [satisfactory]


25 May, 2025

Player ratings Arsenal 1-0 Barcelona Femení [CL final]

 


1-0 74' Stina Blackstenius r.  (Beth Mead). Att: 38.356 (Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon). 

Arsenal: Daphne van Domselaar 6,20 - Emily Fox 6,40, Leah Williamson 7,20, Stephanie Catley 6,50, Katie McCabe 6,70, Mariona Caldentey 6,30, Kim Little 6,60, Frida Maanum 6,20 (67' Stina Blackstenius 7,00), Chloe Kelly 5,40 (67' Beth Mead 6,40), Caitlin Foord 6,60 (86' Lina Hurtig), Alessia Russo 6,10 (90'+1 Carlotte Wubben-Moy). - coach: Renée Slegers 7,30. = average: 6,43 [strong]

Barcelona Femení: Cata Coll 6,20 - Paredes 6,10, María León 5,80 (78' Esmee Brugts), Ona Batlle 5,20, Alexia 5,30, Patri 5,90, Aitana 6,20, Pina 6,00 (62' Paralluelo 5,40), Caroline Graham Hansen 5,70, Fridolina Rolfö 5,90 (78' Ingrid Engen), Ewa Pajor 5,40. - coach: Pere Romeu 5,80. = average: 5,76 [mediocre]

24 May, 2025

Barcelona ratings 2024/25


6,87 Lamine Yamal
6,73 Pedri
6,65 Raphinha
6,47 Marc Casadó
6,44 Dani Olmo
6,40 Robert Lewandowski
6,32 Iñigo Martínez, Fermín
6,31 Pau Cubarsí
6,22 Eric García, Wojciech Szczęsny
6,20 Alejandro Balde
6,13 Ferran Torres
6,12 Jules Koundé
6,00 Frenkie de Jong

Top rated Bundesliga players 2024/25


6,81 Omar Marmoush (Frankfurt)
6,78 Florian Wirtz (Leverkusen)
6,68 Peter Gulacsi (RB Leipzig)
6,67 Michael Olise (Bayern)
6,66 Nick Woltemade (Stuttgart)
6,64 Harry Kane, Joshua Kimmich (Bayern)
6,62 Finn Dahmen (Augsburg), Nikola Vasilj (St Pauli)

Napoli ratings 2024/25


6,43 Frank Anguissa, Alessandro Buongiorno
6,41 Scott McTominay
6,34 Alex Meret
6,28 Stanislav Lobotka
6,23 Romelu Lukaku
6,21 Amir Rrahmani, David Neres
6,19 Giovanni Di Lorenzo
6,16 Matteo Politano
6,12 Khvicha Kvaratskhelia
6,06 Leonardo Spinazzola
6,00 Mathías Olivera

Player ratings Napoli 2-0 Cagliari

 


1-0 42' Scott McTominay (Matteo Politano), 2-0 51' Romelu Lukaku (Amir Rrahmani). Att: 53.400.

Napoli: Alex Meret 6,10 - Giovanni Di Lorenzo 6,40, Amir Rrahmani 6,40, Mathías Olivera 6,40, Leonardo Spinazzola 6,60 (85' Pasquale Mazzocchi), Billy Gilmour 6,60, Scott McTominay 8,30, Frank Anguissa 6,70 (85' Philip Billing), Matteo Politano 7,10 (61' David Neres 6,50), Giacomo Raspadori 6,70 (85' Cyril Ngonge), Romelu Lukaku 7,70 (76' Giovanni Simeone). - coach: Cristian Stellini 7,80 (Antonio Conte disqualified). = average: 6,79 [top-class]

Cagliari: Alen Sherri 6,30 (82' Giuseppe Ciocci) - Gabriele Zappa 5,40, Yerry Mina 5,70, Sebastiano Luperto 5,70, Nadir Zortea 5,60 (57' Răzvan Marin 5,90), Tommaso Augello 5,60 (74' Adam Obert 5,80), Michel Adopo 5,50, Alessandro Deiola 6,00, Antoine Makoumbou 5,80 (57' José Palomino 5,50), Roberto Piccoli 5,00, Nicolas Viola 5,10 (57' Kingstone Mutandwa 5,80). - coach: Davide Nicola 5,60. = average: 5,65 [disappointing]

Napoli's Scudetto #4


22 May, 2025

Player ratings Tottenham 1-0 Man United [EL final]


 1-0 42' Brennan Johnson (Pape Sarr). Att: 49.924 (San Mamés, Bilbao). 

Tottenham: Guglielmo Vicario 6,70 - Pedro Porro 6,10, Cristian Romero 6,50, Micky van de Ven 6,80, Destiny Udogie 6,10 (89' Archie Gray), Pape Sarr 6,50 (89' Djed Spence), Yves Bissouma 6,40, Rodrigo Bentancur 6,10, Brennan Johnson 6,40 (78' Kevin Danso 6,80), Dominic Solanke 5,50, Richarlison 6,20 (66' Heung-min Son 6,20). - coach: Ange Postecoglou. = 6,35 [good]

Man United: André Onana 5,60 - Leny Yoro 6,10, Harry Maguire 6,10, Luke Shaw 5,00, Noussair Mazraoui 6,00 (85' Diogo Dalot), Casemiro 5,80, Bruno Fernandes 5,80, Patrick Dorgu 5,70 (90' Kobbie Mainoo), Amad Diallo 6,10, Rasmus Højlund 5,50 (71' Joshua Zirkzee 6,00), Mason Mount 5,20 (71' Alejandro Garnacho 6,50). - coach: Rúben Amorim. = average: 5,80 [mediocre]

17 May, 2025

Player ratings Crystal Palace 1-0 Man City [FA Cup final]


 1-0 16' Eberechi Eze (Daniel Muñoz). Omar Marmoush missed a PK (36'). Att: 84.163.

Crystal Palace: Dean Henderson 7,60 - Daniel Muñoz 7,20, Chris Richards 6,80, Maxence Lacroix 6,50, Marc Guéhi 6,60 (61' Jefferson Lerma 6,00), Tyrick Mitchell 5,90, Daichi Kamada 6,40, Adam Wharton 6,70 (87' Will Hughes), Ismaïla Sarr 5,90, Jean-Philippe Mateta 6,70 (78' Eddie Nketiah 6,00), Eberechi Eze 7,10. - coach: Oliver Glasner. = average: 6,57 [very good]

Man City: Stefan Ortega 5,60 - Manuel Akanji 5,20, Rúben Dias 4,90, Joško Gvardiol 5,30, Nico O'Reilly 5,00, Bernardo Silva 5,90 (88' İlkay Gündoğan), Kevin De Bruyne 5,10, Omar Marmoush 4,70 (76' Phil Foden), Sávinho 5,00 (76' Claudio Echeverri), Jérémy Doku 5,60, Erling Haaland 4,90. - coach: Pep Guardiola. = average: 5,20 [lame]


12 May, 2025

Player ratings Barcelona 4-3 Real Madrid

 


0-1 5' Kylian Mbappé PK, 0-2 14' Kylian Mbappé (Vinícius Junior), 1-2 19' Eric García h.   (Ferran Torres), 2-2 32' Lamine Yamal (Ferran Torres), 3-2 34' Raphinha (Pedri), 4-2 45' Raphinha (Ferran Torres), 4-3 70' Kylian Mbappé (Vinícius Junior). Att: 50.319 (Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys).

Barcelona: Wojciech Szczęsny 5,80 - Eric García 6,90 (78' Héctor Fort), Pau Cubarsí 5,30 (57' Andreas Christensen 6,50), Iñigo Martínez 5,80, Gerard Martín 6,50 (58' Alejandro Balde 6,20), Frenkie de Jong 7,20, Pedri 7,10, Lamine Yamal 7,80, Dani Olmo 6,40 (77' Fermín 7,00), Raphinha 7,80, Ferran Torres 7,40 (89' Gavi). - coach: Hansi Flick 7,00. = average: 6,69 [top-class]

Real Madrid: Thibaut Courtois 5,80 - Lucas Vázquez 4,80 (84' Endrick), Raúl Asencio 5,20, Aurélien Tchouaméni 5,40, Fran García 5,40, Dani Ceballos 5,10 (46' Brahim Díaz 5,90), Federico Valverde 5,90, Jude Bellingham 5,50, Arda Güler 5,10 (46' Luka Modrić 6,70), Vinícius Junior 6,40 (88' Víctor Muñoz), Kylian Mbappé 7,90. - coach: Carlo Ancelotti 5,00. = average: 5,78 [mediocre]


08 May, 2025

Player ratings PSG 2-1 Arsenal


 1-0 27' Fabián Ruiz, 2-0 72' Achraf Hakimi (Ousmane Dembélé), 2-1 76' Bukayo Saka. Vitinha missed a PK (69'). Att: 47.511.

PSG: Gianluigi Donnarumma 7,70 - Achraf Hakimi 7,10, Marquinhos 6,00, Willian Pacho 6,40, Nuno Mendes 5,80 (88' Gonçalo Ramos), Vitinha 5,90, João Neves 6,90, Fabián Ruiz 7,40, Désiré Doué 5,90 (74' Lucas Hernández 6,10), Bradley Barcola 5,70 (70' Ousmane Dembélé 6,50), Khvicha Kvaratskhelia 7,10. - coach: Luis Enrique 7,50. = average: 6,50 [very good]

Arsenal: David Raya 6,80 - Jurriën Timber 5,80 (83' Ben White), William Saliba 5,50, Jakub Kiwior 5,60, Myles Lewis-Skelly 4,90 (68' Riccardo Calafiori 6,20), Martin Ødegaard 5,70, Thomas Partey 5,30, Declan Rice 5,90, Bukayo Saka 6,60, Mikel Merino 5,50, Gabriel Martinelli 5,70 (69' Leandro Trossard 6,40). - coach: Mikel Arteta 5,80. = average: 5,84 [mediocre]


07 May, 2025

Player ratings Inter 4-3 Barcelona aet


1-0 21' Lautaro Martínez (Denzel Dumfries), 2-0 45'+1 Hakan Çalhanoğlu PK, 2-1 54' Eric García (Gerard Martín), 2-2 60' Dani Olmo h. (Gerard Martín), 2-3 87' Raphinha, 3-3 90'+3 Francesco Acerbi (Denzel Dumfries), 4-3 99' Davide Frattesi (Mehdi Taremi). Att: 75.504.

Inter: Yann Sommer 7,90 - Yann Bisseck 5,90 (71' Matteo Darmian 6,80), Francesco Acerbi 7,50, Alessandro Bastoni 6,70, Denzel Dumfries 7,20 (108' Stefan de Vrij), Nicolò Barella 6,50, Hakan Çalhanoğlu 6,50 (79' Piotr Zieliński 6,40), Henrikh Mkhitaryan 6,80 (79' Davide Frattesi 7,60), Federico Dimarco 6,80 (55' Carlos Augusto 5,80), Marcus Thuram 6,80, Lautaro Martínez 7,50 (71' Mehdi Taremi 6,60). - coach: Simone Inzaghi 8,30. = average: 6,83 [top-class]

Barcelona: Wojciech Szczęsny 6,00 - Eric García 6,70 (98' Héctor Fort), Pau Cubarsí 5,50 (106' Pau Víctor), Iñigo Martínez 5,90 (76' Ronald Araujo 5,50), Gerard Martín 6,70, Frenkie de Jong 6,30, Pedri 6,70 (106' Gavi), Lamine Yamal 7,10, Dani Olmo 6,00 (83' Fermín 6,00), Raphinha 6,30, Ferran Torres 5,50 (90'+1 Robert Lewandowski 5,60). - coach: Hansi Flick 6,20. = average: 6,13 [satisfactory]

01 May, 2025

Player ratings Arsenal 0-1 PSG


 0-1 4' Ousmane Dembélé (Khvicha Kvaratskhelia). Att: 59.664.

Arsenal: David Raya 6,20 - Jurriën Timber 5,50 (83' Ben White), William Saliba 6,20, Jakub Kiwior 5,80, Myles Lewis-Skelly 6,10, Martin Ødegaard 5,30 (90' Ethan Nwaneri), Declan Rice 5,80, Mikel Merino 5,90, Bukayo Saka 5,40, Leandro Trossard 5,60, Gabriel Martinelli 5,40. - coach: Mikel Arteta 5,60. = average: 5,75 [mediocre]

PSG: Gianluigi Donnarumma 7,40 - Achraf Hakimi 6,20, Marquinhos 6,60, Willian Pacho 6,20, Nuno Mendes 6,70, Fabián Ruiz 6,70, João Neves 7,30 (89' Warren Zaïre-Emery), Vitinha 6,40, Désiré Doué 6,30 (76' Gonçalo Ramos 6,40), Ousmane Dembélé 7,00 (70' Bradley Barcola 5,20), Kvicha Kvaratskhelia 6,70. - coach: Luis Enrique 7,20. = average: 6,55 [very good]


Player ratings Barcelona 3-3 Inter


 0-1 1' Marcus Thuram heel (Denzel Dumfries), 0-2 21' Denzel Dumfries bicicleta (Francesco Acerbi), 1-2 24' Lamine Yamal , 2-2 38' Ferran Torres (Raphinha), 2-3 63' Denzel Dumfries h.   (Hakan Çalhanoğlu), 3-3 65' og Yann Sommer. Att: 50.314 (Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys). 

Barclona: Wojciech Szczęsny 5,90 - Jules Koundé 5,90 (42' Eric García 5,80), Pau Cubarsí 6,00 (83' Andreas Christensen), Iñigo Martínez 5,20, Gerard Martín 5,00 (46' Ronald Araujo 5,70), Frenkie de Jong 6,30, Pedri 6,80 (83' Gavi), Lamine Yamal 8,20, Dani Olmo 5,50 (68' Fermín 6,00), Raphinha 7,00, Ferran Torres 6,70. - coach: Hansi Flick 6,40. = average: 6,14 [satisfactory]

Inter: Yann Sommer 6,60 - Yann Bisseck 5,80, Francesco Acerbi 6,20, Alessandro Bastoni 5,90, Denzel Dumfries 8,30 (81' Matteo Darmian), Federico Dimarco 5,20 (56' Carlos Augusto 6,20), Nicolò Barella 6,30, Hakan Çalhanoğlu 5,70 (71' Davide Frattesi 6,00), Henrikh Mkhitaryan 6,40, Marcus Thuram 7,10 (81' Piotr Zieliński), Lautaro Martínez 5,50 (46' Mehdi Taremi 5,90). - coach: Simone Inzaghi 7,00. = average: 6,22 [solid]