David Beckham is to be presented with the UEFA President's Award, aged 43, for his remarkable contribution to European football. Here's why.Final tally International: 115 appearances, 17 goalsUEFA club competition: 119 appearances, 17 goalsEuropean domestic competition: 484 appearances, 92 goalsHe had a real dedication to his craft
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Who is Kepa? The lowdown on Chelsea’s new keeper
Swift riseKepa Arrizabalaga has been on Athletic Club's books since he was nine, swiftly rising through the ranks. After a couple of seasons on loan in the second tier, he made his first-team debut (keeping a clean sheet at Deportivo) in September 2016. Kepa conceded just 22 goals in 23 outings in 2016/17; last season, despite finishing 16th, Athletic shipped fewer than fifth-placed Villarreal. Playing style
Goals per game: Europe’s most efficient scorers
Cristiano Ronaldo is the top scorer in UEFA Champions League and European Cup history, but when it comes to goals per game he is seventh in the all-time rankings, just behind Lionel Messi.The Argentinian averages 0.80 goals per game (100 in 125 matches) in Europe's top competition to Ronaldo's 0.77 (121 goals in 157 games). Gerd Müller's 0.97 goals per game ratio continues to look an unbreakable record. In order to reach a similar figure, Messi would need to fire hat-tricks in his next 11 games in the competition, while Ronaldo would require trebles in each of his next 16.NB: Only players
Which South Americans have scored the most UEFA goals?
Most appearances by a South American** player in the European Champion Clubs' Cup/UEFA Champions League (including qualifying)128: Roberto Carlos (BRA – Real Madrid, Fenerbahçe)125: Lionel Messi (ARG – Barcelona)111: Dani Alves (BRA – Sevilla, Barcelona, Paris)105: Javier Zanetti (ARG – Inter Milan)98: Javier Mascherano (ARG – Liverpool, Barcelona)97: Maxwell (BRA – Ajax, Inter Milan, Barcelona, Paris)89: Marcelo (BRA – Real Madrid)88: Kaká (BRA – Real Madrid, AC Mi... UEFA.com - News
Salah on Real Madrid, Klopp and scoring goals
Top ten goals of the UEFA Europa League season
The UEFA Technical Observers have chosen the top ten goals of the UEFA Europa League season.ALL THIS SEASON'S HIGHLIGHTS Top ten goals of 2017/18 UEFA Europa League season1 Dimitri Payet (Marseille 5-2 Leipzig) – quarter-final second leg, 12/04/2018UEFA Technical Observers say: An outstanding dribble and shot with the outside of the foot at an important moment in the tie.2 Olivier Giroud (Crvena zvezda 0-1 Arsenal) – group stage, 19/10/2017UEFA Technical Observers say: A good team move cappe... UEFA.com - News
Ronaldo’s Madrid 100: most goals for one #UCL club
Cristiano Ronaldo this week became the first player to score 100 goals for a single club in the UEFA Champions League – only ten in total have managed 30 or more.Ronaldo's penalty equaliser against Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday took him to 100 for Real Madrid, with his 101st strike arriving in the second half. With those two goals, he is up to 116 in the UEFA Champions League, 15 of them for Manchester United before his Madrid move. Lionel Messi, on 97 goals ahead of Tuesday's trip to Chelsea, is a Barcelona hat-trick away from emulating Ronaldo's centuries: both for one