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 Milan)
85: Fernandinho (BRA – Shakhtar Donetsk, Manchester City)
85: Lúcio (BRA – Leverkusen, Bayern München, Inter Milan, Juventus)

Top-scoring South American** players in the European Champion Clubs’ Cup/UEFA Champions League (including qualifying)

100: Lionel Messi (ARG – Barcelona)
49: Alfredo Di Stéfano (ARG – Real Madrid)
37: Sergio Agüero (ARG – Atlético Madrid, Man. City)
32: Edinson Cavani (URU – Napoli, Paris)
31: Rivaldo (BRA – Barcelona, AC Milan, Olympiacos, AEK Athens)
30: Kaká (BRA – Real Madrid, AC Milan)
28: Hernán Crespo (ARG – Parma, Inter Milan, Chelsea, AC Milan)
28: Jardel (BRA – Porto, Galatasaray)
27: Giovane Elber (BRA – Bayern München, Lyon)
27: Neymar (BRA – Barcelona, Paris)

Most appearances by South American** players in UEFA club competition*

Javier Zanetti with the trophy in 2010©Getty Images

160: Javier Zanetti (ARG – Inter Milan)
152: Daniel Alves (BRA – Sevilla, Barcelona, Paris)
144: Roberto Carlos (BRA – Inter Milan, Real Madrid, Fenerbahçe)
129: Lionel Messi (ARG – Barcelona)
127: Luisão (BRA – Benfica)
116: Fernandinho (BRA – Shakhtar Donetsk, Man. City)
111: Claudio Pizarro (PER – Werder Bremen, Bayern München, Chelsea)
110: Javier Mascherano (ARG – Liverpool, Barcelona)
109: Esteban Cambiasso (ARG – Real Madrid, Inter Milan, Olympiacos)
103: Walter Samuel (ARG – Roma, Real Madrid, Inter Milan, Basel)

Top-scoring South American** players in UEFA club competition*

Sergio Agüero celebrates an Atlético goal©Getty Images

103: Lionel Messi (ARG – Barcelona)
53: Sergio Agüero (ARG – Atlético Madrid, Manchester City)
50: Alfredi Di Stéfano (ARG – Real Madrid)
48: Radamel Falcao (COL – Porto, Atlético Madrid, Monaco)
48: Claudio Pizarro (PER – Werder Bremen, Bayern München, Chelsea)
46: Edinson Cavani (URU – Palermo, Napoli, Paris)
41: Luis Suárez (URU – Ajax, Liverpool, Barcelona)
40: Sonny Anderson (BRA – Servette, Monaco, Barcelona, Lyon, Villarreal)
39: Hernán Crespo (ARG – Parma, Inter Milan, Chelsea, AC Milan, Genoa)
39: Rivaldo (BRA – Barcelona, AC Milan, Olympiacos)

Nation-by-nation: South American nations’ UEFA record holders

Erwin Sánchez with Boavista©Getty Images

Chilean pace-setter Arturo Vidal©Getty Images

United mainstay Antonio Valencia©Getty Images

Argentina
ECCC/UCL appearances: 125 – Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
ECCC/UCL goals: 100 – Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
UEFA club appearances: 160 – Javier Zanetti (Inter Milan)
UEFA club goals: 103 – Lionel Messi (Barcelona)

Bolivia
ECCC/UCL appearances: 13 – Erwin Sánchez (Boavista)
ECCC/UCL goals: 3 – Erwin Sánchez (Boavista)
UEFA club appearances: 36 – Erwin Sánchez (Benfica, Boavista)
UEFA club goals: 6 – Erwin Sánchez (Benfica, Boavista)

Brazil
ECCC/UCL appearances: 128 – Roberto Carlos (Inter Milan, Real Madrid, Fenerbahçe)
ECCC/UCL goals: 31 – Rivaldo (Barcelona, AC Milan, Olympiacos, AEK Athens)
UEFA club appearances: 152 – Daniel Alves (Sevilla, Barcelona)
UEFA club goals: 40 – Sonny Anderson (Servette, AS Monaco, Barcelona, Lyon, Villarreal)

Chile
ECCC/UCL appearances: 54 – Arturo Vidal (Juventus, Bayern)
ECCC/UCL goals: 14 – Arturo Vidal (Juventus, Bayern)
UEFA club appearances: 78 – Arturo Vidal (Leverkusen, Juventus, Bayern)
UEFA club goals: 21 – Iván Zamorano (Real Madrid, Inter Milan)

Colombia
ECCC/UCL appearances: 68 – Iván Córdoba (Inter Milan)
ECCC/UCL goals: 14 = Radamel Falcao (Porto, Monaco), Jackson Martínez (Porto, Atlético Madrid)
UEFA club appearances: 92 – Iván Córdoba (Inter Milan)
UEFA club goals: 48 – Radamel Falcao (Porto, Atlético Madrid, Monaco)

Ecuador
ECCC/UCL appearances: 42 – Antonio Valencia (Villarreal, Manchester United)
ECCC/UCL goals: 6 – Antonio Valencia (Villarreal, Manchester United)
UEFA club appearances: 54 – Antonio Valencia (Villarreal, Manchester United)
UEFA club goals: 11 – Felipe Caicedo (Basel, Man. City, Sporting CP, Lokomotiv Moskva, Lazio)

Peru’s Claudio Pizarro©Getty Images

Uruguay’s top scorer Edinson Cavani©AFP/Getty Images

Paraguay
ECCC/UCL appearances: 61 – Roque Santa Cruz (Bayern München, Málaga)
ECCC/UCL goals: 12 – Óscar Cardozo (Benfica)
UEFA club appearances: 93 – Óscar Cardozo (Benfica, Trabzonspor, Olympiacos)
UEFA club goals: 35 – Óscar Cardozo (Benfica, Trabzonspor)

Peru
ECCC/UCL appearances: 76 – Claudio Pizarro (Werder Bremen, Bayern München, Chelsea)
ECCC/UCL goals: 24 – Claudio Pizarro (Werder Bremen, Bayern München, Chelsea)
UEFA club appearances: 111 – Claudio Pizarro (Werder Bremen, Bayern München, Chelsea)
UEFA club goals: 48 – Claudio Pizarro (Werder Bremen, Bayern München, Chelsea)

Uruguay
ECCC/UCL appearances: 59 – Paolo Montero (Juventus)
ECCC/UCL goals: 32 – Edinson Cavani (Napoli, Paris)
UEFA club appearances: 93 – Diego Godín (Villarreal, Atlético Madrid)
UEFA club goals: 46 – Edinson Cavani (Palermo, Napoli, Paris)

Venezuela
ECCC/UCL appearances: 12 – José Rondón (Zenit)
ECCC/UCL goals: 4 – José Rondón (Zenit)
UEFA club appearances: 38 – José Rondón (Rubin Kazan, Zenit)
UEFA club goals: 18 – José Rondón (Rubin Kazan, Zenit)

*UEFA club competitions means European Champion Clubs’ Cup/UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League, European/South American Cup, UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup, UEFA Super Cup and UEFA Intertoto Cup

**South American means registered with the ten CONMEBOL member nations; thus Surinamese and Guyanan players are not counted