Published 21:37 IST, October 23rd 2019
Champions League: Toni Kroos scores a century of UCL appearances
Toni Kroos joined the elite club of players who made 100 or 100+ appearances in Champions League. The midfielder marked the big occasion with a winning goal.
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Real Madrid visited the Türk Telekom Stadium to play their Champions League 2019-20 group stage match against Galatasaray on Tuesday night. Toni Kroos scored the only goal of the match and handed Real Madrid their first win of the Champions League 2019-20 season. Besides the winning goal, Toni Kroos reached a milestone in his career as he made his 100th Champions League appearance on Tuesday night. Kroos' goal to down Galatasaray made him the fifth player to score while playing their 100th Champions League match, after Cristiano Ronaldo, Pirlo, Thierry Henry and Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
🎯💫 @ToniKroos scored on his 100th @ChampionsLeague appearance! #HalaMadrid pic.twitter.com/p0L6ihAvLP
— Real Madrid C.F. 🇬🇧🇺🇸 (@realmadriden) October 23, 2019
Other Real Madrid Players who have made 100+ appearances in Champions League
Name: Iker Casillas
No. of Games: 177
Teams: (Real Madrid 150, Porto 27)
Name: Cristiano Ronaldo*
No. of Games: 165
Teams: (Manchester United 52, Real Madrid 101, Juventus 12)
Name: Raúl González
No. of Games: 142
Teams: (Real Madrid 130, Schalke 12)
Name: Clarence Seedorf
No. of Games: 125
Teams: (Ajax 11, Real Madrid 25, AC Milan 89)
Name: Sergio Ramos*
No. of Games: 121
Teams: (Real Madrid)
Toni Kroos has become the fifth German player to reach 100+ appearances in Champions League 🇩🇪
— Goal (@goal) October 22, 2019
✅ Philip Lahm (112)
✅ Tomas Muller (107)
✅ Manuel Neuer (103)
✅ Oliver Khan (103) pic.twitter.com/ib9DtHbJ7I
Name: Roberto Carlos
No. of Games: 120
Teams: (Real Madrid 107, Fenerbahçe 13)
Name: Xabi Alonso
No. of Games: 119
Teams: (Real Sociedad 8, Liverpool 39, Real Madrid 47, Bayern München 25)
Name: Karim Benzema*
No. of Games: 115
Teams: (Lyon 19, Real Madrid 96)
Name: Arjen Robben
No. of Games: 110
Teams: (PSV Eindhoven 10, Chelsea 19, Real Madrid 11, Bayern München 70)
Name: David Beckham
No. of Games: 107
Teams: (Manchester United 77, Real Madrid 26, AC Milan 2, Paris Saint-Germain 2)
Name: LuÃs Figo
No. of Games: 103
Teams: (Barcelona 24, Real Madrid 58, Internazionale Milano 21)
20:04 IST, October 23rd 2019