The best player in the history of Champions

Ryan Giggs walks this week to the record books of the Champions League. Welsh international meet 145 matches with Manchester United in Champions League. A milestone that will surpass Raul Gonzalez and will take the lead as the most capped player in the continental showpiece.

A collation of this, Today we ask is what is the best player in the history of Champions (understood as, its creation from the season 92-93, it was called the European Cup before). For it, We see possible five names that will undoubtedly have marked time in the most prestigious competition in the world at club level:

1- Raúl González: I possibly the great favorite to win the honorary title. The first player still games (144) and the top scorer in the competition with 72 goals. Won three Champions, two of them marked in end. A myth that averaged 0,49 goals per game. Even when he was transferred to Schalke, the 7 He had in his hand to win the competition.

Raul scored in the eighth and ninth.

2- Ryan Giggs: It may well be Paul Scholes, David Beckham but we catch Welsh being the most representative of them in terms of matches played. 144 will be many more in the coming months catapulted him as an idol in Old Trafford. Speed, overflow, and even scored part of the repertoire of this spectacular and long-lived footballer.

3- Paolo Maldini: five European Cups, three under the name of Champions and 140 nights hearing the anthem with AC Milan. Enough arguments already complemented by style, placement, effectiveness, technical and countless races left side and the rear center rossonera.

PLAYERS WITH MORE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE MATCHES

Pos.	First name	nationality	PJ	G	Prom.	Debut	clubs
1	Raúl González	Spain	144	71	0.49	1995-96	Real Madrid C. F., FC Schalke 04
=	Ryan Giggs	Gales	144	30	0.21	1992-93	Manchester United F. C.
3	Paolo Maldini	Italy	140	3	0.02	1984-85	A. C. Milan
4	Xavi Hernandez	Spain	138	11	0.08	1997-98	F. C. Barcelona
5	Clarence Seedorf	Netherlands	131	12	0.09	1991-92	Inter de Milan, Ajax Amsterdam, Real Madrid C. F., A. C. Milan
6	Iker Casillas	Spain	130	0	0	1998-99	Real Madrid C. F.
7	Paul Scholes	England	130	25	0.19	1993-94	Manchester United F. C.
8	Roberto Carlos	Brazil	128	17	0.13	1995-96	Real Madrid C. F., Fenerbahçe SK
9	Carles Puyol	Spain	119	2	0.02	1999-00	F. C. Barcelona
10	Andriy Shevchenko	Ukraine	116	59	0.51	1993-94	FC Dynamo Kyiv, A. C. Milan, Chelsea FC

4- Clarence Seedorf: the player with more titles of Champions with four and also with the peculiarity get three different teams (Ajax, Real Madrid and AC Milan twice). A creative midfielder but destructor, with defensive virtues but able to get a goal from anywhere in the field. Fifth most capped player, Dutch still giving away nights of glory in Brazil.

5- Xavi Hernandez: many would seem more logical to include Messi, 62 goals and certainly in the future the best player in the history of the competition, but still not put Xavi seems a sacrilege. Because Catalan is the image of Barcelona in the last decade, the engine on which everything revolved Can Barca and besides it the fourth most capped player in the competition (138).

Goalscorers HISTORY OF CHAMPIONS

Pos.	First name	nationality	G	PJ	Prom.	Debut	clubs
1	Raul Gonzalez Blanco	Spain	71	144	0.49	1995	Real Madrid, FC Schalke 04
2	Lionel Messi	Argentina	62	80	0.78	2004	F. C. Barcelona
3	Ruud van Nistelrooy	Netherlands	60	81	0.74	1998	PEN, Manchester United F. C., Real Madrid, Hamburg
4	Andriy Shevchenko	Ukraine	59	116	0.51	1994	Dynamo Kyiv, Milan, Chelsea
5	Cristiano Ronaldo	Portugal	54	96	0.56	2003	Manchester United, Real Madrid
6	Thierry Henry	France	51	115	0.44	1995	A. S. Monaco F. C., Arsenal, F. C. Barcelona
7	Filippo Inzaghi	Italy	50	85	0.59	1995	Parma, Juventus, Milan
8	Alessandro Del Piero	Italy	44	92	0.48	1993	Juventus
9	Didier drogba	Ivory Coast	40	82	0.49	2003	Marsella, Chelsea, Galatasaray
10	Fernando Morientes	Spain	33	93	0.35	1995	Real Madrid C. F., A. S. Monaco F. C., Liverpool, Valencia C. F., Marsella