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Most Significant UEFA Champions League Stats 

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Despite a sound mind in a sound body belief, it’s often expected that those who excel in academic studies are unlikely to succeed at sports, and vice versa. It’s not always true. Just your scoring goals are more visible than your scoring A’s in chemistry or English. 

 

Football stars can get help with admission essay writing help, freeing up some time for training. Based on the study published in the Medicine & Science in Sports & Science journal in 2022, there’s a link between sports and academic success. So, Juvenal was right when saying, “Anima Sana In Corpore Sano.” The key takeaways from the study mentioned above are the following:

 

  • In-school sports activities are beneficial for an academic performance
  • Sports activities outside of school have no impact on academic performance
  • Moderate exercising (2-3 hours per week) is better for academic performance 

 

If you are a football star in college, you probably wish you could free up some time by asking someone, “Can you write my economics homework, please?” if you choose economics for higher education. By the way, many European football stars pick the same path. For example, Duncan Watmore, Middlesbrough’s forward, graduated from Newcastle University with an honors degree in Economics & Business Management. 

 

Now, without further ado, let’s get into the topic.

The Records of Messi

 

Lionel Messi is one of the few players to score over a hundred goals in UEFA competitions. Considering the fact that, at the time of writing, Messi is just 35, he can easily extend his list of records. In 2012, Messi scored the most goals in a calendar year, European and international. His score for European teams was 79 goals. And counting his work with Argentina, he scored 91 goals in 2012. 

 

All in all, in terms of the number of goals, Messi is only second to Cristiano Ronaldo. Messi has 132 goals, compared to Ronaldo’s 143. However, one must remember that the Portuguese football star is two years senior. Messi, now Paris Saint-Germain’s forward, has all the chances to beat Ronaldo. 

 

The Brilliance of Neymar

Another Paris Saint-Germain South American export that continues to make headlines is Neymar. Since starting playing for Paris Saint-Germain, Neymar has participated in 163 games and scored over 106 goals. For quite a while, it seemed that Neymar was just a teen sensation, but he continues to gain recognition and respect from fellow players. 

 

He’s constantly gaining praise from Messi and Ronaldo, whom he’s frequently compared to. According to Messi, Neymar is extremely skillful and excels in everything he tries. Ronaldo, who frequently stated that Neymar is a bit like Ronaldo himself, states that the Brazilian sensation can easily become Messi’s heir. 

 

Players Who Won Both the Champions League and World Cup

Have you ever wondered which players have double wins? Despite the fact that UEFA was founded almost seventy years ago, the number of players who won both the Champions League and World Cup is rather limited. 1974 has the largest number of double-winners. Sepp Maier, Paul Breitner, Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck, Franz Beckenbauer, Gerd Müller, and Uli Hoeness were the six players who scored double wins. 

 

The next year when football fans were to witness a double-winner was 1998 when Christian Karembeu scored wins in both competitions. However, the viewers didn’t have to wait much for the next time, as in 2002, Roberto Carlos achieved the same feat as Karembeu. Then, we had a sixteen-year break before Raphaël Varane won in both the Champions League and World Cup. 

 

The number of players who scored wins in both the European Cup and EURO is also quite limited. In 1964, Luis Suárez managed to score the double win. The next time took place almost a quarter of the century, when Hans van Breukelen, Ronald Koeman, Berry van Aerle, and Gerald Vanenburg scored double wins in 1988. 

 

The next time a double score happened, once again, twenty-four years later, when Fernando Torres and Juan Mata won both European Cup and EURO in 2012—followed by Cristiano Ronaldo and Pepe in 2016 and Jorginho in 2020 competitions, which were delayed to 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. 

 

If you’re looking for statistics of football players with a degree in anything, you should look elsewhere. Instead, UEFA offers you to check out various stats on goals. At the moment of writing, there were 304 goals during the UEFA competitions. Generally, the match has between three and four goals, and it takes approximately half an hour for the goal to be scored. And it’s 96 of 125 matches played. 

 

Among the teams, Napoli has scored 20 goals and convincingly holds the top spot. It’s followed by Bayern and Liverpool with 18 and 17 goals, respectively. Paris Saint-Germain and Benfica both have 16 goals, and Real Madrid closes the top five with 15 goals. 

 

Final Thoughts

So, despite the fact that popular UEFA players have degrees in Business Management and Economics, there’s no direct link between sports and education. You can become a great player without having a diploma. Still, if getting a degree in this or that subject is important to you, your sports career shouldn’t stop you. 

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