Neymar is only one goal away from becoming the most prolific Brazilian scorer outright in Champions League history as he is currently tied at the top
Mike Hewitt10Willian – 17 goals, 64 appearances
Chelsea star Willian has been amassing Champions League goals for the last decade. His first arrived in his second season playing in the competition for Ukrainian side Shakhtar Donetsk, a strike in a 5-0 thrashing of Basel at home, with 16 goals following since then.
Curiously, in the season he saw the most European football at this level, the 2013-14 campaign with Chelsea and his first at Stamford Bridge, he failed to score a single goal. Indeed, it took him until his 16th outing with the Blues to net, but since opening his account against Schalke he has barely stopped.
The 2015-16 season was his most successful on a personal basis, as he scored five in eight outings.
AdvertisementGetty Images9Hulk – 17 goals, 50 appearances
Now playing for Shanghai SIPG, Brazil international forward Hulk spent the best years of his career as one of Europe’s most enigmatic strikers in spells with Porto and Zenit St Petersburg, during which time he amassed 17 Champions League goals.
Noted for his sheer physical strength, the 32-year-old waited 13 games to break his duck in the competition but was thereafter a steady scorer, reaching the respectable mark of four goals on three occasions, including his last season in Europe, when he matched that number of strikes with assists.
Indeed, he marked what will likely prove to be his final UEFA Champions League match with a goal, netting against Benfica with what was ultimately a consolation in a last-16 second-leg defeat.
Getty Images8Juninho – 18 goals, 59 appearances
During Lyon’s dominance of French football in the early part of the millennium, Juninho was one of the stars of the world game.
His long-range shooting was a quality that particularly caught the eye, and he can lay claim to being one of the greatest free-kick takers ever, having been one of the pioneers of the ‘knuckleball’ style of effort regularly seen taken today.
Getty7Ronaldinho – 18 goals, 47 appearances
Before Ronaldinho arrived at Barcelona, the Catalan club had gone 14 years without winning the Champions League, yet he more than anyone allowed them to break that duck and to set the scene for the great teams of the Pep Guardiola years.
The Brazilian, who also played in the competition for AC Milan, is known for his outrageous moments of individual skill, such as the flip-flap, which tied many defenders in knots all over the continent, but he also boasted a pretty strong scoring record.
An outrageous toe poke against Chelsea will go down as one of his most memorable Champions League goals.