Karim Benzema, Gareth Bale, Dani Carvajal, Isco Alarcón, Marcelo, Luka Modric, Casemiro, Toni Kroos and Nacho Fernández achieved their fifth Champions League victory at the Stade de France against Liverpool, equaling those achieved by Cristiano Ronaldo as the best record since the change in the competition’s nomenclature, and one of the six European Cups that Paco Gento achieved with Real Madrid.
The historical classification of winners of the European Cup is dominated by Real Madrid players. Only Paolo Maldini and Alessandro Costacurta appear, with five conquests with AC Milan. The remaining 16 are madridistas, with fifteen in the wake of the legend Gento.
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Of the current generation of Real Madrid that went down in history after winning three consecutive Champions Leagues, four in five years and that tonight, after four years of drought, rediscovered glory, all except the German Toni Kroos, who he won his first with Bayern Munich, they have conquered their ‘Champions’ as madridistas. Interestingly, all of them reached the same number of titles this Saturday in the competition as Real Madrid’s great rival, FC Barcelona.
Players with the most European Cups won
1. Paco Gento (Real Madrid) 6
2. Cristiano Ronaldo (M.United, Real Madrid) 5
3. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) 5
4. Paolo Maldini (AC Milan) 5
5. Alessandro Costacurta (AC Milan) 5
6. Gareth Bale (Real Madrid) 5
7. Dani Carvajal (Real Madrid) 5
8. Marcelo (Real Madrid) 5
9. Luka Modric (Real Madrid) 5
10. Casemiro (Real Madrid) 5
11. Isco (Real Madrid) 5
12. Toni Kroos (Bayern, Real Madrid) 5
13. Nacho (Real Madrid) 5
14. Alfredo Di Stefano (Real Madrid) 5
15. Jose Maria Zarraga (Real Madrid) 5
16. Marcos Alonso (Real Madrid) 5
17. Rafael Lesmes (Real Madrid) 5
18. Hector Rial (Real Madrid) 5
19. Juanito Alonso (Real Madrid) 5
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