{"id":17856,"date":"2022-10-14T13:44:43","date_gmt":"2022-10-14T13:44:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/uefa-champions-league-salah-best-african-goalscorer-in-history"},"modified":"2022-10-14T14:02:57","modified_gmt":"2022-10-14T14:02:57","slug":"uefa-champions-league-salah-best-african-goalscorer-in-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/uefa-champions-league-salah-best-african-goalscorer-in-history","title":{"rendered":"UEFA Champions League: Salah best African goalscorer in history"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Angola. <\/strong><\/span><b>Scorer of a record hat-trick in the space of just 6 minutes after coming into play against Glasgow Rangers (7-1) on Wednesday, Mohamed Salah has increased his number of goals in the Champions League to 45.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>With this number, Liverpool&#8217;s winger enters a little further in the history of the competition, as he surpasses Ivorian legend Didier Drogba (44 goals) to become the best African scorer in the history of the UEFA Champions League.<\/p>\n<p>While Samuel Eto&#8217;o (33 goals), retired, like Drogba, complete the podium, no one seems able to worry the &#8220;pharaoh&#8221; in the coming years, as his former teammate Sadio Mane\u0301 (Bayern Munich) is 19 fewer with a total of 26 goals. The recently retired Ivorian Seydou Doumbia completes the &#8220;Top 5&#8221; with 19 goals, ahead of the Algerian Riyad Mahrez (18) and the Gabonese Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (17).<\/p>\n<p>The best African scorers in the history of the Champions League: Mohamed Salah (Egypt, 45 goals), Didier Drogba (Co\u0302te d&#8217;Ivoire, 44), Samuel Eto&#8217;o (Cameroon, 33), Sadio Mane\u0301 (Senegal, 26), Seydou Doumbia (Co\u0302te d&#8217;Ivoire, 19), Riyad Mahrez (Algeria, 18), Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Gabon, 17), Vincent Aboubakar (Cameroon, 14), Emmanuel Adebayor (Togo, 14) and George Weah (Liberia, 14) ).<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\">Angola<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Angola. Scorer of a record hat-trick in the space of just 6 minutes after coming into play against Glasgow Rangers (7-1) on Wednesday, Mohamed Salah has increased his number of goals in the Champions League to 45. 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