Kroos, Mordric surpass Ronaldo, Messi: Which players have won most UEFA Champions League titles? (2024)

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Kroos, Mordric surpass Ronaldo, Messi: Which players have won most UEFA Champions League titles? ›

Toni Kroos, Dani Carvajal, Luka Modric and Nacho became the only players in history to win six Champions League titles, surpassing Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, who have five and four titles, respectively.

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Six titles in the Champions League is crazy, something I never thought I'd achieve." Kroos' six Champions League wins -- one with Bayern Munich and five with Madrid -- puts him in rarified air. Nobody has won more, ever.

As of 2024, Real Madrid had won more Champions League titles than any other club, with a total of 15. The club most recently won the competition in 2023/24, defeating Borussia Dortmund 2-0 in the final. Meanwhile, the club with the second-most titles, AC Milan, had lifted the trophy on seven occasions.

The likes of Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema, and Casemiro have won the UEFA Champions League crown on five occasions, which is the second most by any players.

In total, he has won a record 27 major trophies at Madrid, including six UEFA Champions League titles, four La Liga titles, and two Copa del Rey titles, making him the most decorated footballer in the club's history.

Messi is the most decorated player in the history of professional football, with 44 team trophies. Until 2021, he had spent his entire professional career with Barcelona, where he won a club-record 34 trophies, including ten La Liga titles, seven Copa del Rey titles, and the UEFA Champions League four times.

Cristiano Ronaldo career trophies and awards 2002-2024

In addition to the myriad of individual awards Ronaldo has collected throughout his career, the Portuguese player has also won the Champions League five times - four times with Real Madrid and once with Manchester United.

He has scored a record 901 senior career goals for club and country. Moreover, he is one of the few recorded players to have made over 1,200 professional career appearances. Collectively, Ronaldo has won 33 senior trophies in his career.

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Cristiano Ronaldo has made the most appearances in the Champions League, playing 183 matches.

Cristiano Ronaldo sits at the top of the list for all-time appearances in the UEFA Champions League, the world's most prestigious club competition. Ronaldo made more than half of his all-time appearances (101) for Real Madrid, as well as 23 for Juventus and 59 for Manchester United across two spells at Old Trafford.

"Six titles in the Champions League is crazy, something I never thought I'd achieve." Kroos won the first of his six Champions Leagues with Bayern Munich against Dortmund at Wembley in 2013, but has added five with Real.

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In European Cup/Champions League history, Real Madrid have played in 17 finals and lost three. Before Liverpool's triumph in Paris, Los Blancos fell to Benfica in 1961–62 and Inter Milan in 1963–64.

He joined the first team in 2013 and has since won 26 major trophies at Real Madrid including four La Liga titles, two Copa del Rey titles and a joint record six Champions League wins, a record he shares with Paco Gento, Luka Modrić, Toni Kroos and Nacho.

Neuer has also won the UEFA Champions League twice, in 2013 and 2020, becoming the only goalkeeper in European football to win the treble of domestic league, domestic cup, and Champions League twice.

Kroos married his long-term girlfriend Jessica Farber on 13 June 2015. They have two sons and a daughter.