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Who has scored 50+ UEFA club goals?

Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi top the rankings, but who else has reached a half century? Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Raúl González, Filippo Inzaghi ©Getty Images Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi are the top scorers in UEFA's club competitions by a good distance: UEFA.com celebrates European competition's 50+ strikers. Messi v Ronaldo: goal for goal UEFA Champions League all-time top scorers UEFA Europa League all-time top scorers Players who have scored 50 goals or more in UEFA club competition* 00:01 02:36   Watch ten of Raúl’s best goals 124:  Cristiano Ronaldo (POR, Sporting CP, Manchester United, Real Madrid, Juventus) 109:  Lionel Messi (ARG, Barcelona) 77:  Raúl González (ESP, Real Madrid, Schalke) 70:  Filippo Inzaghi (ITA, Parma, Juventus, Milan) 67:  Andriy Shevchenko (UKR, Dynamo Kyiv, AC Milan, Chelsea) 62:  Ruud van Nist

AS Roma 3 Barcelona 0: Barca bottle Italian job in huge Champions League shock at Stadio Olimpico

Roma  pulled off one of the all-time  Champions League  shocks as they beat  Barcelona  3-0 in Rome to reach the  Champions League semi-finals on away goals. With Barca 4-1 ahead on aggregate after a comfortable Camp Nou victory in the first leg, Roma went all-out attack from the off at  Stadio Olimpico . Roma were all over Barcelona for the first half as the Spanish giants laboured both on and off the ball, and Edin Dzeko got the ball rolling with a neat poked finish after he ghosted onto a simple high through-ball just six minutes into the tie. Patrik Schick wasted two presentable chances and Dzeko had a header saved  as Roma  went into search of a second goal before half-time, but Barca held on to a two-goal advantage over the tie heading into the interval. ( AFP /Getty Images) But the Giallorossi picked up where they left off after the break, with Daniele De Rossi - whose ridiculous own goal opened the scoring for Barca in the first leg - scoring from 12 yards out to

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