5 players with most Champions League goals without a single hat-trick
The Champions League is known to be the pinnacle of professional football leagues in the European continent. It could almost be mistaken for a World Cup for clubs due to the numerous nationalities that are involved.
However, scoring a hat trick is not an easy task in the UCL. Players like Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi currently tie the record for most hat tricks in the competition with 8 apiece. However, there are some players who find it difficult to perform such a feat.
We take at the players with most Champions League goals without a single hat trick.
#5 David Trezeguet (29 Champions League goals)
David Trezeguet is considered one of the best strikers of his generation. His brilliance at Juventus earned him the nickname Re David, which means King David in Italian.
Trezeguet is ranked fourth on the all-time list of Juventus goalscorers with 171 goals for a span of 10 seasons (2000–2010). He scored 25 UCL goals for Juventus and his highest tally came in the 2001-02 season, where he scored eight goals.
That season, he was the highest goal scorer in Serie A (24 goals) and was also the recipient of the Serie A Player of the Year.
During the Frenchman's stay in Monaco from 1995–2000, he scored the fastest-ever goal in terms of velocity against Manchester United in 1998. He scored four UCL goals for Monaco and a total of 62 goals. Trezeguet came so close to scoring a hat-trick on various occasions and scored seven braces in the UCL.
#4 Patrick Kluivert (29 Champions League goals)
Patrick Kluivert is among the few players to play in the Premier League, La Liga, Serie A and Ligue 1. He is known for scoring the winning goal for Ajax at the 1994-95 UCL final against AC Milan in the 85th minute.
Later that year, Kluivert finished fifth in the Ballon d'Or rankings and was the top scorer for his side with 18 goals as they went on to win the league title.
Kluivert had quite a short time in AC Milan before moving to Barcelona where he continued to display his brilliance, scoring a total of 122 goals in 257 appearances. The only title Kluivert won with the latter is the La Liga title.
The Dutchman netted 29 goals in the UCL and scored four UCL braces in his entire career.