RAPHINHA'S RECORD
Raphinha equalled CR7’s record in Champions League
Raphinha has ended his outstanding season in Champions League with Barcelona as the tournament’s new record co-holder for number of goal involvements in a single season.
Ht scored in this campaign 13 goals (joint-most with Dortmund’s Serhou Guirassy) and made 8 assists (most of all; the next is Joshua Kimmich with 6 for Bayern).
In total, Raphinha directly participated in 21 goals of his team, as many as only one player previously achieved: Cristiano Ronaldo in 2013-14 for Real Madrid (17 goals, 4 assists).
Also, the Barcelona’s forward has beaten by far the record for goals scored by a Brazilian player in a single Champions League campaign (since 1992) that was 10 goals before (repeated by 5 his compatriots).
Taking into account the whole history of major European club competitions (since 1955), the best Brazilian scorer in a single edition is José Altafini: 14 goals for Milan in 1962-63.
Altafini, still alive, might be happy that his record withstood under Raphinha’s impact.
| EUROPEAN | CLUB | COMPETITIONS | 1955- | |||||||
| BEST BRAZILIAN | SCORERS | IN ONE SEASON | ||||||||
| Player | Season | Club | Goals | Games | CL | CQ | EL | CO | SC | |
| 1 | José Altafini | 1962-63 | Milan | 14 | 9 | 14 | ||||
| 2 | Arthur Cabral | 2021-22 | Basel | 13 | 12 | 13 | ||||
| 3 | Raphinha | 2024-25 | Barcelona | 13 | 14 | 13 | ||||
| 4 | Derlei | 2002-03 | Porto | 12 | 13 | 12 | ||||
| 5 | Vágner Love | 2008-09 | CSKA Moscow | 11 | 10 | 11 | ||||
| 6 | Rivaldo | 2000-01 | Barcelona | 11 | 13 | 6 | 5 | |||
| 7 | Roberto Firmino | 2017-18 | Liverpool | 11 | 15 | 10 | 1 | |||
| 8 | Mario Jardel | 2000-01 | Porto | 11 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 2 |
CL = Champions League (including European Cup era),
CQ = Champions League Qualifying,
EL = Europa League,
CO = Conference League,
SC = Super Cup.