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Top scorers Champions League, Europe 2008/2009

The winning top scorer in Champions League (UCL), Europe during the season 2008/2009 was Lionel Messi with 9 goals scored. Below you find the list of the highest goal scorers during the season.

UCL best goal scorers 2008/2009

#	Player	Team	Age	Nationality	Goals
1.	Lionel Messi	Barcelona	21	Argentina	9
2.	Miroslav Klose	Bayern München	30	Germany	7
	Steven Gerrard	Liverpool	28	England	7
4.	Lisandro Lopez	Porto	19	Argentina	6
5.	Alessandro Del Piero	Juventus	34	Italy	5
	Didier Drogba	Chelsea	31	Ivory Coast	5
	Emmanuel Adebayor	Arsenal	25	Togo	5
	Karim Benzema	Lyon	21	France	5
	Robin van Persie	Arsenal	25	Netherlands	5
	Thierry Henry	Barcelona	31	France	5
11.	Alberto Gilardino	Fiorentina	26	Italy	4
	Cristiano Ronaldo	Manchester United	24	Portugal	4
	Danny Koevermans	PSV Eindhoven	30	Netherlands	4
	Dimitar Berbatov	Manchester United	28	Bulgaria	4
	Franck Ribéry	Bayern München	26	France	4
	Jádson	Shakhtar Donetsk	25	Brazil	4
	Joseba Llorente	Villarreal	29	Spain	4
	Samuel Eto'o	Barcelona	28	Cameroon	4
	Vangelis Mantzios	Panathinaikos	26	Greece	4
	Wayne Rooney	Manchester United	23	England	4

The age of the players is when the season ended at 27 May 2009

16 September 2008 was the starting date for the Champions League season 2008/2009, and the final games were played 27 May 2009. More information and the winning top scorers in Champions League between the seasons 1999/2000-2022/2023 here.

Scored hat-tricks in Champions League, season 2008/2009

In total there were 2 scored hat-tricks during the season 2008/2009 in Champions League, Europe. All players scoring these hat-tricks (or more than 3 goals), and the matches they scored it in, are listed here.

Player, Team	Match	Goals
Jádson Shakhtar Donetsk	Shakhtar Donetsk - Basel 5-0 Wed 26 november 2008	3 32', 65', 72'
Joseba Llorente Villarreal	Villarreal - Aalborg 6-3 Tue 21 october 2008	3 68', 70', 83'