Croatia among top 10 nations with most UEFA Champions League winners
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Luka Modrić (Photo credit: Дмитрий Журавель/Football.ua/CC BY-SA 3.0)
619 players from 52 nations have featured in European Cup or Champions League final wins, many more than once.
Marcelo Brozović last night failed to become the 13th Croatian to win a Champions League or European Cup title when his Inter Milan side went down 1-0 to Manchester City in Istanbul.
Immediately after the final, UEFA updated its list of number of players by nation who have won the European Cup/Champions League final.
Manchester City match-winner Rodri became the 78th Spaniard to win Europe’s most prestigious football trophy to put Spain in number one spot on the list.
Italy (72), England (69), Germany (65), and the Netherlands (52) made up the top five.
Close behind, in 10th place, is Croatia with 13 players who have won either a European Cup or Champions League Final.
Croatians to have won the European Cup or Champions League: Robert Prosinečki (1991), Alen Bokšić (1993), Zvonimir Boban (1994), Davor Šuker (1998), Dario Šimić (2003 and 2007), Igor Bišćan (2005), Mario Mandžukić (2013), Luka Modrić (2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2022), Ivan Rakitić (2015), Mateo Kovačić (2016, 2017, 2018), Dejan Lovren (2019), and Ivan Perišić (2020).
UEFA has made an error on their official list by stating Croatia only had 10 title-winning players.
Top 10 nations for players who have won the European Cup/Champions League final:
78: Spain
72: Italy
69: England
65: Germany
52: Netherlands
43: Brazil
42: Portugal
34: France
26: Scotland
12: Croatia
You can see the full list here.
