Former Champions League players in MLS 2018

Zlatan Ibrahimović (LA Galaxy, given Mar 2018)
Age: 36
Position: forward
UEFA Champions League appearances/goals
Ajax 23/7
Juventus 19/3
Internazionale Milano 22/6
Barcelona 10/4
AC Milan 16/9
Paris Saint-Germain 33/20
Manchester United 1/0
Did we know?
• Following in a footsteps of another former United, Paris and Milan player, David Beckham, who won dual MLS Cups during Galaxy.

Bastian Schweinsteiger (Chicago Fire, given Mar 2017)
Age: 33
Position: midfielder
UEFA Champions League appearances/goals
Bayern München: 91/13
Manchester United: 8/0
Did we know?
• Scored on his Fire debut, led them into a 2017 play-offs and was voted into a MLS All-Star Fan XI.

Zlatan Ibrahimović and Gregory Van der Wiel during Paris©AFP/Getty Images

Gregory outpost der Wiel (Toronto FC, given Feb 2018)
Age: 30
Position: defender
UEFA Champions League appearances/goals
Ajax 6/0
Paris Saint-Germain 27/0
Did we know?
• Unusually for a defender, has been handed a No9 shirt by Toronto.

Philippe Senderos (Houston Dynamo, given Aug 2017)
Age: 33
Position: defender
UEFA Champions League appearances/goals
Arsenal: 18/0
Did we know?
• Captained Dynamo to a 2-1 win in a second leg of their Conference semi-final with Portland Timbers final year.

Ashley Cole with Chelsea and LA Galaxy©Getty Images

Ashley Cole (LA Galaxy, given Jan 2016)
Age: 37
Position: defender
UEFA Champions League appearances/goals
Arsenal: 45/1
Chelsea: 60/0
Roma: 3/0
Did we know?
• Cole, who converted a chastisement in Chelsea’s shoot-triumph over Bayern München in a 2012 final, scored his initial idea in roughly 4 years when he equalised in a 89th notation opposite a New York Red Bulls on 7 Aug 2016.

Marco Donadel (Montreal Impact, given Dec 2014)
Age: 34
Position: midfielder
UEFA Champions League appearances
Fiorentina: 8/0
Did we know?
• Donadel helped Montreal turn a initial Canadian group to strech a CONCACAF Champions League final, personification in 4 of their 6 knockout matches in open 2015.

Shkëlzen Gashi (right) during his time with Basel©Getty Images

Shkëlzen Gashi (Colorado Rapids, given Feb 2016)
Age: 29
Position: forward
UEFA Champions League appearances/goals
Basel: 5/1
Did we know?
• The Swiss-born Albanian international’s left-footed shot from roughly 35 metres in a Rapids’ Western Conference semi-final opposite LA Galaxy was one of a goals of a 2016 MLS season.

Sebastian Giovinco (Toronto FC, given Jan 2015)
Age: 31
Position: forward
UEFA Champions League appearances
Juventus: 19/2
Did we know?
• Giovinco took MLS by charge in 2015, banishment Toronto into a play-offs for a initial time with a Golden Boot-winning 22 goals and picking adult a MLS Newcomer of a Year and MLS MVP awards to boot, before helping them to a three-way in 2017.

Nemanja Nikolić (Chicago Fire, given Jan 2017)
Age: 30
Position: forward
UEFA Champions League appearances
Legia Warszawa: 5/1
Did we know?
• Had a supserb 2017, being named to a All-Star Fan XI and finishing a deteriorate as Golden Boot leader with 24 goals.

David Villa (New York City FC, given Jun 2014)
Age: 36
Position: forward
UEFA Champions League appearances/goals
Valencia: 14/6
Barcelona: 26/8
Atlético Madrid: 7/0
Did we know?
• Villa, on aim in Barcelona’s 2011 final feat over Manchester United, succeeded Giovinco as MLS MVP in 2016 after scoring 23 goals in 33 regular-season outings.

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