Which republic has had a many European Cup finalists?
Six nations are anticipating that a UEFA Champions League final will finish with a initial winning coming for one of their countrymen as Tottenham accommodate Liverpool in Madrid.
Liverpool’s Naby Keïta and Spurs’ Victor Wanyama could turn a initial European Cup finalists to take to a margin from Guinea and Kenya respectively (though Keïta will expected skip out by injury). Meanwhile, Sadio Mané (Senegal), Mohamed Salah (Egypt), Heung-Min Son (Korea Republic) and Davinson Sánchez (Colombia) are looking to turn a initial players from their countries to underline in a final, and win a tip esteem in universe bar football. Players from 48 nations have won a foe so far.
Since a final was initial contested in 1956, 1,049 players representing 63 nations have featured in a deciders (a good series of them some-more than once). For a impulse Italy have a many opposite finalists (147) though with no Italian players backing adult for Liverpool or Spurs, Spain could compare that sum should a Reds’ Alberto Moreno get a run-out in Madrid; Spurs’ sole Spaniard, Fernando Llorente, has featured in a final already, losing with Juventus in 2015.
More trivia
• Greece have had a many finalists though carrying a winner – 12; that sum includes Panathinaikos’ 11 group from their 1971 final defeat, and Akis Zikos, a losing finalist with Monaco in 2004.
• Turkey (tenth in a current UEFA rankings) are a highest-ranked republic never to have had a UEFA Champions League or European Cup winner; Turkey’s 3 finalists to date all finished adult with runners-up medals: Yıldıray Baştürk (Leverkusen, 2002), Hamit Altıntop (Bayern, 2010) and Nuri Şahin (Dortmund, 2013).
• The lowest-ranked European republic to have a UEFA Champions League finalist and leader is San Marino; Massimo Bonini – a 1985 leader with Juventus – represented a side ranked 55 out of 55 in UEFA’s inhabitant fellow rankings.
Number of players (by nation) who have seemed in a European Cup/UEFA Champions League final
147: Italy
146: Spain
130: Germany
78: France
75: England
62: Netherlands
62: Portugal
51: Brazil
38: Scotland
30: Argentina
26: Serbia
24: Sweden
22: Romania
15: Belgium
13: Croatia
13: Denmark
12: Greece*
11: Republic of Ireland
6: Poland
5: Ghana
5: Ivory Coast
5: Uruguay
5: Wales
4: Czech Republic
4: Hungary
4: Norway
3: Austria
3: Nigeria
3: North Macedonia
3: Slovenia*
3: Turkey*
2: Bosnia and Herzegovina
2: Bulgaria
2: Finland
2: Mali
2: Mexico
2: Northern Ireland
2: South Africa
2: Switzerland
2: Ukraine
1: Algeria (Rabah Madjer, leader Porto 1987)
1: Angola* (Vata, runner-up Benfica 1990)
1: Australia (Harry Kewell, leader Liverpool 2005)
1: Belarus* (Aleksandr Hleb, runner-up Arsenal 2006)
1: Cameroon (Samuel Eto’o, leader Barcelona 2006 2009, Internazionale 2010)
1: Chile* (Arturo Vidal, runner-up, Juventus 2015)
1: Colombia* (Juan Cuadrado, runner-up Juventus 2017)
1: Costa Rica (Keylor Navas, leader Real Madrid 2016, 2017 2018)
1: DR Congo* (Shabani Nonda, runner-up Monaco 2004)
1: Ecuador* (Antonio Valencia, runner-up Manchester United 2011)
1: Egypt* (Mohamed Salah, runner-up Liverpool 2018)
1: Gabon* (Mario Lemina, runner-up Juventus 2017)
1: Georgia (Kakha Kaladze, leader AC Milan 2003 2007)
1: Korea Republic (Park Ji-sung, runner-up Manchester United 2009 2011)
1: Montenegro* (Stefan Savić, runner-up Atlético Madrid 2016)
1: Morocco* (Hajry Redouane, runner-up Benfica 1988)
1: Paraguay* (Domingo Benegas, runner-up Atlético Madrid 1974)
1: Peru (Víctor Benítez, leader AC Milan 1963)
1: Russia (Dmitri Alenichev, leader Porto 2004)
1: San Marino (Massimo Bonini, leader Juventus 1985)
1: Senegal* (Sadio Mané, runner-up Liverpool 2018)
1: Trinidad Tobago (Dwight Yorke, leader Manchester United 1999)
1: Zimbabwe (Bruce Grobbelaar, leader Liverpool 1984)
*nations who have had a actor seem in a final though not a winner
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