Henry becomes fifth European goalscorer

Barcelona player Thierry Henry (30) has become, with 48 goals, the fifth highest goalscorer in European Cup history following his goal against Lyon on Tuesday.

Real Madrid player Raúl leads the standings with 64 goals, followed by Ruud van Nistelrooy (60), Andriy Shevchenko (56) and Alfredo di Stefano (49).

Henry made his European debut on 1 October 1997, when he appeared for AS Monaco in their win over Bayer Leverkusen. Henry scored 7 of his European goals with Monaco, 35 with Arsenal and 6 with Barcelona. The goal against Lyon took him to 48 from 103 matches, which works out at 0.46 goals a game.

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