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“The History of African Footballers in the UEFA Champions League/European Cup (THREAD) by @RevealFooty” #UCL 
- The first African player to win the prestigious European Cup was Zimbabwean legend Bruce Grobbelaar, who lifted it with The Reds in 1984 The goalkeeper's 'wobbly legs' technique in the shootout distracted Conti and Graziani enough for both to miss their spot kicks. #UCL
- Algeria's Rabah Madjer is the first African player to score in a European Cup Final after producing a moment of magic with THIS improvised back-heel in 1987 
Porto won that game 2-1 and Rabah became the 2nd African play to lift the trophy
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- Nigeria legend Daniel Amokachi scored the first ever goal in the newly formed UEFA Champions League with a 17th-minute strike for Club Brugge against CSKA Moskva in 1992. 
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- Cameroon’s Samuel Eto’o is Africa’s all-time leading goalscorer in the Champions League, netting 30 goals across 5 different clubs 1. Barcelona = 16
2. Inter Milan = 10
3. Chelsea = 3
4. RCD Mallorca = 1
5. Real Madrid = 0
Prolific.
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- Nigeria’s Vincent Enyeama scored a penalty for Hapoel Tel Aviv in 2010, playing against Lyon.He is the first and only African goalkeeper to score in a UEFA Champions League match
@vinpee #UCL
- Samuel Eto’o holds the record for the most assists by an African player in the UEFA Champions League (20) He recorded 5 during the 2010/11 season, the most in a single UCL campaign for the player.
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- Didier Drogba holds the record for the most appearances made by an African player in the UEFA Champions League (92)The Ivorian’s last game was in Chelsea’s 2-2 draw with PSG back in November 2015
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- Didier also became Africa’s oldest ever goalscorer in the UEFA Champions League, when he netted in Chelsea’s 5-0 win over Schalke in November 2014. 
He was 36 years, 8 months & 14 days old@didierdrogba #UCL
- Algeria’s Rabah Madjer netted four times when FC Porto destroyed Northern Irish side Portadown 8-1 in October 1990. This is the most goals scored by an African player in a single European Cup/Champions League match.
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- Samuel Eto'o is Africa's most successful player in the UEFA Champions League, winning the tournament three times with both Barcelona and Inter Milan. 2006, Barcelona 2009, Barcelona 2010, Inter Milan@setoo9 #UCL
- Former Super Eagles goalkeeper Ndubuisi Egbo is the first African coach to lead a European team to the UEFA Champions League qualifiers. Albanian side KF Tirana were eliminated from the tournament after suffering a 1-0 defeat against Red Star Belgrade.
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- Nigeria’s Celestine Babayaro became the youngest footballer in history to play in the UEFA Champions League, when he started in Anderlecht’s 1-1 draw with Steaua Bukarest back in November 1994. He was just 16 years, 2 months & 25 days old#UCL
- Ghana hold both records for the youngest African players to score in Europe’s elite competitionNii Lamptey netted in the European Cup at just 17 years & 2 days.
Whilst Peter Ofori-Quaye scored in the newly branded #UCL
at 17 years, 6 months and 10 days
- Zimbabwe’s Bruce Grobbelaar holds the record for the most clean sheets by an African goalkeeper in the European Cup (15) 
The former Liverpool man conceded only 19 goals in 30 appearances.
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- No African player has been sent off more times than Didier Drogba in the UEFA Champions League. The former Chelsea man has been shown red three times in the #UCL
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v Barcelona, February 2005⬢
v Man United, May 2008⬢
v Inter Milan, March 2010@didierdrogba
