Müller becomes eighth player to 50 Champions League goals

Bayern München icon Thomas Müller is the newest member of the UEFA Champions League 50-goal club after reaching his half-century in the German side's group stage match against Barcelona – his favourite European opponents.

Though the 32-year-old is joint-seventh on the all-time list in the competition, he is the highest-ranked player to score all his goals for one club. Lionel Messi had scored all 120 of his Champions League goals for Barcelona before moving to Paris this summer and breaking his streak on Matchday 2.

Müller's first goal in the competition came in Bayern's famous 7-1 round of 16 success against Sporting CP in the 2008/09 round of 16 – UEFA.com pores over the numbers as he reaches his half-century more than 12 years later.

Watch Müller's two goals in Bayern's 8-2 win against Barcelona in 2020

Who he scored them against8 Barcelona5 Arsenal3 CSKA Moskva, Juventus, Olympiacos2 Beşiktaş, Maccabi Haifa, Manchester City, Roma, Shakhtar Donetsk1 Atlético de Madrid, Basel, BATE Borisov, Benfica, Celtic, CFR Cluj, Chelsea, Crvena zvezda, Internazionale, LOSC Lille, Manchester United, Porto, Paris Saint-Germain, PSV Eindhoven, Rostov, Sporting CP, Tottenham, Valencia

How he scored them34 Right foot9 Left foot7 Header

Types of goals42 Open play8 Penalties

When he scored them23 First half27 Second half

Home or away?30 Home20 Away

Goals in a game2 Seven times1 Thirty-six times

Müller scored his first goal in the competition in 2009Bongarts/Getty Images

Which stage he scored them26 Group stage12 Round of 167 Quarter-finals4 Semi-finals1 Final

Season by season8 2012/138 2015/167 2014/155 2013/144 2019/203 2010/113 2016/173 2017/182 2009/102 2011/122 2020/211 2008/092 2021/22