By Rajdeep Saha
Barcelona striker Robert Lewandowski has reached 100 goals in European competitions, joining Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi in this elite club.
Achieving this milestone in his 139th European match, Lewandowski scored for Barcelona on matchday 1 of the UEFA Champions League 2023-24 season.
Lewandowski has played for Lech Poznan (6 in 16 games), Borussia Dortmund (18 in 36 games), Bayern Munich (69 in 79 games), and now Barcelona (7 in 8 games). He has 92 Champions League goals, besides scoring eight in the Europa League.
Lewandowski took his club career goals tally to 577. He has amassed 37 goals for Barcelona in 52 matches. For Bayern, he managed 344 goals in 375 games. He also scored 103 for Dortmund, 41 for Poznan, 38 for Znicz Pruszkow, and eight elsewhere.
In their opening Champions League game, Barcelona secured a comfortable 5-0 win over Royal Antwerp. Lewandowski contributed with a goal.
Lewandowski is now the third-highest scorer in the history of European competitions, behind only Messi (132) and Ronaldo (145).