There are 4 Real Madrid players who set records in the Champions League after lifting the trophy with their home team.
Real Madrid officially became the UEFA Champions League champion of the 2023/24 season after defeating Dortmund 2-0 in the final at Wembley. This title helps 4 Real Madrid players set records in the Champions League. Toni Kroos, Dani Carvajal, Luka Modric and Nacho Fernandez became the first people in the tournament’s history to win the trophy six times.
If we include the old version (not yet renamed Champions League), in the history of European football, only one other person has ever reached this milestone.
That is Francisco Gento – also a Real Madrid player. This late famous player won 6 titles in the seasons 1955/56, 1956/57, 1957/58, 1958/59, 1959/60, 1965/66. The Real Madrid legend won his last European Cup championship in 1966. It wasn’t until 58 years later that his achievement was matched by someone else.
Dani Carvajal, Luka Modric and Nacho Fernandez won all the Champions League titles with Real Madrid. This series of achievements began in 2014 after Los Blancos defeated Atletico Madrid in Lisbon, Portugal, before winning 5 more titles in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2022 and 2024.
Among the three players mentioned above, Dani Carvajal is the only player to start in all six finals that have appeared. More than 90 minutes at Wembley was the first time Nacho Fernandez was assigned to start in a Champions League final.
Toni Kroos is different from the three teammates mentioned above. The German midfielder won his first Champions League title with Bayern Munich in 2013, after defeating Dortmund in the final at Wembley Stadium. Moving to Real Madrid in the summer of 2014, Kroos won the tournament 5 more times, thereby owning a total of 6 Champions Leagues.
With these 6 titles, Nacho, Kroos, Modric, and Carvajal now have the same number of C1 Cups as Liverpool and Bayern Munich. Except for Kroos – who will retire after the 2023/24 season, Nacho, Modric and Carvajal still have the opportunity to increase their achievements in the Champions League if they choose to stay at the Bernabeu, or choose another big team. in Europe as a new destination in the near future.