UEFA Champions League top scorer
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The UEFA Champions League top scorer award is given each season to the player who scores the most goals in Europe's premier club football competition.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| UEFA Champions League top scorer canonical | 1 |
| UEFA Champions League top scorer 1995–96 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6216793 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: UEFA Champions League top scorer Context triple: [Kaká, awardReceived, UEFA Champions League top scorer]
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A.
European Golden Shoe
The European Golden Shoe is an annual football award presented to the top goal scorer in league matches across all European top-division competitions.
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B.
UEFA Champions League Midfielder of the Season
The UEFA Champions League Midfielder of the Season is an annual award presented by UEFA to the most outstanding midfield player in each Champions League campaign.
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C.
Belgian Golden Shoe
The Belgian Golden Shoe is an annual football award presented to the best player in Belgium’s top division, voted on for performances over the previous calendar year.
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D.
UEFA Champions League Squad of the Season
The UEFA Champions League Squad of the Season is an official selection of the competition’s best-performing players across all positions for a given campaign, chosen by UEFA’s technical observers.
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E.
FIFA World Cup Golden Boot
The FIFA World Cup Golden Boot is the award given to the tournament's top goal scorer.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: UEFA Champions League top scorer Target entity description: The UEFA Champions League top scorer award is given each season to the player who scores the most goals in Europe's premier club football competition.
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A.
European Golden Shoe
The European Golden Shoe is an annual football award presented to the top goal scorer in league matches across all European top-division competitions.
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B.
UEFA Champions League Midfielder of the Season
The UEFA Champions League Midfielder of the Season is an annual award presented by UEFA to the most outstanding midfield player in each Champions League campaign.
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C.
Belgian Golden Shoe
The Belgian Golden Shoe is an annual football award presented to the best player in Belgium’s top division, voted on for performances over the previous calendar year.
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D.
UEFA Champions League Squad of the Season
The UEFA Champions League Squad of the Season is an official selection of the competition’s best-performing players across all positions for a given campaign, chosen by UEFA’s technical observers.
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E.
FIFA World Cup Golden Boot
The FIFA World Cup Golden Boot is the award given to the tournament's top goal scorer.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
football award
ⓘ
sports ranking ⓘ |
| appliesTo | players registered for clubs participating in the UEFA Champions League ⓘ |
| awardedFor | most goals scored in a UEFA Champions League season ⓘ |
| category |
European football trophies and awards
ⓘ
UEFA Champions League records and statistics ⓘ association football records and statistics ⓘ |
| competition | UEFA Champions League ⓘ |
| competitionLevel | club ⓘ |
| confederation | UEFA ⓘ |
| dataSource | official UEFA statistics ⓘ |
| excludes | qualifying rounds ⓘ |
| formerName | European Cup top scorer ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| genderCategory | men ⓘ |
| goalsCountedFrom |
group stage
ⓘ
knockout stage ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalPhase |
European Cup era
ⓘ
linked to:
European Cup
UEFA Champions League era ⓘ |
| hasRelatedAward |
European Golden Shoe
ⓘ
UEFA Champions League top assist provider ⓘ UEFA Men’s Player of the Year Award ⓘ
linked to:
UEFA Men's Player of the Year Award
|
| hasSeasonalVariant |
UEFA Champions League top scorer 2022–23
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UEFA Champions League top scorer 2023–24 ⓘ |
| inception | 1955 ⓘ |
| isBasedOn | individual player performance ⓘ |
| isIndependentOf | team winning the competition ⓘ |
| languageOfOfficialName | English ⓘ |
| measurementUnit | number of goals ⓘ |
| mostAwardsHolder |
Cristiano Ronaldo
ⓘ
Lionel Messi ⓘ |
| notableMultipleWinner |
Gerd Müller
ⓘ
Karim Benzema ⓘ Lionel Messi ⓘ Robert Lewandowski ⓘ Ruud van Nistelrooy ⓘ |
| organizer | UEFA ⓘ |
| recordForMostSeasonsWon | Cristiano Ronaldo ⓘ |
| region | Europe ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
European Cup
ⓘ
UEFA Champions League ⓘ |
| scope | European club football ⓘ |
| selectionCriteria |
goals in group stage and knockout phase
ⓘ
number of goals scored in the competition proper ⓘ |
| sport | association football ⓘ |
| tieBreakingRule | shared award in case of equal goals ⓘ |
| timePeriodCovered | each UEFA Champions League season ⓘ |
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Subject: UEFA Champions League top scorer Description of subject: The UEFA Champions League top scorer award is given each season to the player who scores the most goals in Europe's premier club football competition.
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linked to: UEFA Champions League top scorer