10 best goal scoring midfielders of the Champions League era

#9 Ivan Helguera – 15 goals

Helguera scored a number of important goals for Real Madrid

Ivan Helguera had a long and distinguished career at clubs such as Roma, Valencia and Real Madrid. The Spaniard played in a defensive midfielder role and yet he scored many important goals with most of them coming during his time at Real Madrid.

Helguera has won the Champions League twice with Real Madrid in the 1999/2000 and 2001/2002 season. The importance of Helguera is seen by the fact that he nearly won 50 caps for the Spanish national side and he even represented them during the 2002 World Cup.

Helguera enjoyed 8 successful seasons with Real Madrid from 1999-2007 before he moved to Valencia. What made his goalscoring exploits all the more exemplary was the fact that the Spaniard usually played in a defensive role for his team.

Helguera scored some very important goals in the Champions League.