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Iniesta aims to match Seedorf mark

Andrés Iniesta can match Clarence Seedorf's record of having played on the winning side in four UEFA Champions League finals when FC Barcelona face Juventus in Berlin.

Highlights: Iniesta’s story

Andrés Iniesta can equal Clarence Seedorf's record of having played on the winning side in four UEFA Champions League finals when FC Barcelona take on Juventus in Berlin on Saturday.

Midfielder Iniesta came on at half-time when Barcelona beat Arsenal FC 2-1 in Paris in 2006, and also started the 2009 and 2011 victories over Manchester United FC in Rome and Wembley respectively. A success in Berlin would ensure Iniesta emulates Seedorf, who remains the only player to have lifted Europe's top club prize with three different teams: AFC Ajax (1995), Real Madrid CF (1998) and AC Milan (2003 and 2007).

Although Xavi Hernández and Lionel Messi were also in the Barcelona squad for their three most recent triumphs, they did not feature against Arsenal in 2006. Xavi and Messi will, however, hope to figure in their third final wins, as will Sergio Busquets and Pedro Rodríguez. Daniel Alves missed the 2009 decider through suspension.

A victory would take Iniesta, 31, level with Seedorf and several others with the joint-fourth most European Cup winners' medals. Francisco Gento heads that particular list as the sole Real Madrid player to appear in each of their first six European Champion Clubs' Cup final successes. Milan's Paolo Maldini and Liverpool FC's Phil Neal are the only non-Madrid men on the all-time leaderboard.

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Winners in the most UEFA Champions League finals
4 Clarence Seedorf (AFC Ajax 1994/95, Real Madrid CF 1997/98, AC Milan 2002/03, 2006/07)
3 Iker Casillas (Real Madrid CF 1999/2000, 2001/02, 2014/15)
3 Samuel Eto'o (FC Barcelona 2005/06, 2008/09, FC Internazionale Milano 2009/10)
3 Fernando Hierro (Real Madrid CF 1997/98, 1999/2000, 2001/02)
3 Andrés Iniesta (FC Barcelona 2005/06, 2008/09, 2010/11)
3 Paolo Maldini (AC Milan 1993/94, 2002/03, 2006/07)
3 Fernando Morientes (Real Madrid CF 1997/98, 1999/2000, 2001/02)
3 Carles Puyol (FC Barcelona 2005/06, 2008/09, 2010/11)
3 Raúl González (Real Madrid CF 1997/98, 1999/2000, 2001/02)
3 Roberto Carlos (Real Madrid CF 1997/98, 1999/2000, 2001/02)
3 Víctor Valdés (FC Barcelona 2005/06, 2008/09, 2010/11)

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Winners in the most European Cup/UEFA Champions League finals
6 Francisco Gento (Real Madrid CF 1955/56, 1956/57, 1957/58, 1958/59, 1959/60, 1964/65)
5 Alfrédo Di Stefano (Real Madrid CF 1955/56, 1956/57, 1957/58, 1958/59, 1959/60)
5 Paolo Maldini (AC Milan 1988/89, 1989/90, 1993/94, 2002/03, 2006/07)
5 José Maria Zárraga (Real Madrid CF 1955/56, 1956/57, 1957/58, 1958/59, 1959/60)
4 Marquitos (Real Madrid CF 1955/56, 1956/57, 1958/59, 1959/60)
4 Phil Neal (Liverpool FC 1976/77, 1977/78, 1980/81, 1983/84)
4 Héctor Rial (Real Madrid CF 1955/56, 1956/57, 1957/58, 1958/59)
4 Clarence Seedorf (AFC Ajax 1994/95, Real Madrid CF 1997/98, AC Milan 2002/03, 2006/07)

Winners = players who have played on the winning side in a final; no unused substitutes or unused squad players

Winners' medals = awarded to all players who have taken part in their team's successful UEFA Champions League campaign from the group stage on

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