Bailey, Keylor Navas, Héctor Herrera and Pulišić: who are central and north America's top UEFA Champions League performers?

Most appearances by a CONCACAF national player in the European Champion Clubs' Cup/UEFA Champions League (including qualifying)

55: Keylor Navas (CRC – Real Madrid, Paris)
52: Héctor Herrera (MEX – Porto, Atlético Madrid)
48: Javier Hernández (MEX – Manchester United, Real Madrid, Leverkusen)
46: Rafael Márquez (MEX – Monaco, Barcelona)
36: Dwight Yorke (TRI – Manchester United)
38: Jesús Corona (MEX – Porto)
34: Atiba Hutchinson (CAN – København, Beşiktaş)
34: Emilio Izaguirre (HON – Celtic)
30: Christian Pulišić (USA – Dortmund, Chelsea)
27: DaMarcus Beasley (USA – PSV Eindhoven, Rangers)
27: Jermaine Jones (USA – Leverkusen, Schalke)
27: Hugo Sánchez (MEX – Real Madrid)

Top-scoring CONCACAF national players in the European Champion Clubs' Cup/UEFA Champions League (including qualifying)

Five great Chicharito goals

17: Hugo Sánchez (MEX – Real Madrid)
14: Javier Hernandez (MEX – Manchester United, Real Madrid, Leverkusen)
11: Dwight Yorke (TRI – Manchester United)
8: Héctor Herrera (MEX – Porto, Atlético Madrid)
6: DaMarcus Beasley (USA – PSV Eindhoven, Rangers)
6: Nery Castillo (MEX – Olympiacos, Shakhtar)
5: Hirving Lozano (MEX - PSV Eindhoven, Napoli)
5: Tomasz Radzinski (CAN – Anderlecht)
5: Carlos Vela (MEX – Arsenal, Real Sociedad)
5: Jesús Corona (MEX – Porto)

Atiba Hutchinson: 100+ UEFA competition appearances©AFP/Getty Images

Most appearances by CONCACAF national players in UEFA club competition*

105: Atiba Hutchinson (CAN – København, PSV Eindhoven, Beşiktaş)
69: Keylor Navas (CRC – Levante, Real Madrid, Paris)
59: Héctor Herrera (MEX – Porto, Atlético Madrid)
58: Javier Hernandez (MEX – Manchester United, Real Madrid, Leverkusen, Sevilla)
56: Rafael Márquez (MEX – Monaco, Barcelona)
54: Milan Borjan (CAN – Ludogorets, Crvena zvezda)
51: Dwight Yorke (TRI – Aston Villa, Manchester United, Blackburn)
48: Bryan Ruiz (CRC – Gent, Twente, Sporting CP)
48: Emilio Izaguirre (HON – Celtic)
45: Hugo Sánchez (MEX – Atlético Madrid, Real Madrid)

Julio Dely Valdés with the Cup Winners' Cup©Getty Images

Top-scoring CONCACAF national players in UEFA club competition*

24: Hugo Sánchez (MEX – Atlético Madrid, Real Madrid)
18: Javier Hernandez (MEX – Manchester United, Real Madrid, Leverkusen, Sevilla)
17: Julio Dely Valdés (PAN – Cagliari, Paris, Málaga)
16: Tomasz Radzinski (CAN – Germinal Beerschot, Anderlecht)
14: Raul Jimenez (MEX – Atlético Madrid, Benfica, Wolves)
13: Leon Bailey (JAM – Genk, Leverkusen)
13: Dwight Yorke (TRI – Aston Villa, Manchester United, Blackburn)
11: Olivier Occean (CAN – Odd, Lillestrøm)
8: Bryan Ruiz (CRC – Gent, Twente, Sporting CP)
8: Héctor Herrera (MEX – Porto, Atlético Madrid)

CONCACAF European achievements

Hugo Sánchez with the UEFA Cup in 1986©Getty Images

First CONCACAF national to win a UEFA club competition
Hugo Sánchez (Real Madrid 5-3agg Köln, 1985/86 UEFA Cup)

Only CONCACAF national to have won the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
Julio Dely Valdés (Paris 1-0 Rapid Wien, 1995/96)

CONCACAF nationals who have won the European Champion Clubs' Cup/UEFA Champions League
Dwight Yorke (Manchester United, 1998/99)
Rafael Márquez (Barcelona, 2005/06)
Keylor Navas (Real Madrid, 2015/16, 2016/17, 2017/18)
Alphonso Davies (Bayern, 2019/20)

CONCACAF nationals who have been European Champion Clubs' Cup/UEFA Champions League runners-up
Javier Hernández (Barcelona 3-1 Manchester United, 2010/11)
Keylor Navas (Paris 0-1 Bayern, 2019/20)

CONCACAF nationals who have been UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League runners-up
Clint Dempsey (Atlético Madrid 2-1aet Fulham, 2010/11)

Nation-by-nation: Most appearances by CONCACAF nationals in UEFA club competition*

Three-time UEFA Champions League winner Keylor Navas©Getty Images

Anguilla – NONE
Antigua and Barbuda – NONE
Aruba – NONE
Barbados – 5 – Emmerson Boyce (Wigan)
Bahamas – NONE
Belize – NONE
Bermuda – NONE
British Virgin Islands – NONE
Canada – 105: Atiba Hutchinson (København, PSV Eindhoven, Beşiktaş)
Cayman Islands – NONE
Costa Rica – 69: Keylor Navas (Levante, Real Madrid, Paris)
Cuba –  4: Joel Apezteguia Hijuelos (Tre Fiori)

Curaçao's Cuco Martina n action for Everton in 2017Getty Images

Curaçao – 15: Cuco Martina (Twente, Southampton, Everton)
Dominica – NONE
Dominican Republic – 9: Enmy Peña (Valletta)El Salvador – 4: Víctor Dubón (FC Jazz)
Grenada – 12: Brendon Batson (West Brom)
Guatemala – 8: Carlos Ruiz (Aris Thessaloniki)
Guyana – NONE
Haiti – 33: Wilde-Donald Guerrier (Qarabağ)
Honduras – 48: Emilio Izaguirre (Celtic)
Jamaica – 38: Leon Bailey (Genk, Leverkusen)
Mexico – 59: Héctor Herrera (Porto, Atlético Madrid)
Montserrat – NONE
Nicaragua – 5: Ariagner Smith (Spartaks Jūrmala)
Panama – 38: Julio Dely Valdés (Cagliari, Paris, Málaga)

Trinidad and Tobago's Dwight Yorke with the UEFA Champions League trophy in 1999Popperfoto via Getty Images

Puerto Rico – NONE
Saint Kitts and Nevis – NONE
Saint Lucia – NONE
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines – 2: Cornelius Stewart (VPS Vaasa)
Surinam – 1: Gleofilo Vlijter (Beitar Jerusalem)
Trinidad and Tobago – 51: Dwight Yorke (Aston Villa, Manchester United, Blackburn Rovers)
Turks and Caicos Islands – none
United States – 40: Brad Friedel (Liverpool, Blackburn, Aston Villa, Tottenham) & Tim Howard (Manchester United, Everton)
US Virgin Islands – NONE

*UEFA club competitions means European Champion Clubs' Cup/UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League, European/South American Cup, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, UEFA Super Cup and UEFA Intertoto Cup