A breakdown of Julian Alvarez's Champions League goals

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Since moving to Europe from River Plate, Julian Alvarez has fast established himself as another top striker from Argentina who is an increasingly frequent goalscorer in the UEFA Champions League.

Alvarez scored his first Champions League goal back in October 2022 against Copenhagen whilst at Pep Guardiola’s Man City, and the following two seasons saw the Argentinian’s numbers really shoot up as he proceeded to find the net over ten times across that period. This despite Alvarez leaving the Premier League side in summer 2024 to join Atletico Madrid.

It's interesting to study how Alvarez has been so successful in front of goal for two different clubs in a fairly short period of time in European football's premier club competition. In this feature, we run through all those important numbers and assess the key data when it comes to all of Alvarez’s goals scored so far during his Champions League career.

His tally currently stands at 25 Champions League goals, with this article to be updated each time he finds the net in the competition.

Last updated after his goal against Arsenal on Matchday 15 of the 2025-26 season

By Season

Alvarez’s best season total is ten goals, which he achieved in 2025-26.
The Argentine striker scored eight Champions League goals for Man City before he moved to Atletico Madrid.

By Round

64% of Alvarez’s goals in the tournament so far have come in the group stage / league phase.
Alvarez boasts two goals in the last four with his first coming in the 2022-23 semi-final second leg for Man City against Real Madrid – the season he became a Champions League winner for the first time.

By Pitch Area

Alvarez is notorious for being a strong penalty-box striker, having already reached 17 goals in the Champions League from inside the area (not including the six-yard box).
However, the Argentine international does boast four goals from outside the area.

Method Of Goals

All of Alvarez’s European goals have come via either his right or left foot.
Alvarez is yet to score a headed goal in the Champions League.

Type Of Goals

76% of Alvarez's Champions League goals have come from open play.
He has also proven himself to be an effective free-kick taker, having scored three times via that route.

By Half

The Argentinian has proven slightly more potent in the second half of games.
He has already reached double-figures when it comes to both first and second-half Champions League goals.

By Minute

Alvarez’s fitness and effectiveness late in games is underlined by him scoring 24% of his European goals in the final 15 minutes of fixtures (including injury-time).
Whilst having scored just once between the 16th and 30th minute of games, Alvarez does have six goals inside the opening 15 minutes of matches.

Nations Scored Against

Compared to other nations, Alvarez has most often scored against German opposition in the Champions League.
Alvarez currently boasts goals against clubs from 11 different nations.

Teams Scored Against

At the time of writing, Alvarez has found the net against 17 different clubs in the Champions League.
Of those 16 clubs, he has scored the most – three – against Tottenham.

Goalkeepers Scored Against

Thibaut Courtois is perhaps the most notable goalkeeper to have conceded at the hands of Alvarez.
Matej Kovar leads the way having conceded three goals Alvarez - two while at Leverkusen and once at PSV.

Top Assisters

Only three players have assisted Alvarez more than once in the Champions League.
Phil Foden set up Alvarez twice whilst the pair were teammates at Man City, whilst Giuliano Simeone and Antoine Griezmann have done the same at Atletico Madrid.