A breakdown of Vinicius Junior's Champions League goals

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A number of Brazilians have made a huge impact in the UEFA Champions League, one of those players being attacker Vinicius Junior, who has won the competition twice with Real Madrid and also been named Champions League Player of the Season. Vinicius Junior has now accumulated 34 Champions League goals, finding the net a number of different ways in multiple key European games for Los Blancos.

We look at all of the numbers related to Vinicius Junior’s goals in Europe’s marquee club competitions and analyse just how all of those goals were scored.

Last updated after his two goals against Man City on Matchday 12 of the 2025/26 season

By Season

• Vinicius Junior's best goalscoring season in the Champions League came in 2024-25, when he struck eight times.
• In each of the past four seasons, Vini has accumulated a minimum of five goals per campaign.

By Round

• Over half of Vini's goals have come during the group stage / league phase.
• Across the various Champions League knockout rounds, the most lucrative in front of goal for Vinicius has been the round of 16, with him finding the net five times during that stage of the competition.

By Pitch Area

• Over three quarters of the Brazilian's European goals have been scored from inside the penalty area (not including inside the six-yard box).
• Vinicius has demonstrated his ability to score from distance however, with three from outside the penalty area.

Method Of Goals

• Vini's favoured foot is clearly his right, as over 75% of his goals have come from the right boot of the Brazilian.
• Of the 34 goals scored by Vinicius Junior so far in the Champions League, only one has been a header, with the rest scored by either his right or left foot.

Type Of Goals

• Vinicius Junior has demonstrated his prowess from open play multiple times when attacking, scoring 31 of his 34 European goals via this route.
• The Brazilian has proven his worth from the penalty spot however, scoring three times from 12 yards.

By Half

• The data suggests that Vini is far more of a goalscoring threat in the second half of Champions League matches compared to the first.
• 70.6% of his goals in the competition have come in the second period of games.

By Minute

• Vinicius Junior appears to be at his most dangerous in the opening 15 minutes of the second half, scoring over 25% of his 34 goals across that period.
• He is yet to score a Champions League goal in the first 15 minutes of a game.

Nations Scored Against

• Both English and German clubs have been on the end of punishment from the Brazilian, with the former conceding the most goals to Vinicius – ten.
• So far, Vini boasts goals against clubs from nine different nations, but is yet to score against a Spanish or Dutch side in the competition.

Teams Scored Against

• A total of 16 clubs have been on the end of a Vinicius Junior Champions League goal, with six of them a combination of German and English clubs.
• Liverpool have proven most vulnerable against the Brazilian, who boasts five goals against the Reds, the most of any Champions League club he has faced so far.

Goalkeepers Scored Against

• All five of Vini's goals against Liverpool were scored against fellow Brazilian Alisson Becker, someone he obviously knows well with the pair being teammates for the national side.
• Eight goalkeepers have conceded more than one goal at the hands of Vinicius in Europe.

Top Assisters

• Real Madrid teammate Federico Valverde has set up five of Vini Jr's Champions League goals.
• All four players to have assisted Vini more than once are midfielders, with one of them (Toni Kroos) having since retired.