aphinha’s brace against Feyenoord took him to 21 Champions League goals for Barcelona, drawing him level with Neymar during an extraordinary start to the 2026/27 season.
Raphinha matches Neymar’s Barcelona Champions League record
Raphinha has matched Neymar’s Champions League goal tally for Barcelona after scoring twice in the club’s 5-1 victory over Feyenoord.
The Brazilian’s brace took him to 21 goals in the competition for Barça, exactly matching Neymar’s total for the Catalan club.
Raphinha reaches 21 Champions League goals
Raphinha entered the Feyenoord match on 19 Champions League goals for Barcelona.
His two goals lifted him to 21, placing him level with Neymar in the club’s European scoring rankings.
Raphinha opened the scoring early and found the net again after half-time. The double was his third brace of the season and helped Barcelona begin their Champions League campaign with an emphatic win.
Karim Adeyemi, Lamine Yamal and Gabriel Jesus also scored as Hansi Flick’s side overwhelmed Feyenoord.
Raphinha has now equalled Neymar
Neymar scored 21 Champions League goals during his four seasons with Barcelona between 2013 and 2017. He also helped the club win the competition in 2015 as part of the famous attacking trio with Lionel Messi and Luis Suárez.
Raphinha has now reached the same 21-goal mark for Barcelona, another major milestone in his rapid rise at the club.
Neymar still has 43 Champions League goals overall
The comparison applies only to Neymar’s Barcelona record, not his entire Champions League career.
Neymar scored 21 goals for Barcelona and 22 for Paris Saint-Germain, giving him 43 overall.
Raphinha has therefore equalled Neymar’s total for Barça, rather than his career tally in the competition.
Raphinha enters Barcelona’s UCL top five
The milestone places Raphinha among Barcelona’s greatest Champions League goalscorers.
Only Lionel Messi, Luis Suárez, Rivaldo and Robert Lewandowski are ahead of him in the club’s historical rankings.
Lewandowski scored 23 Champions League goals for Barcelona, meaning Raphinha needs only two more to draw level with the Polish striker. Suárez and Rivaldo are both on 25.
Raphinha could climb further this season
Barcelona have only just begun their 2026/27 Champions League campaign, giving Raphinha plenty of opportunities to move up the table.
One more goal will take him beyond Neymar, while two more will put him level with Lewandowski.
Four additional goals would bring him alongside Suárez and Rivaldo. Only Messi remains far ahead at the top of the list.
Eight goals in five games
The Neymar milestone is only part of Raphinha’s remarkable start to the season.
His two goals against Feyenoord took his campaign total to eight goals in five matches.
Barcelona say no player had scored as many goals in the club’s first five games of a season since Sándor Kocsis in 1958/59.
Raphinha has also scored in every competitive match so far and collected his third MVP award of the campaign.
A remarkable transformation at Barcelona
Raphinha’s rise is particularly notable given the uncertainty surrounding his future earlier in his Barcelona career. He was linked with a move away from the club and faced questions over whether he could become an undisputed starter.
Under Hansi Flick, he has answered those doubts by becoming one of Barcelona’s most productive and influential attacking players.
His breakthrough as a European goalscorer began in the 2024/25 Champions League campaign, when he scored 13 goals and shared the competition’s top-scoring honour.
Raphinha is building his own legacy
The Neymar comparison is significant because both players are Brazilian, but Raphinha has followed his own path at Barcelona.
Matching Neymar’s 21 Champions League goals for the club is an extraordinary achievement, even though Neymar’s wider Barcelona legacy remains enormous.
Raphinha now needs just one goal to move ahead of him. With eight goals in five games and a growing role in Flick’s team, further movement up Barcelona’s European scoring rankings could come quickly.
