European stats update - Sonny up to fourth on all-time scoring list

Heung-Min Son has moved up to fourth place in our all-time European goalscoring list after his double against Crvena zvezda (Red Star Belgrade) on Tuesday night.

Sonny sparkled again on the main stage - he struck twice before half-time on our way to a Club record 5-0 win against the Serbian champions in Champions League Group B.

That took him up to 15 goals in Europe and ahead of legendary former strikers Mark Falco, Alan Gilzean and Martin Peters, all on 13.

"I’m happy for that," said Sonny. "I said before, to catch Harry Kane is almost impossible because he scores in every game! I'm really honoured to score these goals and really grateful for my team-mates, the staff, the fans and what can I say? I just want to score more goals with this Club, for this shirt. I always try to do my best with positive energy."

Sonny's next target will be Martin Chivers, currently third on 22 goals. UEFA Cup winner Martin's 22 goals stood for almost 30 years (1974-2013) before being overtaken by Jermain Defoe. They have since been surpassed by Harry Kane, who took his total to 28 with another two against Red Star.

Erik Lamela, also on target, moved up to 11 goals. Erik, Sonny and Harry are three of only 10 players to score 10-plus goals for us in European competition.

Our top European goalscorers

10-plus goals

28 - Harry Kane
23 - Jermain Defoe
22 - Martin Chivers
15 - Heung-Min Son
13 - Mark Falco, Alan Gilzean, Martin Peters
12 - Dimitar Berbatov
11 - Bobby Smith, Erik Lamela

European appearances - Jan up to third

Jan Vertonghen made his 56th appearance for us in Europe when he started against Crvena zvezda on Tuesday night. He is now joint-third with Hugo Lloris and closing in on Aaron Lennon (58).

Harry Kane is up to 53 with Christian Eriksen (48), Erik Lamela (39), Ben Davies (38) and Heung-Min Son (37) all in the Club's top 10 appearance-makers in European competition.

Legendary former skipper Steve Perryman - twice UEFA Cup winner - remains top of the list with 64 appearances.

To date, we've had 223 appearances in European competition - European Cup, European Cup Winners' Cup, UEFA Cup and Champions League. Our first European tie was against Polish side Gornik Zabrze in the European Cup in Gornik on 13 September, 1961. Bill Nicholson's double-winners lost that match 4-1 but famously won the return 8-1 at the Lane. We reached the semi-final in that first season in Europe.

We won the Cup Winners' Cup in 1963, becoming the first British team to lift a European trophy. We made history again by lifting the inaugural UEFA Cup in 1972 - the first team to win two different European trophies.

Our top European appearance-makers

25-plus appearances

64 - Steve Perryman
58 - Aaron Lennon
56 - Hugo Lloris, Jan Vertonghen
53 - Harry Kane
48 - Christian Eriksen
44 - Mousa Dembele
39 - Erik Lamela
38 - Ben Davies
37 - Heung-Min Son
36 - Pat Jennings
35 - Michael Dawson, Jermain Defoe, Mike England
34 - Tom Huddlestone, Eric Dier
33 - Dele Alli, Toby Alderweireld
32 - Martin Chivers, Martin Peters
31 - Gareth Bale
30 - Phil Beal, Chris Hughton, Cyril Knowles
28 - Benoit Assou-Ekotto, Alan Gilzean, Danny Rose
27 - Ray Clemence
26 - Ralph Coates, Graham Roberts, Harry Winks, Didier Zokora
25 - Ray Evans, Mark Falco, Tony Galvin, Jermaine Jenas, Gary Mabbutt, John Pratt, Andros Townsend

Five star!

Our 5-0 win against Crvena zvezda (Red Star) represents our biggest win of the Champions League era of the European Cup. We previously beat Gornik Zabrze 8-1 in our second match in the European Cup. The European Cup was rebranded as the Champions League by UEFA in 1992.

Our biggest wins in Europe

9-0 v Keflavik - UEFA Cup - 28/9/71
8-0 v Drogheda - UEFA Cup - 28/9/83
8-1 v Gornik Zabrze - European Cup - 20/9/61
6-0 v Slovan Bratislava - European CWC - 14/3/63
6-0 v Lyn Oslo - UEFA Cup - 27/9/72
6-0 v Drogheda - UEFA Cup - 14/9/83
6-0 v Braga - UEFA Cup - 3/10/84
6-1 v Keflavik - UEFA Cup - 14/9/71
6-1 v Anorthothis Famagusta - UEFA Cup - 20/9/07
5-0 v Hearts - Europa League (play-off) - 18/8/11
5-0 v Dinamo Tblisi - Europa League - 22/08/13
5-0 v Crvena zvezda (Red Star) - Champions League - 22/10/19