The Italian goalkeeper Ivan Provedel became only the fourth goalkeeper ever and only the second goalkeeper to score a goal from play in more than 30 years of the Champions League. In the fifth minute of injury time, the 29-year-old scored with a header to equalize 1-1 for Lazio at Atletico Madrid.
Before Provedel, only the Turk Sinan Bolat had scored a non-penalty goal in the premier class. In December 2009, Bolat scored for Standard Liège against AZ Alkmaar – also with a header, also in the fifth minute of added time, also to make it 1-1.
Provedel, who was part of the Italian national team squad twice in 2022 but was not used, is a repeat offender: he had already scored from the game in 2020. At that time he also secured a point with his head for his club Juve Stabia in a 2-2 draw at Ascoli Calcio in Serie B.
The record goalscorer in the Champions League is former German national goalkeeper Hans-Jörg Butt, who scored three penalties – all three against Juventus Turin, but each for different clubs: Hamburger SV (2000), Bayer Leverkusen (2002) and FC Bayern (2009). .
The Nigerian Vincent Enyeama scored once from a penalty for Hapoel Tel Aviv against Olympique Lyon in 2010 to make it 1-1 (final score 1-3).