Dusan Vlahovic scored after just 32 seconds in the UEFA Champions League. Is it the fastest goal of the tournament?

Today, Serbian striker Dusan Vlahovic scored after just 32 seconds in the UEFA Champions League for Juventus against Villarreal. Is this the fastest goal of the tournament?

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And the question makes more sense than ever given that the player, who until recently played for Fiorentina, had a dream debut in Europe's club competition, having scored for his team in record time. But is it the fastest ever recorded in the competition?

Is Dusan Vlahovic's 32-second goal the fastest ever scored in the UEFA Champions League?

No, in fact, his goal is nowhere near the fastest ever scored in the tournament, as to make it into that select top 5, the goal would have to have fallen after 20 seconds, 10 seconds longer than it took the serbian to score in the Villarreal goal. 

But even though his goal is nowhere near the fastest of the tournament, there is no denying that it is a mark that will go down in the UEFA Champions League record book. 

Especially as the 22-year-old striker is only just starting to make his mark in Europe. 

What is the fastest goal ever scored in the UEFA Champions League?

That honor belongs to Roy Makaay, a Bayern Munich player in a match against Real Madrid on March 7, 2007, when, at 10 seconds and 12 hundredths of a second, the Dutch striker beat Diego López, who could only witness the fastest goal ever scored in the European competition.

Which others make up the top five fastest goals in the UEFA Champions League?

In order from fastest to least fast, here is the list of players who have made it into this select group, after Roy Makaay's.

Jonas

The Valencia player on November 1, 2011, scored a Bayer Leverkusen goal 10 seconds and 96 hundredths after the start of the game, making him the second-fastest goal in UEFA Champions League history behind Roy Makaay's goal.

Gilberto Silva

In the PSV vs. Arsenal match on September 25, 2002, the Gunners player would score the first goal of the match at 20 seconds and 7 hundredths to help his team win 4-0 against PSV, who could never recover from the third-fastest goal in the history of the tournament. 

Alessandro del Piero

An Italian soccer legend is a fourth-fastest goal in the competition. This goal came on October 1, 1997, when he scored at 20 seconds and 12 hundredths of a second against Sir Alex Ferguson's Manchester United. The match ended in a 2-2 draw, but Del Piero's goal is unforgettable.

Clarence Seedorf

It is still a mystery how someone with such a stocky build as Seedorf could move so quickly on the pitch, but it was that same speed that enabled him to score the fifth-fastest goal in the UEFA Champions League history. 

At 21 seconds and six-hundredths of a second, the Dutch playmaker entered the Olympus of the competition's fastest goals. 

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