List of top goalscorers
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This is a list of the top goalscorers of all-time in each country's top association football division. Where possible, the top ten scorers in the country are given.

Albania
Albanian Superliga 20 All-time Top Scorers
- Albanian Championship 20 Top scorers of all time :...

Name Years Goals Clubs
Vioresin Sinani
Vioresin Sinani
Vioresin Sinani is an Albanian professional football striker who currently plays for Vllaznia Shkodër in the Albanian Superliga.- Career :...

1996–Present 202 Vllaznia (174), SK Tirana
SK Tirana
KF Tirana is the most successful Albanian football club earning 47 major trophies in the country and is branch of Multiple Sport Klub of Tirana . KF Tirana is the most popular football club in the country with a considerable number of supporters...

 (23), Besa (5)
Refik Resmja
Refik Resmja
Refik Resmja was an Albanian football striker. He is the second best leading scorer of all time in the Albanian Superliga after Vioresin Sinani. Resmja managed to score 59 goals in the season 1951 of Albanian National Championship...

1948–1964 184+ Partizani (180+), SK Tirana
SK Tirana
KF Tirana is the most successful Albanian football club earning 47 major trophies in the country and is branch of Multiple Sport Klub of Tirana . KF Tirana is the most popular football club in the country with a considerable number of supporters...

 (4+)
Indrit Fortuzi
Indrit Fortuzi
Indrit Shaban Fortuzi is a former Albanian national football Forward who has played almost all his career for KF Tirana. He has also played for Dinamo Tirana and in Greece for Iraklis F.C., Apollon Athinon and Ethnikos. He is now the manager of Skënderbeu...

1990–2008 167 SK Tirana
SK Tirana
KF Tirana is the most successful Albanian football club earning 47 major trophies in the country and is branch of Multiple Sport Klub of Tirana . KF Tirana is the most popular football club in the country with a considerable number of supporters...

 (152), Dinamo (15)
Daniel Xhafa
Daniel Xhafa
Daniel Xhafa is an Albanian football striker who currently plays for Skënderbeu Korçë in the Albanian Superliga. His main position is centre forward and he is known in Albania for his goalscoring ability which he has shown over the years...

1996–Present 165 Teuta (62), Flamurtari (32), Dinamo (23), SK Tirana
SK Tirana
KF Tirana is the most successful Albanian football club earning 47 major trophies in the country and is branch of Multiple Sport Klub of Tirana . KF Tirana is the most popular football club in the country with a considerable number of supporters...

 (18), Besa (18), Bylis (12)
Panajot Pano
Panajot Pano
Panajot Pano was an Albanian football player. He started his career as a goalkeeper in the SK Tirana youth academy, but he became the most prolific centre-forward of their arch-rivals, Partizani Tirana...

1958–1974 144 Partizani (136), SK Tirana
SK Tirana
KF Tirana is the most successful Albanian football club earning 47 major trophies in the country and is branch of Multiple Sport Klub of Tirana . KF Tirana is the most popular football club in the country with a considerable number of supporters...

 (8)
Agustin Kola
Agustin Kola
Agustin Kola is a former Albanian footballer. His former teams are SK Tirana, where he played all but one season of his career with SK Tirana as he has one season in Greece with Egaleo F.C. in the 1991-1992 season...

1977–1997 140 SK Tirana
SK Tirana
KF Tirana is the most successful Albanian football club earning 47 major trophies in the country and is branch of Multiple Sport Klub of Tirana . KF Tirana is the most popular football club in the country with a considerable number of supporters...

 (133), Shkëndija (7)
Ilir Përnaska
Ilir Përnaska
Ilir Jonuz Përnaska is a former Albanian footballer, who played as a striker for Dinamo Tirana between 1967 and 1981, as well as the Albania national team...

1968–1981 136+ Dinamo
Skënder Jareci 1949–1965 122+ Dinamo (119+), Teuta (3+)
Arben Minga
Arben Minga
Arben Minga was an Albanian footballer, who played as a centre-forward and a central defender. He was known as Beni i madh...

1976–1996 105 SK Tirana
SK Tirana
KF Tirana is the most successful Albanian football club earning 47 major trophies in the country and is branch of Multiple Sport Klub of Tirana . KF Tirana is the most popular football club in the country with a considerable number of supporters...

Loro Boriçi
Loro Boriçi
Loro Boriçi was an Albanian football player most famous in 1940s and 1950s....

1935–1957 101+ Partizani (77+), Vllaznia (23+), Spartak Tirana (1)
Medin Zhega
Medin Zhega
Medin Zhega is a former Albanian football striker, who played in the 1970s. He was born in Shkodra, Albania on 31 January 1946. Firstly he played for Vllaznia the football team of Shkodra , then he went to Dinamo Tirana and he concluded his career at the team of Vllaznia. During his career he has...

1964–1978 101+ Vllaznia (66+), Dinamo (35+)

Argentina
Primera División Argentina topscorers
This is a list of Argentine Primera División top scorers, that enumerates all players that have finished a season as top goalscorers in the top level of the Argentine football league system. These statistics only include seasons from the professional era of Argentine football...

 

Name Years Matches Goals (%) Clubs
Arsenio Erico
Arsenio Erico
Arsenio Pastor Erico was a Paraguayan football forward. He is the all-time highest goalscorer in the Argentine first division...

1934-47 332 293 88% Independiente
Angel Labruna
Ángel Labruna
Angel Amadeo Labruna, , was a football player and coach in Argentina. He is tied with Arsenio Erico as the all-time highest goalscorers in the Argentine first division...

1939-59 515 293 57% River Plate
Herminio Masantonio
Herminio Masantonio
Herminio Masantonio was an Argentine football centre-forward. He currently played most of his career for Club Atlético Huracán and represented Argentina at international level.-Club career:...

1931-45 358 256 72% Huracán, Banfield
Manuel Pellegrina
Manuel Pellegrina
Manuel Gregorio Pelegrina "" is a former Argentine football striker. He is the highest scoring player in the history of Estudiantes de La Plata and represented the Argentina national football team....

1938-56 490 231 47% Estudiantes, Huracán
Martín Palermo
Martín Palermo
Martín Palermo is a retired Argentine footballer who formerly played for Boca Juniors of Argentina, and the Argentina national team...

1991–2000, 2004–2011 410 227 55% Estudiantes de La Plata, Boca Juniors
José Francisco Sanfilippo 1953-63, 66-67, 72 330 226 68% San Lorenzo, Boca Juniors
Ricardo Infante
Ricardo Infante
Ricardo Roberto "Beto" Infante is a former Argentine football striker. He is the 2nd highest scoring player in the history of Estudiantes de La Plata and the 6th highest scoring player in the professional era of the Primera División Argentina.Infante made his professional debut in 1942 for...

1942-61 439 217 49% Estudiantes, Huracán, Gimnasia La Plata
Oscar Más
Oscar Más
Oscar Más is an Argentine former football striker. He played the majority of his career for River Plate, and is the club's second highest goalscorer of all-time....

1964-77, 79, 82, 85 429 215 50% River Plate
Bernabé Ferreyra
Bernabé Ferreyra
Bernabé Ferreyra was an Argentine association football forward. He was one of the first professional players in Argentine football to reach great popularity, to the point that he had a movie biography.-Club:...

1931-39 197 206 105% Tigre, River Plate
Carlos Bianchi
Carlos Bianchi
Carlos Arcecio Bianchi , popularly known as El Virrey , is a prolific Argentine football forward turned manager...

1967-72, 80-84 324 206 64% Vélez Sársfield

Armenia
Armenia
Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia...

Rank Name Years Matches Goals (%)
1 Arsen Avetisyan
Arsen Avetisyan
Arsen Avetisyan is an Armenian footballer. He currently plays for Gandzasar. He is a former member of the Armenian national team.-Club career:...

1992–Present 311 192 62%
2 Artur Kocharyan 1992–Present 328 137 42%
3 Artur Petrosyan
Artur Petrosyan
Arthur Petrosyan is a former Armenian football midfielder. He currently is one of the coaches of FC Zurich. Artur is the all-time leading scorer for the Armenia national team, and has participated in 70 international matches and scored 11 goals since his debut in a home friendly match against...

1992–2000 215 125 58%
4 Tigran Yesayan
Tigran Yesayan
Tigran Yesayan is an Armenian football striker. He was a member of the Armenia national team, and has participated in 21 international matches and scored four goals since his debut in an away friendly match against Peru on 20 February 1996. He is the current manager of Ararat Yerevan football...

1992–2005 220 125 57%
5 Ara Hakobyan 1997–Present 144 123 85%
6 Aram Hakobyan
Aram Hakobyan
Aram Hakobyan is an Armenian football striker.Aram was a top scorer in the Armenian Premier League 2006 season, scoring with 25 goals. He was also voted the best player of the 2005 season....

1996–2009 230 115 50%
7 Gegham Hovhannisyan 1992–1998 151 107 71%
8 Vahe Yaghmuryan
Vahe Yaghmuryan
Vahe Yaghmuryan is a former Armenian professional footballer.During the 1994 season, Yaghmuryan scored 18 goals for Ararat Yerevan. He was a runner-up in the Armenian Independence Cup in 1995 with Kotayk Abovian.-External links:*...

1992–2001 146 104 71%
9 Armen Shahgeldyan
Armen Shahgeldyan
Armen Shahgeldyan is a former Armenian football striker who finished his career at FC MIKA. Armen debuted for Armenia in 1992, when Armenia played its first international match after gaining independence in a friendly against Moldova...

1992–2007 198 101 51%
10 Arman Karamyan
Arman Karamyan
Arman Karamyan is an Armenian football striker. He was also a member of the Armenia national team, participated in 48 international matches and scored 5 goals since his debut in away friendly match against Guatemala on 9 January 2000. In 2009–2010 season he was selected left winger of the year. He...

1996–2002 127 100 80%

Australia
A-League
The A-League is the top Australasian professional football league. Run by Australian governing body Football Federation Australia , it was founded in 2004 following the folding of the National Soccer League and staged its inaugural season in 2005–06. It is sponsored by Hyundai Motor Company...

Not the all time list, as it does not include NSL
NSL
- Business :* Northwestern Shiprepairers Limited, a British shipbuilding and repair company trading as NSL* NSL Buses, a bus operator in London, England, United Kingdom, owned by the NSL Services Group...

 statistics, only A-League
A-League
The A-League is the top Australasian professional football league. Run by Australian governing body Football Federation Australia , it was founded in 2004 following the folding of the National Soccer League and staged its inaugural season in 2005–06. It is sponsored by Hyundai Motor Company...

 statistics.
Rank Name Years Matches Goals (%)
1 Archie Thompson
Archie Thompson
Archibald Gerald Thompson is a New Zealand-born Australian professional football player, currently playing for Melbourne Victory in the Hyundai A-League, where he holds the League all time scoring record...

2005–Present 111 53 48%
2 Shane Smeltz
Shane Smeltz
Shane Edward Smeltz is a New Zealand professional association football player. He plays as a striker for Perth Glory FC.-Club career:...

2007–Present 74 47 63%
3 Danny Allsopp 2005–Present 98 41 40%
4 Alex Brosque
Alex Brosque
Alex Brosque is an Australian professional football player who currently plays for J. League side Shimizu S-Pulse...

2005–Present 125 38 29%
5 Sasho Petrovski
Sasho Petrovski
Sasho Petrovski is an Australian football player. He is a striker who last played for the Newcastle Jets in the Hyundai A-League. Petrovski has two caps for the Australian national team...

2005–Present 124 41 28%
6 Joel Griffiths
Joel Griffiths
Joel Griffiths is an Australian football player who currently plays for Beijing Guoan.-Club career:He played for Sydney United, Parramatta Power and Newcastle United in the now defunct National Soccer League...

2006–2009 53 25 47%
7 Kevin Muscat
Kevin Muscat
Kevin Muscat is an Australian football player who currently plays for Victorian State League Division 1 side Sunshine George Cross and is assistant coach of Melbourne Victory...

2005–Present 122 28 25%
8 Serginho van Dijk 2008–Present 80 42 50%
9 Mark Bridge
Mark Bridge
Mark Bridge is an Australian football player. He currently plays as a striker for Australian A-League club Sydney FC.-Newcastle United Jets FC:...

2005–Present 112 27 28%
10 Jamie Harnwell
Jamie Harnwell
Jamie Richard Harnwell is an Australian football player. He last played as a centre half for Sorrento FC.-Perth Glory:...

2005–Present 89 24 27%
10 Travis Dodd
Travis Dodd
Travis Dodd is an Indigenous Australian football player who plays for Perth Glory in the A-League. He plays as an attacking midfielder or winger.-Club career:...

2005–Present 115 24 21%


Totals top level
Rank Name Years Matches Goals (%)
1 Damian Mori
Damian Mori
Damian Mori is an Australian football player who is the top scorer for the Socceroos...

1989–Present 489 259 53%
2 John Kosmina
John Kosmina
Alexander John Kosmina , known as John Kosmina, is a former Australian football player and manager of Polish Australian ethnicity. He was most recently the manager of Sydney FC...

1977–1989 289 133 46%
3 Rod Brown 1983–1998 315 131 42%
4 Francis Awaritefe
Francis Awaritefe
Francis Edgar Awaritefe is an Australian former football player, and is currently Director of Football at Melbourne Victory...

1989–2001 323 123 38%
5 Marshall Soper
Marshall Soper
Marshall Soper, born May 12, 1960, is a former football player with Sydney Olympic.A bustling but skilful forward with reputation for hot-headedness, he played in 118 games and scored 42 goals for Olympic...

1981–1997 318 121 38%
6 Paul Trimboli
Paul Trimboli
Paolo "Paul" Vincenzo Trimboli is a former Australian international football player of Italian ancestry. He attended Xavier College and was a member of the First XI, and was captained by his brother.-Club career:...

1987–2004 458 119 26%
7 Pablo Cardozo
Pablo Cardozo
Pablo Cardozo is a former Australian football striker.-Career:Cardozo played mostly in Australia, but also had unsuccessful spells in Europe and also played in New Zealand with Waitakere United...

1992–2004 246 118 48%
8 Ivan Kelic
Ivan Kelic
Ivan Kelic was an Australian football player who played for NSL clubs Melbourne Knights, Sydney Olympic and South Melbourne FC....

1989–2000 ? 116 ?
9 John Markovski
John Markovski
John Markovski is an Australian football coach and former player.Markovski played in the National Soccer League for Sunshine George Cross, Preston Lions , Morwell Falcons, Canberra Cosmos, Auckland Kingz, Carlton SC, Melbourne Knights and Perth Glory FC and was known Australia wide for his...

1986–2004 ? 110 ?
10 Gary Cole
Gary Cole (footballer)
Gary Cole is an Australian football player, who played for the Australia national football team 40 times and scored 20 goals between 1975 and 1984...

1977–1986 246 109 44%

Austria

Name Years Matches Goals (%)
Robert Dienst
Robert Dienst
Robert Dienst was an Austrian football forward. He died in 2000 after a long illness.-Club career:Robert Dienst started his career at Florisdsdorfer AC, where he played his first game as a midfielder during World War II...

1943-62 351 323 92%
Johann Krankl 1971-88 427 320 75%
Franz Binder
Franz Binder
Franz Binder was an Austrian football player and coach.-Club career:Nicknamed Bimbo, Binder was a prolific goalscorer who played for SK Rapid Wien. He won the national Austrian championship four times and was three times top goalscorer in Austrian league...

1930-49 261 298 114%
Karl Decker
Karl Decker (footballer)
Karl Decker was an Austrian footballer and manager.-International career:As a player Decker played for both Germany and Austria national football team, scoring 27 goals in 33 matches.-Honours:...

1938-54 276 282 102%
Friedrich Cejka 1947-66 438 245 56%
Anton Schall
Anton Schall
Anton Schall was an Austrian football forward who played for Austria in the 1934 FIFA World Cup. He also played for FK Austria Wien, and later managed FC Basel.-References:...

1925-41 285 231 81%
Wilhelm Hahnemann
Wilhelm Hahnemann
Wilhelm Hahnemann was an Austrian and German football player who started his career at Admira Vienna.-International career:...

1931-52, 59 308? 230 75%
Johann Buzek 1955-73 384 226 59%
Erich Hof 1954-69 314 224 71%
Ernst Stojaspal
Ernst Stojaspal
Ernst Stojaspal was an Austrian football player. He was born in Vienna.-Club career:A prolific striker, the left-footed Stojaspal played for Austria Wien for 10 years, winning three league titles and 2 domestic cups. Also, he topped the final goalscoring charts 5 times...

1942-54 197 224 114%

Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan , officially the Republic of Azerbaijan is the largest country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia to the north, Georgia to the northwest, Armenia to the west, and Iran to...

Rank Name Years Matches Goals (%)
1 Nazim Aliyev
Nazim Aliyev
Nazim Aliyev is retired football forward from Azerbaijan, who is an all time topscorer of the Azerbaijan Premier League. He obtained one cap for the national team in 1993....

1992–2000 236 183 78%
2 Müsvig Huseynov ? 305 125 41%
3 Rovsan Ahmadov ? 290 116 40%
4 Samir Alakbarov 1992–2001 170 115 68%
5 Gurban Gurbanov
Gurban Gurbanov
Gurban Osman Gurbanov |Zagatala]]) is retired football striker from Azerbaijan.-Playing career:He started his career in Dashgyn, and has since played for Kur-Nur, Mertskhali, PFK Turan Tovuz, PFC Neftchi, Dinamo Stavropol, Baltika Kaliningrad, and Fakel Voronezh. The last club he played for was FC...

1992–2006 161 115 71%
6 Alay Bahramov ? 243 108 44%
7 Vadim Vasilyev 1994–2007 271 102 38%
8 Khagani Mammadov 1993–Present 272 102 38%
9 Kenan Kerimov
Kenan Kerimov
Kenan Kerimov is an Azerbaijani footballer currently playing for FK Karvan.-External links:...

1993–Present 326 102 31%
10 Nadir Nabiev 1998–Present 296 100 34%

Belarus
Belarusian Premier League
-Soviet era champions:*1934 BVO *1935 BVO *1936 BVO *1937 Dinamo *1938 Dinamo *1939 Dinamo *1940 DKA *1941-44 unknown...

Rank Name Years Matches Goals (%)
1 Roman Vasilyuk
Roman Vasilyuk
Raman Vasilyuk is a Belarusian footballer. A striker, he currently plays for FC Minsk, and is a member of the Belarus national team. He has previously played for Dinamo Brest, Slavia Mozyr, Spartak Moscow, Dinamo Minsk, Hapoel Tel Aviv and FC Gomel....

1996–Present 279 172 62%
2 Valeriy Stripeikis 1996–Present 342 171 50%
3 Sergey Yaromko
Sergey Yaromko
Sergey Yaromko ; ; born April 7, 1967) is a former Belarusian footballer and currently a coach.- Playing career :In his early career Yaromko played in Belarusian SSR league for Burevestnik Minsk, before leaving to play a few seasons in Central Asia and Poland.He returned to Belarus in 1993 and...

1993–2000 185 98 53%
4 Gennadiy Bliznyuk 1999–2008 208 95 46%
5 Igor Chumachenko 1994–Present 336 88 26%
6 Sergey Nikiforenko
Sergey Nikiforenko
Syarhey Nikiforenka is a Belarusian footballer. He currently plays for FC Shakhtyor in Belarus.-External links:**...

1997–Present 303 88 29%
7 Petr Kachuro 1992–2005 135 81 60%
8 Pavel Shavrov 1992–1999 ? 75 ?
9 Artem Goncharik
Artem Goncharik
Artsyom Hancharyk is a Belarusian footballer. As of 2011 he plays for Partizan Minsk.-External links:*...

1998–Present ? 74 ?
10 Andrey Khlebosolov 1993–2000 123 73 59%

Belgium

Name Years Matches Goals (%)
Bert De Cleyn 1932-54 488 377 77%
Jef Mermans 1941-57 384 343 89%
Bernard Voorhoof
Bernard Voorhoof
Bernard Voorhoof was a Belgian footballer, the Belgium national team top scorer since 1940 with 30 goals in 61 matches. He was joined by Paul Van Himst in 1974 who needed 81 matches to score the same number of goals....

1927-48 474 296 82%
Arthur Ceuleers
Arthur Ceuleers
Arthur Tuur Albert Ceuleers was a Belgian footballer.A striker for Beerschot VAC, he was twice Champion of Belgium in 1938 and 1939.He was also a Belgian international in 1937 and 1938, 4 times...

1933-51 398 288 72%
Rik Coppens
Henri Coppens
Henri 'Rik' François Coppens is a former Belgian football striker. His parents owned and ran a fishmonger's shop there....

1946-62 389 261 67%
Erwin Vandenbergh
Erwin Vandenbergh
Erwin Vandenbergh was a Belgian footballer. Between 1981 and 1991, he finished six times topscorer of the Belgian First Division, with three different clubs . In 1981 he was European topscorer with 39 goals out of 34 games...

1976-95 430 255 59%
Paul Dechamps 1945-56 299 241 81%
Jean Capelle
Jean Capelle
Jean Capelle was a Belgian international footballer who played professionally as a striker for Standard Liège, scoring 245 goals in 285 appearances between 1929 and 1944. Capelle made his international debut in 1931, aged 17 years 153 days, and he played at the 1934 FIFA World Cup and the 1938...

1929-44 251 240 96%
Paul Van Himst
Paul Van Himst
Paul van Himst is a former talented Belgian football midfielder and a football manager. Now retired, he still supports R.S.C. Anderlecht, his former team. He was nicknamed Polle Gazon due to the large number of fouls committed on him...

1959-76 478 235 49%
Jan Ceulemans
Jan Ceulemans
Jan Anna Gumaar Ceulemans is a Belgian former football player who played as a midfielder.He is his country's most capped player with 96 international appearances. Most of his time with Belgium took place under the guidance of Guy Thys...

1974-91 518 229 44%

Bolivia
Bolivia
Bolivia officially known as Plurinational State of Bolivia , is a landlocked country in central South America. It is the poorest country in South America...

Name Years Goals
Víctor Hugo Antelo
Víctor Hugo Antelo
Víctor Hugo Antelo, nicknamed "Tucho" is a retired Bolivian football striker, and the all time topscorer in the Bolivian League with 350 goals scored in 18 seasons.-Club career:...

1983–2000 341
Juan Sanchez
Juan Sanchez
Juan Ginés Sánchez Moreno is a retired Spanish footballer who played as a striker.In a career almost entirely associated to Valencia CF - which he helped to two La Liga titles - and Celta de Vigo, he scored more than 100 goals as a professional, in nearly 450 games.-Club career:Sánchez started...

1979-92 263
Luis Fernando Salinas 1980-93 201
Jesús Reynaldo 1977-93 196
Raúl Horacio Baldessari
Raúl Horacio Baldessari
Horacio Raúl "La Pepa" Baldessari is a former Argentine football striker who played professionally in Argentina, Bolivia and Peru during the late 1970s, 80s and early 90s...

1977-89 161
Limberg Gutiérrez 1997–Present 149
Joaquín Botero
Joaquín Botero
Joaquín Botero Vaca is a Bolivian football striker. He was the top goalscorer in world football in the 2002 season, with 49 goals scored for Club Bolívar...

1997–Present 144
Cristino Jara
Cristino Jara
Alfredo Cristino Jara Mereles is a football forward from Paraguay, who is currently playing for Nacional Potosi in Bolivia. He was the topscorer in the Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano 2006, scoring 35 goals...

1998–Present 141
Silvio Edmundo Rojas 1977-92 140
Luis Ramallo
Luis Ramallo
Wílliam Luis Ramallo Fernández is a retired football striker who was nicknamed "El Pescador del Área", or "El Fantasma". He was capped 36 times and scored 9 international goals for Bolivia between 1989 and 1997. He played all three matches at the 1994 FIFA World Cup and he was also the starting...

1982-99 138

Brazil
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
The Campeonato Brasileiro de Clubes da Série A , popularly known as the Brasileirão , is a professional football league at the top of the Brazilian football league system held annually since 1959. Contested by twenty clubs, it operates a system of promotion and relegation with the Série B...

The Campeonato Brasileiro (with this name and format), began in 1971, almost after the career of many players (like Pelé
Pelé
However, Pelé has always maintained that those are mistakes, that he was actually named Edson and that he was born on 23 October 1940.), best known by his nickname Pelé , is a retired Brazilian footballer. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest football players of all time...

, who played until 1974).
Rank Name Years Matches Goals (%) Clubs
1 Roberto Dinamite 1971–1989 328 190 57% Vasco, Portuguesa
2 Romário
Romário
Romário de Souza Faria , better known simply as Romário , is a former footballer who played striker,manager and current politician where is currently running for a mayor like position in his hometown...

1986–2008 252 154 61% Vasco, Flamengo, Fluminense
3 Edmundo
Edmundo
Edmundo Alves de Souza Neto , better known simply as Edmundo, is a retired Brazilian footballer.Edmundo played for Brazil at the 1998 World Cup. For Palmeiras, he won the Campeonato Brasileiro in the beginning of the Nineties. For Vasco da Gama he won 1997's Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, scoring...

1990–2008 316 153 48% Vasco, Palmeiras, Figueirense, Santos, Fluminense, Flamengo, Cruzeiro
4 Zico
Zico
Arthur Antunes Coimbra , better known as Zico , is a Brazilian coach and former footballer. He is the current head coach of the Iraq national football team. Often called the "White Pelé", he is commonly considered one of the most skilled finishers and one of the best passers ever and possibly the...

1974–1989 249 135 54% Flamengo
5 Túlio
Túlio Costa
Túlio Humberto Pereira Costa , sometimes simply referred as Túlio or Túlio Maravilha for his great creativity on the field and for his charisma, is a former Brazilian international football forward. He has scored more than 900 goals and intends to score the 1000th with Botafogo...

1987–2001 240 129 53% Botafogo, Goiás, Vitória, Juventude, Santa Cruz
6 Serginho Chulapa
Serginho Chulapa
Sérgio Bernardino, also known as Serginho or Serginho Chulapa was an association footballer who played striker.-Career:...

1975–1988 184 127 69% São Paulo, Santos, Corinthians
7 Washington 1997–2010 201 125 62% Ponte Preta, Paraná, Atlético-PR, Fluminense, São Paulo
8 Dadá Maravilha
Dadá Maravilha
Dario José dos Santos , nicknamed Dario, or Dadá Maravilha is a former Brazilian footballer...

1971–1985 240 113 47% Atlético-MG, Ponte Preta, Flamengo, Sport Recife, Internacional, Nacional, Goiás, Bahia, Santa Cruz, Paysandú, Náutico
9 Kléber Pereira 1999–Present 195 103 53% Atlético-PR, Santos, Internacional
10 Ramon
Ramon Menezes Hubner
Ramon Menezes Hubner or simply Ramon , is a Brazilian footballer. He currently plays for Joinville in the attacking midfield position.-Career:...

1990–Present 368 98 27% Cruzeiro, Vitória, Bahia, Vasco, Fluminense, Atlético-MG, Botafogo, Atlético-PR

Bulgaria
Bulgarian A Professional Football Group
The Bulgarian A Professional Football Group commonly known as A PFG is the top division of the Bulgarian football league system. The league is sponsored by Victoria FATA Insurance and therefore is officially known as Victoria A Football Group since 2011...

Rank Name Years Matches Goals (%)
1 Petar Zhekov
Petar Zhekov
Petar Petrov Zhekov is a former Bulgarian football player, who won the silver medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics.Zhekov was born in Knizhovnik, Haskovo Province, and began his career in F.C. Dimitrovgrad. Later he moved to Beroe Stara Zagora, where he twice became Bulgaria's top goalscorer. Between...

1963–1976 333 253 76%
2 Nasko Sirakov
Nasko Sirakov
Nasko Petkov Sirakov is a retired Bulgarian footballer who played mainly as a striker.Part of the Bulgarian team at the 1994 FIFA World Cup as it finished fourth, he was one of the most important footballers in the country in the 80's/90's, being a legend at Levski Sofia, a club he represented in...

1980–1998 294 196 67%
3 Dinko Dermendzhiev
Dinko Dermendzhiev
Dinko Tsvetkov Dermendzhiev is a former Bulgarian football player in a midfielder role, and later manager....

1961–1974 447 194 43%
4 Hristo Bonev
Hristo Bonev
Hristo Atanasov Bonev-Zuma is a retired Bulgarian footballer, the second all-time leading scorer for the Bulgarian national team behind Dimitar Berbatov, who surpassed his record on November 18, 2009. Currently he manages PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv in the Bulgarian A PFG.Between 1967 and 1979, Bonev...

1966–1984 410 185 45%
5 Plamen Getov
Plamen Getov
Plamen Getov is a retired Bulgarian footballer who played as either an attacking midfielder or a striker.A skillful free-kick taker, he scored numerous goals from different positions, in a career which spanned almost 20 years...

1977–1995 286 165 58%
6 Nikola Kotkov
Nikola Kotkov
Nikola Todorov Kotkov , nicknamed Koteto was a Bulgarian footballer who played as a striker....

1956–1971 322 163 51%
7 Stefan Bogomilov
Stefan Bogomilov
Stefan Bogomilov , was a Bulgarian footballer. Bogomilov was a striker for Cherno More Varna from 1963 to 1979. He played 353 matches and scored 162 goals in the top Bulgarian division and played for the Bulgaria national team-References:...

1963–1979 353 162 46%
8 Petar Mihtarski
Petar Mihtarski
Petar Sotirov Mihtarski is a retired Bulgarian footballer who played as a striker.-Club career:Born in Blagoevgrad, Mihtarski spent the first 13 years of his career with local FC Pirin, making his first-team - and first division - debuts in 1982–83, appearing in eight games and scoring four goals...

1984–2000 301 157 52%
9 Petko Petkov
Petko Petkov (footballer)
Petko Petkov is a Bulgarian former football player.-Career:In his career Petkov played for Gorubso Madan, Beroe Stara Zagora and Austria Wien.-Beroe:...

1968–1980 229 152 66%
10 Dimitar Yakimov
Dimitar Yakimov
Dimitar Nikolov Yakimov , is one of the players of the Bulgarian football team CSKA Sofia, sometimes called "the poet of football" for his dribbling skills. Yakimov played a decisive role in probably the most important victories of the Bulgarian national team in the 1960s...

1956–1974 308 151 49%

Chile

Rank Name Years Matches Goals (%)
1 Francisco Valdés
Francisco Valdés
Francisco Segundo Valdés Muñoz, , nicknamed Chamaco, was a Chilean footballer and manager. Recognized as one of Chile's most important midfielders, with 215 official goals, he is the top scorer in the history of Chilean league...

1961–1982 478 215 45%
2 Pedro González
Pedro González Vera
Pedro Alejandro González Vera is a Chilean football player nicknamed "Heidi". With 212 goals, he is the second highest scorer in the history of Chilean football after Francisco "Chamaco" Valdés, who has 215 official goals....

1988–2006 545 214 39%
3 Honorino Landa
Honorino Landa
Honorino Landa Vera was a Chilean football player.He was the youngest player of the Chilean team that won third place in the 1962 FIFA World Cup. Once he received his high-school diploma in 1959, he went to play for the Unión Española team...

1959–1973 ? 193 ?
4 Óscar Fabbiani
Oscar Fabbiani
Oscar Fabbiani was an Argentine-Chilean professional footballer who played international football for the Chile national team...

1974–1986 ? 188 ?
5 Carlos Campos 1956–1969 259 183 71%
6 Leonel Sánchez
Leonel Sánchez
Leonel Guillermo Sánchez Lineros is a former professional football player.Regarded as one of Chile's most important players, Sánchez holds the record for most games played for Chile with 84 games and 23 goals between 1955 and 1968...

1953–1970 417 161 39%
7 Carlos Caszely
Carlos Caszely
Carlos Humberto Caszely Garrido is a former Chilean footballer, nicknamed "Rey del metro cuadrado" .Regarded as one of Chile's most important players, between 1969 and 1985, Caszely won 49 caps and scored 29 goals for the Chile national team, including participations in the 1974 and 1982 World...

1967–1985 288 151 52%
8 Rubén Martínez 1984–1999 314 147 47%
9 Osvaldo Castro
Osvaldo Castro
Osvaldo Castro Pelayos is a retired Chilean footballer who played league football for clubs in Chile and Mexico, as well as playing international football for Chile.-Career:Castro started with Chilean club Unión La Calera in 1965...

1965–1971 204 136 67%
10 Manuel Muñoz 1949–1958 ? 120 ?

China
Chinese Super League
The Chinese Football Association Super League , commonly known as Chinese Super League or CSL, currently known as the Pirelli Chinese Football Association Super League for sponsorship reasons, is the highest tier of professional association football in China, operating under the auspices of the...

Name Years Matches Goals (%)
Li Jinyu
Li Jinyu
Li Jinyu is a former Chinese international association football player who predominantly played for Liaoning FC and Shandong Luneng as a striker in the Chinese Super League...

1999–Present 236 115 49%
Hao Haidong
Hao Haidong
Hao Haidong is the current chairman of Tianjin Songjiang F.C. and a former Chinese international football player who was widely regarded as the best striker China has ever produced. Hao holds the record for being China's all-time leader in goals scored...

1994–2004 185 96 52%
Wang Tao 1994–2002 180 83 46%
Yu Genwei
Yu Genwei
Yu Genwei is a retired Chinese football player who played his entire career for Tianjin Teda as a versatile attacking midfielder or striker...

1994–2005 197 78 40%
Li Bing
Li Bing (footballer)
Li Bing is a retired Chinese International football player. Li played most of his career in his native China for Sichuan Quanxing and was ever present in the Chinese national squad for just under 10 years...

1994–2002 204 76 37%
Wang Peng
Wang Peng
Wang Peng is a Chinese football player. He currently plays for Shaanxi Chanba in the Chinese Super League.-Dalian Shide:...

1996–Present 301 73 24%
Su Maozhen 1994–2002 165 64 39%
Tiago Jorge Honorio
Tiago Jorge Honório
Tiago Jorge Honório or simply Tiago , is a Brazilian football striker, who plays for Fagiano Okayama in Japan.-External links:* * * *...

2000–2008 143 64 45%
Li Yi 1999–Present 228 60 26%
Zhang Yuning
Zhang Yuning
Zhang Yuning is a former Chinese international footballer. After retiring from football he took up coaching to become the reserve team coach for Wenzhou Tomorrow until he left at the beginning of the 2010 league season.-Biography:He is a tall, strong centre forward who had a prolific record in...

1999–2007 124 56 45%
Han Peng
Han Peng
Han Peng is a Chinese striker who currently plays for Shandong Luneng in the Chinese Super League and the Chinese national football team.-Club career:...

2002–Present 147 56 38%

Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...

Name Goals
Sergio Galván 221
Iván René Valenciano 217
Hugo Horacio Lóndero 211
Jorge Ramírez Gallego 201
Omar Lorenzo Devanni 195
Arnoldo Iguarán
Arnoldo Iguarán
Arnoldo Alberto Iguarán Zúñiga aka "El Guajiro" is a former Colombian footballer who is the all-time leading goalscorer for the Colombia national team.-Club career:...

185
Willington Ortiz
Willington Ortiz
Willington Ortiz is a retired Colombian football player. He and Carlos Valderrama are two of Colombia's most recognized football players...

183
José Omar Verdún 182
Jorge Ramón Cáceres 182
Rubén Darío Hernández
Rubén Darío Hernández
Rubén Darío Hernández is a former Colombian football striker, one of the leading scorers in his country's history, and one of the early busts of Major League Soccer....

180

Costa Rica

Rank Name Years Matches Goals (%)
1 Errol Daniels
Errol Daniels
Errol Daniels Hibbert is a former Costa Rican football player, who used to played as a striker for LD Alajuelense. He played for the same club his entire career. He currently resides in New York....

1964–1972 168 197 117%
2 Roy Saenz ? ? 168 -
3 Leonel Harnandez 1957–1977 ? 164 -
4 Victor Núñez
Victor Núñez
Víctor Núñez Rodríguez is a Costa Rican professional football player who currently plays for Club Sport Herediano in the Primera Division de Costa Rica.-Personal:...

1999–Present ? 152 -
5 Guillermo Guardia
Guillermo Guardia
Guillermo Guardia is considered one of the best Costa Rican soccer strikers during the 1980s. He played the greatest years of his career for Deportivo Saprissa, where he became the best goal scorer of the Costa Rica's first division during 1981, year when Saprissa finished being the champion....

1980s ? 149 -
6 Evaristo Coronado
Evaristo Coronado
Evaristo Coronado Salas is considered the best Costa Rican soccer striker during the 1980s.Coronado is one of the most recognized sports figures in his country. He played his entire career for Deportivo Saprissa, where he holds the team record for most goals scored ever...

1981–1995 ? 148 -
7 Juan Ulloa 1954–1970 ? 140 -
8 Vicente Wanchope ? ? 133 -
9 Jorge Ulate ? ? 130 -
10 Claudio Jara
Claudio Jara
Luis Claudio Jara is a former Costa Rican soccer player who used to play for C.S. Herediano. He has three children and one grandson...

1983–1994 ? 129 -

Croatia

Rank Name Years Matches Goals (%)
1 Igor Cvitanovic
Igor Cvitanovic
Igor Cvitanović is a retired Croatian football striker.He is currently the all-time top goalscorer of the Croatian First League with a total of 126 goals, and also scored 122 domestic league goals for Croatian club Dinamo Zagreb, 117 of which were in the Croatian First League...

1992–2004 215 126 59%
2 Joško Popović
Joško Popovic
Joško Popović is a retired Croatian football striker. Popović played one game for the Croatia national football team, on 20 April 1994 against Slovakia in a friendly game, scoring in the 67th minute after being brought on at half time as a substitute.Popović played for several Prva HNL sides...

1992–2004 272 111 41%
3 Davor Vugrinec
Davor Vugrinec
Davor Vugrinec is a Croatian footballer who plays for NK Varaždin as a forward.-Early years:...

1992–Present 198 110 56%
4 Miljenko Mumlek
Miljenko Mumlek
Miljenko Mumlek is a Croatian football midfielder.-Club career:Born in Varaždin, Mumlek started his professional career in his hometown with Varteks Varaždin in early 1992 and went on to establish himself as one of the club's key players during the 1990s...

1992–Present 377 100 27%
5 Tomislav Erceg
Tomislav Erceg
Tomislav Erceg is a retired Croatian football player. He has made four appearances for the Croatia national football team, scoring one goal in a friendly game against Turkey on 12 June 1997....

1992–2006 192 97 51%
6 Renato Jurcec
Renato Jurčec
Renato Jurčec is a retired Croatian football player who played as a forward. Jurčec spent his entire career playing for a number of Croatian clubs, including spells at both of the country's powerhouses, Dinamo Zagreb and Hajduk Split...

1992–2002 ? 87 ?
7 Robert Špehar
Robert Špehar
Robert Špehar is a former Croatian football striker. During his career, he played for NK Osijek, NK Zagreb, Club Brugge, AS Monaco, Verona, Sporting CP, Galatasaray, Standard Liege and AC Omonia.-International:...

1992–2004 140 86 61%
8 Marijo Dodik
Marijo Dodik
Marijo Dodik is a former Bosnian Croat football striker.Dodik started his career at Željezničar Sarajevo before being picked up by the Belgian side Mechelen in 1995, where he spent two seasons in the Jupiler League and scored 20 goals in a total of 84 appearances...

1998–2009 273 84 31%
9 Veldin Karic
Veldin Karic
Veldin Karić is a former Croatian footballer and the current manager of Drava Kuršanec. He played for a number of Croatian sides during his career but is mainly remembered for his time at Varteks and a short spell with local powerhouse Dinamo Zagreb...

1994–2006 195 75 38%
10 Eduardo
Eduardo da Silva
Eduardo Alves da Silva , commonly known as Eduardo, sometimes nicknamed as Dudu, is a Brazilian-born Croatian footballer who plays for Ukrainian Premier League club Shakhtar Donetsk and the Croatia national team...

2001–2007 108 73 68%

Cyprus
Cypriot First Division
The Cypriot Championship First Division is the top tier football league competition in Cyprus. As of 2007 it is sponsored by Marfin Popular Bank and is hence officially known as Marfin Laiki League .-Format:...

Rank Name Years Matches Goals (%)
1 Sotiris Kaiafas 1967–1984 388 261 67%
2 Rainer Rauffmann
Rainer Rauffmann
Markos Rainer Rauffmann is a retired German-born Cypriot footballer, who played as a striker.After having played mainly for modest clubs in his country, he revived his career in Cyprus, where he played with success for AC Omonia, eventually representing the Cypriot national team, despite having...

1997–2004 152 191 126%
3 Yiannos Ioannou
Yiannos Ioannou
Yiannos Ioannou is a former Cypriot football player. He was one of the most successful strikers in Cyprus ever and because of that he was given the nickname "Mr Goal". Playing almost 20 years for APOEL FC, he won the Cypriot Championship 4 times, the Cypriot Cup 6 times and the Cyprus FA Shield...

1981–2000 372 191 51%

Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovak First League
The Czechoslovak First League was the premier football league in the Czechoslovakia from 1925 to 1993, with the exception of World War II. Czechoslovakia was occupied by German forces who formed Gauliga Sudetenland and Gauliga Böhmen und Mähren leagues on occupied territories...

Rank Name Years Matches Goals (%)
1 Josef Bican
Josef Bican
Josef "Pepi" Bican was a Czech-Austrian football forward. It is estimated by respected footballing statistics page RSSSF that Bican scored around 800 goals in all competitive matches, not including friendly games...

1937–1955 161 218 135%
2 Miroslav Wiecek
Miroslav Wiecek
Miroslav Wiecek was a Czech football player.Wiecek played most of his career for Baník Ostrava. He played 325 matches and scored 174 goals in the Czechoslovak First League, four times becoming the best goalscorer of the league.He played one match for Czechoslovakia national team, in October 1953...

1948–1964 325 174 54%
3 Josef Adamec 1958–1977 383 170 44%
4 František Kloz
František Kloz
František Kloz was a Czech football player.Kloz played most of his career for SK Kladno...

1928–1939 ? 168 ?
5 Ladislav Pavlovic
Ladislav Pavlovic
Ladislav Pavlovič is a former Slovak football player. He played for Czechoslovakia national team in 14 matches and scored two goals....

1949–1966 347 164 47%
6 Oldřich Nejedlý
Oldrich Nejedlý
Oldřich Nejedlý was a Czech footballer, who spent his entire career at Sparta Prague as an inside-forward. He is also a former member of the Czechoslovakian national team.-Club career:...

1931–1939 187 161 86%
7 Vlastimil Kopecký
Vlastimil Kopecký
Vlastimil Kopecký , was a Czech football player. He played 26 games for Czechoslovakia, scoring eight goals. He was a participant in the 1934 and 1938 FIFA World Cups.In his country he played for Slavia Prague, for which he scored 252 league goals in 325 matches...

1931–1950 232 156 67%
8 Jirí Pešek
Jirí Pešek
Jiří Pešek is a former Czech football player.Pešek played for several clubs, including Bohemians Praha , Sparta Prague and SK Slavia Praha ....

1946–1965 298 149 50%
9 Zdenek Nehoda
Zdenek Nehoda
Zdeněk Nehoda is a Czech football forward. He played for Czechoslovakia, for which he played 90 matches and scored 31 goals as a tricky right-winger.He was a participant in the 1982 FIFA World Cup...

1967–1982 346 145 42%
10 Adolf Scherer
Adolf Scherer
Adolf Scherer is a former Czechoslovakian footballer. He played 36 games and scored 22 goals for the Czechoslovakia national football team. Scherer represented Czechoslovakia at the 1960 European Nations' Cup and 1958 FIFA World Cup, where he did not play any match...

1957–1969 ? 128 ?

Czech Republic
Gambrinus Liga
The Gambrinus liga is a Czech professional league for football clubs. At the top of the Czech football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. It is contested by 16 clubs, operating a system of promotion and relegation with the Czech 2. Liga. Seasons run from August to May,...

Czech Gambrinus Liga (since 1993)
Rank Name Years Matches Goals (%)
1 Horst Siegl
Horst Siegl
Horst Siegl is a Czech former football striker. He played for Czechoslovakia and later Czech Republic, for both he played total 23 matches and scored 7 goals...

1993–2006 285 124 44%
2 Ludek Zelenka
Luděk Zelenka
Luděk Zelenka is a former Czech football player.Zelenka played for various top Gambrinus liga clubs during his career and was a prolific goalscorer. In the 2004-2005 season he scored 12 goals, becoming the second best goalscorer of the season. At the end of 2009 he ended his professional...

1995–2009 341 92 27%
3 Stanislav Vlcek
Stanislav Vlcek
Stanislav Vlček is a Czech football striker who currently plays for Slavia Prague.-Career:Vlček signed a contract with Anderlecht for 2,5 years on 21 December 2007. His previous club was Slavia Prague, where he returned on 16 April 2009.-Attributes:He is a well traveled player with a lot of...

1993–Present 386 90 23%
4 Vratislav Lokvenc
Vratislav Lokvenc
Vratislav Lokvenc is a former Czech football striker who last played for FC Ingolstadt 04.- Career :Before joining Salzburg, Lokvenc played for Hradec Králové , Sparta Prague , Kaiserslautern , and VfL Bochum of the German Bundesliga...

1993–2000 200 78 39%
5 Radim Holub 1993–2009 300 77 26%
6 Pavel Verbír
Pavel Verbír
Pavel Verbíř is a former Czech football player who spent his entire playing career at the Czech Gambrinus liga for FK Teplice. Pavel Verbíř is often referred to by his nickname 'Verba'.-Career summary:...

1996–Present 343 74 22%
7 Libor Došek
Libor Došek
Libor Došek is a Czech footballer. His position is striker and he currently plays for the Gambrinus liga club 1. FC Slovácko. He was called up for the Czech Republic for the 2000 Olympics. He has a strong height advantage and good aerial ability.-External links:* *...

1998–Present 253 72 28%
8 Tomáš Došek
Tomáš Došek
Tomáš Došek is a Czech football player who currently plays for FC Zbrojovka Brno. His twin brother Lukáš plays for FC Thun in the Swiss Super League...

1997–Present 230 67 29%
9 Vítezslav Tuma
Vítězslav Tuma
Vítězslav Tuma is a former Czech football forward.Tuma played at a position of forward, being a prolific goalscorer. He was a top goalscorer of Gambrinus liga in 2000/2001 season with 15 goals.- External links :...

1993–2004 192 66 34%
10 Marek Kincl
Marek Kincl
Marek Kincl is a former Czech footballer and used to be one of the forwards of the SK Rapid Wien, an Austrian football team. He has also played for the Czech Republic national football team. He currently plays for football team Bohemians Prague.-External links:*...

1994–Present 214 63 29%


All-time Czech goalscorers

(Including Bohemian league 1896–1924, Czechoslovakia 1925–1939 and 1945–1993, Protectorate Bohemia & Moravia 1939–1944 and Czech Republic since 1993)
Rank Name Years Matches Goals (%)
1 Josef Bican
Josef Bican
Josef "Pepi" Bican was a Czech-Austrian football forward. It is estimated by respected footballing statistics page RSSSF that Bican scored around 800 goals in all competitive matches, not including friendly games...

1937–1955 266 447 168%
2 Vlastimil Kopecký
Vlastimil Kopecký
Vlastimil Kopecký , was a Czech football player. He played 26 games for Czechoslovakia, scoring eight goals. He was a participant in the 1934 and 1938 FIFA World Cups.In his country he played for Slavia Prague, for which he scored 252 league goals in 325 matches...

1931–1950 325 252 78%
3 Antonín Hájek 1934–1944 ? 191 ?
4 Oldrich Nejedlý
Oldrich Nejedlý
Oldřich Nejedlý was a Czech footballer, who spent his entire career at Sparta Prague as an inside-forward. He is also a former member of the Czechoslovakian national team.-Club career:...

1931–1946 225 180 80%
5 Horst Siegl
Horst Siegl
Horst Siegl is a Czech former football striker. He played for Czechoslovakia and later Czech Republic, for both he played total 23 matches and scored 7 goals...

1987–2006 448 176 39%
6 František Kloz
František Kloz
František Kloz was a Czech football player.Kloz played most of his career for SK Kladno...

1928–1940 192 175 91%
7 Miroslav Wiecek
Miroslav Wiecek
Miroslav Wiecek was a Czech football player.Wiecek played most of his career for Baník Ostrava. He played 325 matches and scored 174 goals in the Czechoslovak First League, four times becoming the best goalscorer of the league.He played one match for Czechoslovakia national team, in October 1953...

1948–1964 325 174 54%
8 Josef Adamec 1958–1977 383 170 44%
9 Ladislav Pavlovic
Ladislav Pavlovic
Ladislav Pavlovič is a former Slovak football player. He played for Czechoslovakia national team in 14 matches and scored two goals....

1949–1966 347 164 47%
10 Ladislav Kareš 1939–1951 ? 163 ?

Denmark
Danish Superliga
The Danish Superliga is the current Danish football championship tournament, and administered by the Danish Football Association. It is the highest association football league in Denmark and is currently contested by 12 teams each year, with 2 teams to be relegated, which proves to be one of the...

Totals top level
Name Years Matches Goals (%)
Pauli Jørgensen
Pauli Jørgensen
Pauli Jørgensen was a Danish national and international football centre forward and club manager. He was the most capped player for the Danish national team for 22 years ....

1924-42 283 245 87%
Henning Enoksen
Henning Enoksen
Henning Enoksen is a Danish former football player, who most prominently won a silver medal with the Denmark national football team at the 1960 Summer Olympics. He played a total of 54 national team games and scored 29 goals from 1958 to 1966, and also played for the Denmark national under-21...

? ? 151 ?


Superliga only
Name Years Matches Goals (%)
Søren Frederiksen 1994–2005 335 139 41%
Peter Møller
Peter Møller
Peter Møller-Nielsen is a Danish former professional football player who became a sports journalist after ending his football career in December 2005. He won three Danish Superliga championships for the rival clubs Brøndby IF and F.C. Copenhagen, and became the most scoring Superliga player ever...

1991–2006 310 135 44%
Heine Fernandez
Heine Fernandez
Heine Fernandez is a Danish former football player, who played the bulk of his career for Viborg FF and Silkeborg IF.-Club career:...

1991–2004 326 126 39%
Steffen Højer
Steffen Højer
Steffen Højer is a Danish former football player, who played most of his career for Viborg FF. He has played for a number of Danish clubs, and most notably won the 1998-99 Danish Superliga with AaB. A prolific striker in the Superliga, he finished league top scorer three years in row in the...

1993–2008 329 124 38%
Søren Andersen
Søren Andersen
Søren Andersen is a Danish former professional footballer. He played as a striker, and most prominently represented English club Bristol City, Spanish club Rayo Vallecano, as well as several Danish clubs. He won the 1992 Danish Cup with AGF Aarhus...

1991–2003 231 101 44%
Frank Kristensen
Frank Kristensen
Frank Rosendahl Kristensen Michalski is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a striker for Randers FC. Before transferring to his current club in January 2011, he had played for FC Midtjylland since 1999.He is nicknamed Farlige Frank .-External links:***...

1997–Present 231 90 39%
Peter Graulund
Peter Graulund
Peter Graulund is a Danish professional footballer who currently plays for AGF Aarhus. He is a striker, and has previously played for Danish clubs Vejle Boldklub and Brøndby IF. He has played six games and scored two goals for the Denmark national under-21 football team...

1995–Present 243 90 37%
Thomas Thorninger
Thomas Thorninger
Thomas Thorninger is a Danish former football player. He played for PSV Eindhoven in the Netherlands, Italian clubs Perugia Calcio and Udinese Calcio, as well as Vejle Boldklub, AGF Aarhus and F.C. Copenhagen in Denmark...

1991–2005 264 81 31%
David Nielsen 1994–Present 214 76 36%
Chris Hermansen 1996–2004 174 73 42%

Ecuador
Ecuador
Ecuador , officially the Republic of Ecuador is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west. It is one of only two countries in South America, along with Chile, that do not have a border...

Name Years Goals
Hermen Benítez 1980-95 191
Jorge Vinicio Ron 1972-87 181
Ebelio Ordóñez
Ebelio Ordóñez
Ebelio Agustín Ordóñez Martínez is an Ecuadorian footballer not attached to any club.-Club career:Ordoñez started playing professionally for 9 de Octubre. He spent about a year playing there and already got interest from many teams because of his versatile position. He was sold to Panamá in the...

1996–Present 159
Ángel Luis Liciardi 1970-78 154
José Fabián Paz y Miño 1972-88 153
Geovanny Alfonso Mera 1980-95 150
Hamilton Emilio Cuvi 1978-96 147
Carlos Alberto Juárez
Carlos Alberto Juárez
Carlos Alberto Juárez is a former Argentine/Ecuadorian footballer.He has had a very long and successful career playing for several clubs all over the world, but he played most of his career in the Ecuadorian football league...

1996–2008 141
Ariel Graziani 1995–2006 134
José V. Villafuerte 1975-89 125

Egypt
Egyptian Premier League
The Egyptian Premier League is an Egyptian professional league for football clubs and represents the top flight of Egyptian football. The championship consists of nineteen competing teams in a home and away league system. It is currently known as the Etisalat Egyptian Premier League, after the...

Rank Name Years Goals
1 Hassan El-Shazly
Hassan El-Shazly
Hassan Ahmed El-Shazly is a retired Egyptian footballer. El-Shazly is considered as a historic player of Tersana. He is described as a "devastating shooter" and "lethal with both feet",-Career:...

1959–1977 176
2 Hossam Hassan
Hossam Hassan
Hossam Hassan Hussein is a retired Egyptian footballer who played as a striker, and a current coach.A prolific goalscorer, he amassed well over 150 caps for Egypt, netting more than 50 times...

1984–2008 168
3 Moustafa Reyadh
Moustafa Reyadh
Moustafa Reyadh is a retired Egyptian football player.-Career:Reyadh played club football for Tersana Club. He is the third all-time scorer in the Egyptian Premier League with 123 goals....

1959–1977 123
4 El-Sayed El-Dhizui
El-Sayed El-Dhizui
El-Sayed Mohammed Al-Tabei “El-Dhizui” is a former Egyptian footballer.He was born in Port Said.The great Egyptian forward El-Sayed Al-Tabei was given the nickname El-Dhizui for his likeness to a local-based Italian player called Desi Lucetti...

1943–1964 112
5 Mahmoud El-Khateeb
Mahmoud El-Khateeb
Mahmoud El-Khatib popularly nicknamed Bibo, is a former Egyptian football player.-Career:*"Bibo" played for Al-Ahly between 1972–1988 and for the Egyptian National Team between 1974-1986...

1972–1988 108
6 Ahmed El-Kass
Ahmed El-Kass
Ahmed Abdou El-Kass is a former Egyptian football player and sports manager.-Career:El-Kass played club football for Olmypi, Zamalek and Ithad in the Egyptian Premier League...

1983–2000 107
7 Mohamed Aboutrika 1997–Present 101
8 Gamal Abdelhamid
Gamal Abdelhamid
Gamal Abdelhamid is an Egyptian sportsperson and former footballer. He was a striker for the clubs el-Ahly and Zamalek.-Career:Abdelhamid played for the Egypt national football team at the 1990 FIFA World Cup finals...

1977–1994 99

England
Football in England
Association football is a national sport in England, where the first modern set of rules for the code were established in 1863, which were a major influence on the development of the modern Laws of the Game...

Estonia
Meistriliiga
Meistriliiga is the highest division of the Estonian Football Association annual football championship. The league was founded in 1991 and the current, 2011 is the league's 21st season...

Rank Name Years Matches Goals
1 Maksim Gruznov
Maksim Gruznov
Maksim Gruznov is an Estonian football striker. He plays for FC Trans Narva.Gruznov became the Meistriliiga top goalscorer in 1993/94 and then repeated his success in 2001 and 2006 seasons....

1992–Present 433 286
2 Andrei Krõlov 1992–2005 287 162
3 Dmitry Lipartov 1997–2010 332 152
4 Slava Zahovaiko 1999–2009 209 151
5 Indrek Zelinski
Indrek Zelinski
Indrek Zelinski is an Estonian football manager and retired football striker.-Club career:When he was 12 years old, he started his career under a youth coach, Märt Siigur, in his hometown...

1993–2009 276 146
6 Konstantin Nahk
Konstantin Nahk
Konstantin Nahk is an Estonian footballer who plays for Meistriliiga side FC Levadia Tallinn. He is a central midfielder, and is known for his set-piece ability. He had a spell abroad in the Veikkausliiga with FC Jokerit.-Individual:...

1992–Present 395 139
7 Vitali Leitan 1997–Present 378 138
8 Dmitri Ustritski
Dmitri Ustritski
Dmitri Ustritski is a former Estonian professional footballer. He was playing the position of striker. He spent the prime years of his career playing for JK Viljandi Tulevik. He won a total of 17 international caps for the Estonia national football team.-External links:* *...

1992–2005 271 124
9 Sergei Bragin
Sergei Bragin
Sergei Bragin is a former Estonian professional footballer. He was playing the position of central midfielder.-External links:*...

1992–2006 205 119
10 Ingemar Teever
Ingemar Teever
Ingemar Teever is an Estonian professional footballer, playing for SC Pfullendorf in Germany. He plays the position of striker and is 1.87 m tall and weighs 82 kg.-Club career:...

2002–2010 164 100

Finland
Veikkausliiga
Veikkausliiga is the premier division of Finnish football, comprising the top 12 clubs of the country. Veikkausliiga is currently ranked as the 28th best league in Europe. Its main sponsor is the Finnish national betting agency Veikkaus, hence the league's name...

Rank Name Years Goals
1 Heikki Suhonen 1969–1986 206
2 Kai Pahlman
Kai Pahlman
Kai Pahlman is a Finnish former international footballer who earned 56 caps at international level between 1954 and 1968, scoring 13 goals...

1956–1972 191
3 Ismo Lius
Ismo Lius
Ismo Lius is a retired football forward.During his club career, Lius played for Kuusysi Lahti, Örgryte IS, HJK Helsinki, RoPS and FC Hämeenlinna. He made 36 appearances for the Finland national team, scoring 4 goals....

1983–1999 189
4 Olavi Rissanen 1969–1987 185
5 Valeri Popovitch
Valeri Popovitch
Valeri Aleksandrovich Popovitch is a Russian football striker with Finnish nationality. Popovitch is the all-time scoring leader of FC Haka. After his contract ended with HJK in 2010, he joined Ilves Tampere playing in Kakkonen, as a player-coach, signing a two-year contract.He has also capped...

1993–2009 166
6 Ari Hjelm
Ari Hjelm
Ari-Juhani Hjelm is a Finnish football coach and former player. He was the head coach of home-town club Tampere United in Finland's Veikkausliiga....

1981–1996 152
7 Arto Tolsa
Arto Tolsa
Arto Tolsa is a former Finnish footballer.-External links and references:* *...

1963–1982 126
8 Stig-Göran Myntti 1944–1962 121
9 Martti Hyvärinen 1958–1972 119
10 Michael Belfield 1981–1998 119

Georgia
Umaglesi Liga
The Georgian Top League is the top division of football in Georgia. Since 1990, it has been organized by the Professional Football League of Georgia and Georgian Football Federation. From 1927 to 1989, the competition was held as a regional tournament within the Soviet Union...

Rank Name Years Games Goals (%)
1 Zurab Ionanidze
Zurab Ionanidze
Zurab Ionanidze is a retired footballer.Ionanidze previously played for FC Zhemchuzhina Sochi and FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod in the Russian Premier League.-External links:...

1990–Present 421 216 51%
2 Levan Khomeriki 1991–2005 228 140 61%
3 Davit Janashia
Davit Janashia
Davit Janashia is a Georgian head coach and former footballer .-Career:Janashia started his career at hometown club Torpedo Kutaisi, he then moved to Samtredia in 1993, where he met name sake Zaza Janashia in next season....

1990–2007 ? 124 ?
4 Mikheil Ashvetia
Mikheil Ashvetia
Mikheil Ashvetia is a Georgian footballer. He has played mostly in Georgia and Russia, except for a short spell at FC København in 2001-2002 and a recent spell in Germany with FC Carl Zeiss Jena. In Russia he has played for Alania Vladikavkaz, Lokomotiv Moscow, Rubin Kazan and FC Rostov...

1994–2002 141 121 86%
5 Giorgi Megreladze
Giorgi Megreladze
Giorgi Merabovich Megreladze is a Georgian footballer who plays for FC Torpedo Kutaisi.He is the son of former Georgian football player and Torpedo Kutaisi legend Merab Megreladze....

1993–2009 229 110 48%
6 Otar Korgalidze 1990–1997 137 105 77%
7 Giorgi Daraselia
Giorgi Daraselia
Giorgi Daraselia is a Georgian-Israeli association football coach and former international player.-External links:*...

1990–1999 226 105 46%
8 Merab Megreladze 1990–1997 178 104 58%
9 Ivane Jugeli 1990–2002 ? 102 ?

Guatemala

Rank Name Years Games Goals (%)
1 Juan Carlos Plata
Juan Carlos Plata
Juan Carlos Plata is a Guatemalan retired football striker. He is the highest-scoring player in the history of Guatemala's top division...

1990–Present 553 299 54%
2 Oscar Enrique Sánchez
Óscar Enrique Sánchez
Oscar Enrique Sánchez Rivas , popularly known as El Conejo is a Guatemalan football coach and former inside forward, who played the majority of his career for the club CSD Comunicaciones, and represented the Guatemala national football team at the Olympic Games and in three FIFA World Cup...

1975–1993 609 244 40%

France
Ligue 1
Ligue 1 , is the French professional league for association football clubs. It is the country's primary football competition and serves as the top division of the French football league system. Ligue 1 is one of two divisions making up the Ligue de Football Professionnel, the other being Ligue 2....

Rank Name Years Games Goals (%)
1 Delio Onnis
Delio Onnis
Delio Onnis is a retired Argentine football forward. He was nicknamed "el Tano" in Argentina....

1971–1986 449 299 67%
2 Bernard Lacombe
Bernard Lacombe
Bernard Lacombe is a retired French football player. He played forward, mainly with Olympique Lyonnais, Girondins Bordeaux and the French national team.-Career:...

1969–1987 497 255 51%
3 Hervé Revelli
Hervé Revelli
Hervé Revelli, is a French former footballer. He is well known for having won the French Championship the equal most amount of times of any player...

1965–1978 389 216 56%
4 Thadée Cisowski
Thadée Cisowski
Thadée Cisowski , originally Tadeusz Cisowski, is a former French footballer who played striker, son of Polish immigrants like Raymond Kopa and one of the best goalscorers in Championnat de France....

1947–1961 286 206 72%
5 Roger Piantoni
Roger Piantoni
Roger Piantoni is a former French international footballer.-Honors:* 3rd place at the 1958 FIFA World Cup with France.* Finalist of the European Champions Cup in 1959 with Reims....

1950–1966 394 203 52%
6 Roger Courtois
Roger Courtois
Roger Courtois was a French association football striker and manager.He was part of France national football team at the FIFA World Cup 1934 and 1938.- FC Sochaux-Montbéliard:* Division 1: 1935, 1938* Coupe de France: 1937...

1932–1956 ? 193 ?
7 Joseph Ujlaki
Joseph Ujlaki
Joseph Ujlaki was a French footballer of Hungarian descent, one of the best strikers in Division 1 in the 1950s and 1960s.-Titles:* Division 1 in 1956 with OGC Nice....

1947–1964 438 189 43%
8 Fleury Di Nallo
Fleury Di Nallo
Fleury Di Nallo is a former footballer, one of the best strikers in Division 1 in the 1960s and 70s, and a historic player of Olympique Lyonnais....

1960–1975 425 187 44%
9 Gunnar Andersson
Gunnar Andersson
Gunnar Andersson, was a football player from Sweden. He is widely considered as one of Olympique de Marseille best strikers, along with Josip Skoblar and Jean-Pierre Papinby who?....

1950–1960 234 179 76%
10 Carlos Bianchi
Carlos Bianchi
Carlos Arcecio Bianchi , popularly known as El Virrey , is a prolific Argentine football forward turned manager...

1973–1980 220 179 81%

West Germany/Germany
Football in Germany
Association football is the most popular sport in Germany. The German Football Association is the sport's national governing body, with 6.6 million members organized in over 26,000 football clubs. There is a league system, with the 1. and 2. Bundesliga on top, and the winner of the first...

Totals Top level
Rank Name Years Games Goals Goals/Games
1 Seeler, Uwe 1954–1972 476 404 0.85
2 Müller, Gerd
Gerd Müller
Gerhard "Gerd" Müller is a former German football player and one of the most prolific goalscorers of all time.With national records of 68 goals in 62 international appearances, 365 goals in 427 Bundesliga games and the international record of 66 goals in 74 European Club games, he was one of the...

1965–1979 427 365 0.85
3 Walter, Ottmar
Ottmar Walter
Ottmar Kurt Herrmann Walter is a former German footballer.He played together with his brother, Fritz Walter, at the club 1. FC Kaiserslautern. They also played together for the Germany national football team in the 1954 FIFA World Cup. Ottmar scored 4 goals in the tournament as West Germany won...

1945–1956 321 336 1.05
4 Morlock, Max
Max Morlock
Maximilian Morlock was one of the most popular German football players in the 1950s and early 1960s. In his time with the West German national team, he earned 26 caps and scored 21 goals...

1945–1964 472 294 0.62
5 Walter, Fritz
Fritz Walter
Friedrich "Fritz" Walter was a German footballer. In his time with the German national team, he won 61 caps and scored 33 goals.-Early club career:...

1945–1959 320 273 0.85
6 Fischer, Klaus
Klaus Fischer
Klaus Fischer is a German former football player and coach.-Career:Fischer was born in Kreuzstraßl, near Lindberg in the district of Regen....

1968–1988 369 268 0.73
7 Schäfer, Hans
Hans Schäfer
Hans Schäfer is a former German footballer. He played for 1. FC Köln between 1948 and 1965. He also played for the West-Germany national football team, earning 39 caps and scoring 15 goals. He played in three World Cups, in 1954, 1958, and 1962, earning a winner's medal in 1954 and scoring a total...

1945–1966 395 243 0.62
8 Heynckes, Jupp
Jupp Heynckes
Josef "Jupp" Heynckes is a German football coach and former player. As player he belonged to the core of the team of Borussia Mönchengladbach in its golden era of the 1960s and 1970s where he won many national championships and the Cup as well as the UEFA Cup...

1965–1978 369 220 0.60
9 Burgsmüller, Manfred
Manfred Burgsmüller
Manfred "Manni" Burgsmüller is a retired German footballer who played mainly as a striker – he could occasionally operate as a midfielder....

1969–1990 447 213 0.48
10 Kirsten, Ulf 1990–2003 350 181 0.52


Bundesliga
Fußball-Bundesliga
The Fußball-Bundesliga is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of Germany's football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. It is contested by 18 teams and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the 2. Bundesliga...

 only (since 1963)
Rank Name Years Games Goals Goals/Games
1 Müller, Gerd
Gerd Müller
Gerhard "Gerd" Müller is a former German football player and one of the most prolific goalscorers of all time.With national records of 68 goals in 62 international appearances, 365 goals in 427 Bundesliga games and the international record of 66 goals in 74 European Club games, he was one of the...

1965–1979 427 365 0.85
2 Fischer, Klaus
Klaus Fischer
Klaus Fischer is a German former football player and coach.-Career:Fischer was born in Kreuzstraßl, near Lindberg in the district of Regen....

1968–1988 535 268 0.50
3 Heynckes, Jupp
Jupp Heynckes
Josef "Jupp" Heynckes is a German football coach and former player. As player he belonged to the core of the team of Borussia Mönchengladbach in its golden era of the 1960s and 1970s where he won many national championships and the Cup as well as the UEFA Cup...

1965–1978 369 220 0.60
4 Burgsmüller, Manfred
Manfred Burgsmüller
Manfred "Manni" Burgsmüller is a retired German footballer who played mainly as a striker – he could occasionally operate as a midfielder....

1969–1990 447 213 0.48
5 Kirsten, Ulf 1990–2003 350 181 0.52
6 Kuntz, Stefan
Stefan Kuntz
Stefan Kuntz is a former German professional footballer and since April 2008 chairman of the German football team 1. FC Kaiserslautern....

1983–1999 449 179 0.40
7 Müller, Dieter
Dieter Müller
Dieter Müller is a former German footballer, who is currently the chairman of Kickers Offenbach.He appeared in twelve senior matches, scoring nine goals for Germany. He played in the 1976 European Football Championship and the 1978 FIFA World Cup. In his spell with 1...

1972–1986 303 177 0.58
8 Allofs, Klaus
Klaus Allofs
Klaus Allofs is a retired German footballer, who played as a striker.A prolific goalscorer for club and country , his younger brother, Thomas, was also a professional footballer – and a striker.-Club career:Allofs began playing...

1975–1993 424 177 0.42
9 Löhr, Johannes 1962–1978 381 166 0.44
10 Rummenigge, Karl-Heinz
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
Karl-Heinz "Kalle" Rummenigge is a German former football player.He had his greatest career success with German club Bayern Munich, where he won the Intercontinental Cup, the European Cup, as well as two league titles and two domestic cups.A member of the German national team, Rummenigge won the...

1974–1984 310 162 0.52

East Germany
DDR-Oberliga
The DDR-Oberliga was, prior to German reunification in 1990, the elite level of football competition in the DDR , being roughly equivalent to the Oberliga or Bundesliga in West Germany.-Overview:Following World...

Rank Name Years Matches Goals Goals/Matches
1 Joachim Streich
Joachim Streich
Joachim Streich is a former East German footballer, who won the bronze medal with East Germany at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich....

1969–1985 378 229 0.61
2 Eberhard Vogel
Eberhard Vogel
Eberhard "Ebse" Vogel is a former German football player.Vogel played for FC Karl-Marx-Stadt and FC Carl Zeiss Jena ....

1962–1982 440 188 0.43
3 Günter Schröter
Günter Schröter
Günter Schröter is a German former footballer and coach who has appeared in 39 matches for East Germany....

1950–1963 335 154 0.46
4 Peter Ducke
Peter Ducke
Peter Ducke is a Sudeten German and a former East German football player. He was born in Bensen, Sudetenland, Germany during World War II. His older brother Roland was also a successful footballer....

1960–1977 352 153 0.43
5 Henning Frenzel
Henning Frenzel
Henning Frenzel is a German former footballer. Frenzel was active in East Germany, and spent his entire career with Lokomotive Leipzig , where he totalled 420 appearances and 152 goals, respectively the third and fourth best in the DDR-Oberliga...

1960–1978 420 152 0.36
6 Hans-Jürgen Kreische
Hans-Jürgen Kreische
Hans-Jürgen Kreische is a former East German footballer. Kreische spent his entire career with his hometown club, Dynamo Dresden, scoring 127 goals in 234 DDR-Oberliga games between 1964 and 1978...

1964–1977 234 127 0.54
7 Rüdiger Schnuphase
Rüdiger Schnuphase
Rüdiger Schnuphase is a former German football player.Schnuphase played for Rot-Weiss Erfurt , FC Carl Zeiss Jena and Rot-Weiss Erfurt ....

1972–1986 320 123 0.38
8 Dieter Kühn
Dieter Kühn
Dieter Kühn is a former football player from East Germany, who won the silver medal with the East German national team at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union. He obtained a total number of thirteen caps for his native country, scoring five goals.-External links:*...

1974–1991 294 122 0.41
9 Bernd Bauchspieß
Bernd Bauchspieß
-External links:*...

1959–1973 264 120 0.45
10 Johannes Schöne 1950–1959 228 117 0.51

Greece
Super League Greece
The Superleague Greece is the highest professional football league in Greece. It was formed on July 16, 2006 and replaced Alpha Ethniki at the top of the Greek football league system. The league consists of 16 teams and runs from August to May, with teams playing 30 games each...

Name Goals Matches per Goal (avg) Years
Thomas Mavros
Thomas Mavros
Thomas Mavros is a retired Greek international football player who played as a striker. He is regarded as one of the best players to play club football in Greece having scored a record number of goals there....

281 1.92 1970–1991
Krzysztof Warzycha
Krzysztof Warzycha
Krzysztof "Kristof" Warzycha is a former Polish professional footballer. For the majority of his career he played for Greek club Panathinaikos FC.- KS Ruch Chorzów :...

244 1.59 1989–2004
Dimitrios Papaioannou 234 2.06 1963–1980
Jiorgios Sideris 228 - 1958–1972
Antonios Antoniadis 187 1.5 1967–1980
Dimitrios Saravakos 185 2.33 1979–1998
Nikos Anastopoulos
Nikos Anastopoulos
Nikos Anastopoulos is a Greek former football player, one of the most prolific strikers in the Greek league during the late 1970s and the 1980s. With 29 goals he is the all time highest scorer for the Greek national football team. Since retiring as a player he has become a football manager...

181 2.23 1978–1991
Jiorgos Dedes 181 2.37 1963–1975
Michalis Kritikopoulos 175 - -
Mimis Domazos
Mimis Domazos
Dimitris "Mimis" Domazos , is a retired Greek footballer born in Ambelokipi, Athens. His nickname is "The General".Mimis Domazos is considered by many to be the best footballer that Greece has ever produced...

142 3.77 1959–1980

Honduras
Liga Nacional de Futbol de Honduras
Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional de Honduras is the first and highest division of football in Honduras. The league season is divided into Opening and Closing . One team is relegated to the Liga de Ascenso and one team is promoted from Liga de Ascenso...

Rank Name Years Matches Goals (%)
1 Wilmer Velasquez
Wilmer Velasquez
Wilmer Raynel Neal Velásquez is a retired Honduran footballer.-Career:Velásquez is currently the all-time top goalscorer in the Honduran National Football League with 196 goals, and was the second player to reach 150 goals after Denilson Costa.In 2005, Velásquez was crowned one of the 'Top...

1991–2010 ??? 196
2 Denilson Costa
Denilson Costa
Denilson Costa is a Brazilian and naturalized Honduran football coach and former player. He is currently the second all time top scorer in the Honduran Liga Nacional and was also the first to reach 150 goals. Now he is a teacher in Honduras.-As a manager:On 6 March 2011, Costa made his...

1991–2007 ??? 156
3 Juan Manuel Cárcamo
Juan Manuel Cárcamo
Juan Manuel Cárcamo Flores is a Honduran football striker, who currently plays for CD Suchitepequez. He previously played for Honduran club Platense and Austrian teams SV Austria Salzburg and BSV Bad Bleiberg.-External links:*...

1996–Present ??? 100
4 Francisco Ramírez 1998–Present ??? 95
5 Marcelo Ferreira ???-Present ??? 92
6 Prudencio Norales
Prudencio Norales
Prudencio Norales is a Honduran football midfielder who played for Honduras in the 1982 FIFA World Cup. He also played for C.D. Olimpia.-External links:*...

1977–1988 ??? 89
7 Luciano Emilio
Luciano Emilio
Luciano Emílio is a Brazilian footballer, currently playing for Toros Neza in the Liga de Ascenso.-Early career:...

2002–2006 ??? 88
8 Óscar "Martillo" Hernández ???-??? ??? 86
9 Danilo Tosello
Danilo Tosello
Danilo Javier Tosello is a retired Argentinan football player. During his career, he won 4 championships in Honduras with Olimpia....

1999–2007 ??? 83
9 Reynaldo Mejiá ???-Present ??? 83
9 Angel Obando
Angel Obando
Ángel Obando is a retired Honduran footballer. He is currently the 11th top goal scorer in the history of the Honduran football league with 83 goals, and the top scorer of all times for Motagua.-References:...

1973–1986 ??? 83

Hungary

Rank Name Years Matches Goals (%)
1 Imre Schlosser
Imre Schlosser
Imre Schlosser-Lakatos was a Hungarian footballer. He still holds the record as the highest goalscorer in the history of the Hungarian League....

1906–1928 301 417 139%
2 Ferenc Szusza
Ferenc Szusza
Ferenc Szusza was one of Hungary's greatest football players.Szusza was a top division player of Újpest FC from 1941 to 1960...

1940–1961 462 393 85%
3 Gyula Zsengellér
Gyula Zsengellér
Gyula Zsengellér was a Hungarian footballer and a legend of Újpest FC, most famous for his part in taking the Hungarian national team to the 1938 World Cup Final. He was that tournament's second-highest scorer, behind Leonidas of Brazil.His first international cap came on 2 December 1936, when...

1935–1947 325 387 119%
4 József Takács
József Takács
József Takács was a Hungarian international footballer who earned 32 caps between 1923 and 1933, scoring 26 goals, and participated at the 1924 Summer Olympics. Takács, who played as a striker, played club football for Vasas SC and Ferencváros.-References:...

1920–1940 355 360 101%
5 Ferenc Puskás
Ferenc Puskás
Ferenc Puskás was a Hungarian footballer and manager. He scored 84 goals in 85 international matches for Hungary, and 514 goals in 529 matches in the Hungarian and Spanish leagues. He became Olympic champion in 1952 and was a World Cup finalist in 1954...

1943–1956 354 357 101%
6 György Sárosi 1931–1948 383 351 92%
7 Gyula Szilágyi 1943–1960 390 313 80%
8 Ferenc Deák
Ferenc Deák (footballer)
Ferenc Deák was a Hungarian football player for teams such as Szentlőrinc SE, Ferencváros and Bp. Dózsa...

1944–1954 238 305 128%
9 Ferenc Bene
Ferenc Bene
Ferenc Bene was a Hungarian football player of Újpesti Dózsa, who was a member of the team that won the gold medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. He was the top scorer of the tournament .Bene was born in Balatonújlak...

1960–1978 418 303 72%
10 Géza Toldi
Géza Toldi
Géza Toldi was a Hungarian footballer. He played for Ferencvárosi TC, and from 1934 to 1938 for the Hungarian national team, serving as captain in 1936. He scored a goal in the 1938 FIFA World Cup....

1928–1946 324 271 84%

Iceland 

Rank Name Years Matches Goals
1 Ingi Bjorn Albertsson 1970–1986 210 126
2 Tryggvi Gudmundsson 1992–Present 180 107
3 Gudmundur Steinsson 1980s ? 101
4 Hermann Gunnarsson 1960/70s ? 95
5 Matthias Hallgrimsson
Matthías Hallgrímsson
Matthías Hallgrímsson is an Icelandic former footballer who played at both professional and international levels as a striker.-Club career:Hallgrímsson played club football for ÍA and Valur...

1970s ? 94

Iran

Last updated: May 21, 2011
No. Player Goals Years
1   Arash Borhani
Arash Borhani
Arash Borhani is an Iranian football player who currently plays for Esteghlal in Iran's Premier Football League and is a member of Iran national football team....

89 2002–2006, 2007–Present
2   Reza Enayati
Reza Enayati
Gholamreza Enayati is an Iranian football player who currently plays for Saba Qom in Iran Pro League and former member of Iran national football team. He usually plays the striker position.-Club career:...

87 2001–2006, 2009–Present
3   Fereydoon Fazli
Fereydoon Fazli
Fereydoon Fazli, is a former professional football player who played for Nassaji Mazandaran in Azadegan League before retiring from playing football. He usually plays in the striker position. He is one of the most successful strikers in the Iran Pro League....

85 2001–2002, 2003–2010
4   Edmond Bezik
Edmond Bezik
Edmond Bezik is an Armenian-Iranian footballer. He was played for Persepolis, Sepahan and Ararat Tehran and was a member of Iran national football team.-Club career:...

84 1994–2006
5   Ali Asghar Modirroosta 80 1991–2003
6   Ali Daei
Ali Daei
Ali Daei is an Iranian retired football player and former national team coach who currently manages a local Iranian team, Rah Ahan. He is a former captain of the Iran national football team, and is the world's all-time leading goalscorer in international matches...

72 1994–1996, 2003–2007
7   Mehdi Rajabzadeh
Mehdi Rajabzadeh
Mehdi Rajabzadeh is an Iranian football player, currently playing for Fajr Sepasi in Iran Pro League.-Club career:Rajabzadeh started his career at Fajr Sepasi where he impressed enough to be transferred to Zob Ahan FC in 2003...

68 2001–2007, 2009–Present
  Rasoul Khatibi
Rasoul Khatibi
Rasoul Khatibi is an Iranian football player–Manager currently playing and Managing Machine Sazi Tabriz. He is a former member of the Iranian national team.-Club career:...

68 1997–1999, 2000–2006, 2009–Present
9   Reza Sahebi
Reza Sahebi
-Club career:He played for Payam Mashhad from 1989-1997 before joining F.C. Zob Ahan where he played from 1997-2003. In 2003 he returned to his former club Payam Mashhad. Reza Sahebi is notably known as Top goal scorer of Iranian Football League during season 2000/01 where he scored 14 goals for...

67 1989–2003
10   Gholam Hossein Mazloumi 63 1971–1979


Players in bold are still active in the league

The goals are only from the "Iranian Football League" Seasons

Iraq

Name Goals Years Clubs
Percy Lansdell 1087 1936-48 -
Aram Karam
Aram Karam
Aram Karam , an ethnic Assyrian and Christian, was one of the first great Iraqi footballers, who earned a reputation for scoring goals from apparently impossible long-range situations....

1034 1943–1960 -
Emmanuel Estrada 901 1937–1953 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Hadi Abbad 897 1932–1950 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Ammo Baba
Ammo Baba
Emmanuel Baba Dawud better known as Ammo Baba , was a former Iraqi and ethnic Assyrian international football player and coach of the Iraq national football team...

802 1951-970 -
Peter Murad
Peter Murad
-References:*RSSSF...

745 1945–1960 Al-Minaa
Nassir Chico Yousef 714 1942-51 -
Hussein Saeed
Hussein Saeed
Hussein Saeed Mohammed is a former Iraqi football player. Hussein Saeed is in 10th place in FIFA’s list of most international matches at 126 matches. He was also in the Iraq national football team's golden team in 1986. He competed for Iraq at the 1980, 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics.Saeed is also...

685 1975–1991 Al-Talaba
Ismail Mohammed 512 1939–1946 -
Elvio Souza 492 1974–1988 Al-Kahraba
Abdul-Ghani Askar 449 1937-41, 1945–48 -
Ahmed Radhi 227 1982-93, 1997–99 Al-Zawraa

Ireland
League of Ireland
The League of Ireland is the national association football league of the Republic of Ireland. Founded in 1921, as a league of eight clubs, it has expanded over time into a two-tiered league of 22 clubs. It is currently split into the League of Ireland Premier Division and the League of Ireland...

 

Rank Name Years Matches Goals
1 Brendan Bradley
Brendan Bradley
Brendan Bradley is a former Irish footballer. He holds the record for the highest number of goals, 235, scored by an individual in the League of Ireland with a club record 181 for Finn Harps .-Derry City:...

1966–1986 ? 235
2 Pat Morley
Pat Morley (footballer)
Pat "Skippy" Morley is a former footballer for Cork City F.C., Shelbourne, Limerick F.C. and Waterford United F.C.. Pat also works for Irish broadcaster Raidió Teilifís Éireann as a commentator and analyst on League of Ireland soccer.He made his League of Ireland debut for Waterford United away to...

1984–2006 ? 182
3 Turlough O'Connor
Turlough O'Connor (footballer)
Turlough O'Connor was an Irish soccer player during the 1960s and 1970s. He is a member of the Bohemians' Hall of Fame.His two brothers Padraig O'Connor and Michael O'Connor also played for Athlone Town.-Playing career:...

1963–1985 ? 178
4 Jason Byrne
Jason Byrne (footballer)
Jason Byrne is an Irish football player, currently playing for Dundalk in the League of Ireland.-Bray Wanderers:...

1998–Present 315 164
5 Donal Leahy 1950s ? 162
6 Stephen Geoghegan
Stephen Geoghegan
Stephen Geoghegan is a former Irish football player and current manager of O'Devaney Dunard FC.His first league club was Drogheda United where he won two League of Ireland First Division titles and 1 League of Ireland First Division Shield...

1988–2004 ? 158
7 Johnny Matthews
Johnny Matthews
Johnny Matthews is a former English footballer and manager.Matthews started his career playing with his home club Coventry City F.C.....

1960s ? 156
8 Alfie Hale
Alfie Hale
Alfred "Alfie" Hale is a former Irish footballer and manager who played for several clubs in both the League of Ireland and the English League, most notably, Waterford United, Aston Villa, Doncaster Rovers and Cork Celtic. During his career Hale scored 153 goals in the League of Ireland and a...

1956–1977 ? 153
9 Glen Crowe
Glen Crowe
Glen Crowe is an Irish professional football forward who currently plays for Malahide United in the Leinster Senior League....

1999–Present 329 153
10 Paul McGee
Paul McGee (footballer born 1954)
Paul 'Skee' McGee is a former Irish football player and current manager of League of Ireland First Division club Salthill Devon....

1970–1993 ? 143

Israel
Football in Israel
Football is the most popular sport in Israel. Football as an organised sport first developed in the United Kingdom who controlled Israel during the days of the British Mandate. Israel will be hosting the UEFA U-21 Championship in 2013....

Rank Name Years Matches Goals (%)
1 Alon Mizrahi
Alon Mizrahi
Alon Mizrahi is an Israeli former football player in a striker position. He is the most prolific scorer in Israeli football history. Today he acts as the manager of Hapoel Yehud in Liga Gimel....

1989–2005 385 198 0.54
2 Oded Machnes
Oded Machnes
Oded Machnes is a retired Israeli footballer who was a striker, and is the second-greatest goal-scorer in Israeli history with 196 goals in the Israeli Premier League....

1974–1990 413 197 0.48
3 Avi Nimni
Avi Nimni
Avi Nimni is Maccabi Tel Aviv's highest ever scorer and is regarded as one of Maccabi Tel Aviv's greatest players ever. Until 2006, he served as the captain of the Israeli national football team...

1989–2008 429 194 0.45
4 Moshe Romano
Moshe Romano
Moshe Romano is a retired Israeli international footballer.-Club career:Romano played club football for Shimshon Tel Aviv and Beitar Tel Aviv, and was top scorer in the 1965–66, 1969–1970, 1972–1973 and 1974–75 seasons, scoring a total of 193 goals in the Israeli First Division between 1965 and...

1965–1982 439 192 0.44
5 Shay Holtzman
Shay Holtzman
Shay Holtzman is a retired Israeli footballer. He played as a striker in the top level of Israeli league football for Maccabi Netanya, Maccabi Haifa, Tzafririm Holon, Hapoel Be'er Sheva, Beitar Jerusalem, Hapoel Haifa, Maccabi Petah Tikva, Ironi Rishon leZion, F.C. Ashdod and for the Israel...

1990–2009 474 178 0.36
6 Mordechai Spiegler
Mordechai Spiegler
Mordechai "Motaleh" Spiegler is a former Israeli footballer. He remains Israel's record goalscorer, with 33 goals in 83 caps.In 2005, he was voted the 105th-greatest Israeli of all time, in a poll by the Israeli news website Ynet to determine whom the general public considered the 200 Greatest...

1963–1977 900 168 0.45
7 Uri Malmilian
Uri Malmilian
Uri Malmilian is an Israeli former football player and current manager.-Early life and playing career:Born in the neighbourhood of Mamilla in Jerusalem, Israel, Malmilian had a memorable playing career in the Liga Leumit at Beitar Jerusalem. He is regarded as one the best Israeli players...

1973–1993 466 159 0.34
8 David Lavi
David Lavi
David Lavi is a retired Israeli footballer who is one of the top ten goal-scorers in Israeli history with more than 140 goals in the Israeli Premier League.-National:*Israeli Premier League :**1977/78, 1979/80, 1982/83*State Cup :**1978...

1973–1986 362 158 0.44
9 Nahum Stelmach
Nahum Stelmach
Nahum Stelmach was an Israeli footballer and manager.-Biography:He was chosen third by Yediot Aharonots greatest Israeli footballers. He made a name for himself as the leader of Hapoel Petah Tikva....

1951–1970 365 155 0.43
10 Yehoshua Feigenbaum
Yehoshua Feigenbaum
Yehoshua "Shiye" Feigenbaum is a former Israeli footballer. As a striker, he holds many records with the Israeli national football team.-As a Player:*Israeli Premier League :**1965-66, 1968–69*Israel State Cup :**1972...

1964–1983 430 148 0.34

Italy
Serie A
Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...

Rank Name Years Matches Goals (%)
1 Silvio Piola
Silvio Piola
Silvio Piola was an Italian footballer from Robbio Lomellina, province of Pavia. He is known as a highly prominent figure in the history of Italian football due to several records he set. Piola won the 1938 FIFA World Cup with Italy, scoring two goals in the final.Piola is third in the all-time...

1929–1954 537 274 51%
2 Gunnar Nordahl
Gunnar Nordahl
Gunnar Nordahl was a Swedish football player, best known for his play in AC Milan 1949-1956.-Sweden:...

1949–1958 291 225 77%
3 Giuseppe Meazza
Giuseppe Meazza
Giuseppe "Peppino" Meazza , also known as il Balilla, was an Italian footballer playing mainly for Internazionale in the 1930s, scoring 242 goals in 365 games for the club. He led Italy to win two World Cups: in 1934 and in 1938, winning the Golden Ball Award in 1934. He is widely considered the...

1929–1947 367 216 59%
3 José Altafini
José Altafini
José João Altafini, is an Italian Brazilian former footballer. He is the joint-third highest scorer in Italian Serie A history with 216 goals. He currently holds the record for the highest no...

1958–1976 459 216 47%
5 Francesco Totti
Francesco Totti
Francesco Totti, Ufficiale OMRI, is an Italian footballer who is the captain of Serie A club Roma. His primary position is that of a trequartista, though he has also been successfully utilized as a lone striker. Totti has spent his entire career at Roma, is the number-one goalscorer and the most...

1992–present 479 207 43%
6 Roberto Baggio
Roberto Baggio
Roberto Baggio is a retired Italian footballer. Widely regarded as one of the finest footballers of his generation, Baggio won both the Ballon d'Or and the FIFA World Player of the Year in 1993. He is the only Italian player ever to score in three World Cups. He is also one of the top 5 all-time...

1985–2004 452 205 45%
7 Kurt Hamrin
Kurt Hamrin
Kurt Roland Hamrin is a former Swedish footballer. He is currently the seventh highest goalscorer of all-time in Italy's Serie A with 190 goals. He was best known as goal scoring winger with incredible dribbling ability.-Career:Hamrin first played for AIK in Sweden, whom he joined in the 1952-53...

1956–1971 400 190 48%
8 Giuseppe Signori
Giuseppe Signori
Giuseppe "Beppe" Signori is a retired Italian football striker, one of the top scorers in Serie A history and widely regarded as one of the best football players to have never received a winners medal in competitive football. He was a fast, left footed striker who was prolific goalscorer...

1991–2004 344 188 55%
9 Alessandro Del Piero
Alessandro Del Piero
Alessandro Del Piero Ufficiale OMRI is an Italian World Cup-winning footballer who plays for Serie A club Juventus, of which he is also club captain....

1993–present 459 185 40%
10 Gabriel Batistuta
Gabriel Batistuta
Gabriel Omar Batistuta , nicknamed Batigol, is a former professional footballer. The prolific Argentine striker played most of his club football at Fiorentina in Italy, and he is the tenth top scorer of all-time in the Italian Serie A league, with 184 goals in 318 matches...

1991–2003 318 184 58%

Japan
Football in Japan
Association football is one of the most popular sports in Japan. Its nationwide organization, Japan Football Association, administers the professional football league, J...

 

J. League Div 1
J. League
The or is the top division of and is the top professional association football league in Japan. It is one of the most successful leagues in Asian club football and the only league given top class 'A' ranking by the AFC. Currently, J. League Division 1 is the first level of the Japanese...

Rank Name Years Matches Goals
1 Masashi Nakayama
Masashi Nakayama
is a professional footballer currently playing for Consadole Sapporo of the J. League Division 2, the second-tier professional football league in Japan. Born in Shizuoka, Gon Nakayama attended Fujieda Higashi High School and Tsukuba University before he joined Jubilo Iwata of the Japan Football...

1994–2009 354 157
2 Kazuyoshi Miura
Kazuyoshi Miura
----Kazuyoshi Miura , often known simply as Kazu, is a Japanese football striker. He has played for the Japanese national team and was the first Japanese recipient of the Asian Player of the Year award in 1993, an award presented annually by the Asian Football Confederation. He is currently with...

1993–2007 321 139
3 Ueslei
Ueslei Raimundo Pereira da Silva
Ueslei Raimundo Pereira da Silva or better known as Ueslei is a Brazilian former football player.Ueslei played for Bahia, Vitória and Atlético Mineiro in the Campeonato Brasileiro.- Club career statistics :...

2000–2009 217 124
4 Marquinhos
Marcos Gomes de Araujo
Marcos Gomes de Araujo, better known as Marquinhos , is a Brazilian striker who currently plays for Clube Atlético Mineiro. He has spent his career playing mostly in the J. League.-Biography:...

2001–Present 229 109
5 Atsushi Yanagisawa
Atsushi Yanagisawa
is a Japanese football player. Currently he is a striker for Vegalta Sendai in the top division of the J-League. Yanagisawa was born in Kosugi-machi, Toyama-ken, Japan...

1996–Present 305 101
6 Toshiya Fujita
Toshiya Fujita
Toshiya Fujita is a professional footballer for J. League Division 2 side JEF United Ichihara Chiba.-Playing career:...

1994–2008 419 100
7 Shoji Jo
Shoji Jo
is a retired Japanese football player.He was born on the island of Hokkaidō and began his footballing career with JEF United in 1994. He quickly established himself, scoring twelve goals in his first season; he scored his first goal on his debut against Gamba Osaka on 12 March...

1994–2002 230 95
8 Hiroaki Morishima 1995–2006 318 94
9 Tatsuhiko Kubo 1995–2009 276 94
10 Nobuhiro Takeda
Nobuhiro Takeda
is a former Japanese football player. He was a forward and known as a superb opportunistic goal-scorer, making most of his quick thinking and canny positioning. He currently works at Nippon Television and belongs to an entertainment agency Horipro as a sportscaster -Club:He was educated at and...

1993–2001 237 94


Totals top level
Rank Name Years Matches Goals
1 Kunishige Kamamoto
Kunishige Kamamoto
Kunishige Kamamoto is a former association football player from Japan, who won the bronze medal with the Japan national team at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico, finishing as the tournament's top scorer with seven goals...

1967–1984 251 202
2 Masashi Nakayama
Masashi Nakayama
is a professional footballer currently playing for Consadole Sapporo of the J. League Division 2, the second-tier professional football league in Japan. Born in Shizuoka, Gon Nakayama attended Fujieda Higashi High School and Tsukuba University before he joined Jubilo Iwata of the Japan Football...

1990–2009 401 189
3 Kazuyoshi Miura
Kazuyoshi Miura
----Kazuyoshi Miura , often known simply as Kazu, is a Japanese football striker. He has played for the Japanese national team and was the first Japanese recipient of the Asian Player of the Year award in 1993, an award presented annually by the Asian Football Confederation. He is currently with...

1990–2007 360 148
4 Nobuhiro Takeda
Nobuhiro Takeda
is a former Japanese football player. He was a forward and known as a superb opportunistic goal-scorer, making most of his quick thinking and canny positioning. He currently works at Nippon Television and belongs to an entertainment agency Horipro as a sportscaster -Club:He was educated at and...

1986–2001 359 142

Kazakhstan

Name Years Goals
Oleg Litvinenko
Oleg Litvinenko
Oleg Litvinenko 23 November 1973 - 19 November 2007) was a Kazakh football forward from Taraz. He has scored 147 goals in Kazakhstan Premier League and he is the all-time top scorer of the tournament. He has been unarguably one of the best players of National team...

1992–2007 147
Nurken Mazbayev 1992–2008 142
Murat Tleshev
Murat Tleshev
Murat Tleshev is a Kazakh football forward born on 18 April 1980. He plays for the club FC Irtysh Pavlodar. He also plays for the Kazakhstan national football team....

1998–Present 121
Andrey Miroshnichenko 1992–2002 115
Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev
Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev
Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev is a Kazakh football attacking midfielder and forward. He plays for FC Lokomotiv Astana.- Early career:At the age of 11, Nurbol was selected for a youth club, Namys , which was created to find the most promising talents in the nation. His first coach was Talgat Nurmagambetov...

1998–Present 112

Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan League
Kyrgyzstan League is the top division of the Football Federation of Kyrgyz Republic. It was created in 1992.Teams get relegated to the Kyrgyzstan League Second Level.- Kyrgyzstan League Clubs :*Abdysh-Ata *Alga *FC Alay...

Name Years Matches Goals
Yevgeniy Boldygin 1995–2008 284 222
Zamirbek Zhumagulov 1992–2007 362 218
Vyacheslav Pryanishnikov 1993–Present ? 149
Mirlan Mirzaliyev 1995–Present ? 147
Azamat Ishenbaev
Azamat Ishenbaev
Azamat Ishenbaev is a Kyrgyzstani footballer who is a midfielder for Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn. He is a member of the Kyrgyzstan national football team.-Goals for Senior National Team:-External links:*...

1997–Present ? 134
Roman Kornilov
Roman Kornilov
Roman Kornilov is a Kyrgyzstani international footballer who plays for Sher-Ak-Dan Bishkek, as a forward. Kornilov notably formerly played for SKA-Shoro Bishkek and Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn. He has made 20 appearances for the Kyrgyzstan national football team since 2003, scoring one goal.-External...

1998–Present ? 131
Aleksandr Merzlikin 1992–1999 ? 105
Sergey Lisichkin ? ? 100
Nurlan Razhabaliyev ? ? 92
Farkhat Khaitbayev 1992–2001 ? 88

Latvia

Rank Name Years Matches Goals
1 Mihails Miholaps
Mihails Miholaps
Mihails Miholaps is a former football striker from Latvia. His last club was Olimps/RFS in the Latvian Virsliga. Currently he is the manager of the team....

1995–2009 286 210
2 Viktors Dobrecovs
Viktors Dobrecovs
Viktors Dobrecovs is a football striker from Latvia. His current club is FK Liepājas Metalurgs. He is also the coach of Liepājas Metalurgs-2 - the reserve team of Liepājas Metalurgs.-References:**...

1993–2009 325 169
3 Vits Rimkus
Vits Rimkus
Vīts Rimkus is a football striker from Latvia, currently playing for Finikas Ayias Marinas Chrisohus in Cypriot Fourth Division, after being released by FK Ekranas in Lithuania....

1992–2009 337 166
4 Aleksandr Katasonov
Aleksandr Katasonov
Aleksandr Mikhailovich Katasonov is a Russian professional football coach and former player. He is currently an assistant coach for FC Khimki.-Career:In the 2005 Virslīga season he was voted as the best forward in the Virslīga...

2001–2007 170 105
5 Kristaps Grebis
Kristaps Grebis
Kristaps Grebis is a Latvian footballer, currently playing for FK Simurq Zaqatala in Azerbaijan Premier League.- Club career :...

2000–Present 225 104
6 Girts Karlsons
Girts Karlsons
Ģirts Karlsons is Latvian football striker currently playing for Azerbaijani club FC Inter Baku.-Club career:Karlsons started his career at FK Liepājas Metalurgs in 1998. He spent the next six season with the club...

1998–2009 200 98
7 Vitalijs Astafjevs
Vitalijs Astafjevs
Vitālijs Astafjevs is a former football midfielder from Latvia, currently the assistant manager for Skonto Rīga.- Club career :...

1992–Present 252 79
8 Gatis Kalniņš
Gatis Kalninš
Gatis Kalniņš is a 6 ft 3 ins Latvian striker. His current club is FK Jūrmala from Latvia.He has also played for FK Valmiera, Skonto FC, FK Auda and Othellos Athineou. Kalniņš had a brief spell on trial at English side Burnley FC, in pre-season 2008, but was unsuccessful in his attempts to...

2000–Present 206 77
9 Vladimirs Babicevs
Vladimirs Babicevs
Vladimirs Babičevs is a Latvian football manager and a former footballer. Babičevs played in a 51 international match for Latvia.-Club playing career:...

1992–2006 215 76
10 David Chaladze
David Chaladze
David Chaladze is a football striker from Georgia.-Honours:* Virsliga Top Scorer :* 1997* Russian First Division top scorer: 2002 .-References:...

1997–2006 91 74

Lithuania
A Lyga
The A Lyga is the top division of professional football in Lithuania. It is organized by LFF . League size has varied between 8 and 12 teams over the past few years; for its 2011 season, the league features 12 teams...

Rank Name Years Goals
1 Povilas Lukšys
Povilas Lukšys
Povilas Lukšys is a Lithuanian footballer who plays for Polonia Bytom football club as a striker. He signed for FK Ekranas during the 1995–96 season. In 2005, Lukšys helped FK Ekranas to win the A Lyga. Throughout the season he scored 19 goals and was the 3rd top scorer in the league. In...

1995–Present 169
2 Remigijus Pocius
Remigijus Pocius
Remigijus Pocius is a retired Lithuanian football forward, who last played for KFK Siauliai. He obtained a total number of seven caps for the Lithuania national football team, scoring one goal.-Honours:National Team...

1991–2003 148
3 Ričardas Beniušis
Ricardas Beniušis
Ricardas Beniušis is a Lithuanian footballer.Beniušis started his career with Inkaras Kaunas in his homeland, returning there after short spells with Russian clubs Baltika Kaliningrad and Krylya Sovetov Samara...

1999–Present 121
4 Darius Maciulevičius
Darius Maciulevičius
Darius Maciulevičius is a former Lithuanian footballer, who last played for Atlantis FC in the Finnish second tier Ykkönen.- Career :He has also represented clubs such as Alania Vladikavkaz, Hakoah Ramat Gan and FK Sūduva Marijampolė....

1991–2008 113
5 Igoris Morinas
Igoris Morinas
Igoris Morinas is a Lithuanian international footballer who plays as a striker, who is part of the FK Žalgiris Vilnius squad.- Career :...

1993–Present 103
6 Eimantas Poderis
Eimantas Poderis
Eimantas Poderis is a Lithuanian football forward, who currently plays for FK Tauras Tauragė. He obtained a total number of 21 caps for the Lithuania national football team, scoring five goals. Poderis also played as a professional in Russia and Israel during his career.-Honours:National Team*...

1991–Present 96
7 Andrius Velička
Andrius Velicka
Andrius Velička is a Lithuanian professional association footballer who plays for FK Ekranas. He also plays for the Lithuania national team.-FBK Kaunas:...

1998–2007 95
8 Mantas Savėnas
Mantas Savenas
Mantas Savėnas is a Lithuanian professional football midfielder who plays for FK Ekranas. Savėnas represented Lithuania at under-21 level before establishing himself as a regular player in the Lithuanian national team....

1999–2007 94
9 Vidas Dančenka
Vidas Dančenka
Vidas Dančenka is a retired Lithuanian international football player.In 1997/1998 season he was LFF A lyga top scorer with 26 goals.-External links:*...

1991–2003 89
10 Egidijus Varnas
Egidijus Varnas
Egidijus Varnas is a Lithuanian football forward currently playing for FK Ekranas.Varnas made two appearances for the Lithuania national football team during 2001.-References:...

1996–Present 88

Note: Remigijus Pocius scored 176, Darius Maciulevičius - 117, Eimantas Poderis - 105, Vidas Dančenka - 93 goals including Lithuanian SSR
Lithuanian SSR
The Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic , also known as the Lithuanian SSR, was one of the republics that made up the former Soviet Union...

 league and Baltic League
Baltic League
The Baltic League is a Baltic football club tournament, launched in 2007 inspired by the now defunct Scandinavian tournament Royal League and by the Baltic Basketball League. The top four club sides from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania take part in the competition...

.

Luxembourg
Luxembourg National Division
The National Division is the highest football league in Luxembourg. Until 2011, it is to be known as the BGL Ligue, after the Luxembourg Football Federation managed to seal a sponsorship deal with Fortis. Before 2006, it contained twelve teams, but it expanded to fourteen for the 2006-07 season,...

Name Goals
Armin Krings 255
Patrick Morocutti 223
Bert Heger 176
Daniel Huss
Daniel Huss
Daniel Huss is a Luxembourgian footballer who currently plays as a striker for CS Grevenmacher in Luxembourg's domestic National Division.-Club career:...

170
Théo Scholten 155
Henri Cirelli 152
Furio Cardoni 150
Markus Krahen 148
Josy Roller 148
Alphonse Schumacher 141

Malta
Maltese Premier League
The Maltese Premier League, known as BOV Premier League for sponsorship reasons , is the top level league for football in Malta. The league was first competed in 1909...

Rank Name Years Goals
1 Stefan Sultana
Stefan Sultana
Stefan Sultana was a professional footballer, who played the majority of his career for Ħamrun Spartans as a striker. He also had a three-year spell with Hibernians...

1983–2009 198
2 Tony Nicholl 1934–1954 173
3 Gilbert Agius
Gilbert Agius
Gilbert Agius is a professional Maltese footballer. He currently plays as a midfielder or as a striker for the Maltese Premier League side Valletta.-Barcelona :...

1990–Present 172
4 Michael Galea
Michael Galea
Michael Galea is a Maltese footballer currently playing for Maltese First Division side Melita, where he plays as a striker.-Playing career:...

1997–Present 168
5 Danilo Doncic ? 151
6 Ivan Woods
Ivan Woods
Ivan Woods is a Maltese footballer who currently plays for Maltese Premier League club Floriana, where he plays as a striker.-Valletta:...

1994–Present 139
7 Joe Zarb ? 134
8 Tony Cauchi ? 125
9 Adrian Mifsud
Adrian Mifsud
Adrian Mifsud is a professional footballer currently playing for Maltese Second Division side Rabat Ajax, where he plays as a striker.-External links:* *...

1995–Present 123
10 Joe Brincat
Joe Brincat
Joseph Brincat is a Maltese former international football player who earned a total of 103 caps for the Maltese national team, scoring five goals. He played for many clubs including Birkirkara FC, Sliema Wanderers, and Floriana....

1986–2007 111

Mexico
Primera División de México
The Primera División Profesional , known simply as the Primera División, is the top level of the Mexican football league system and is administered by the Mexican Football Federation. It was established in 1943 and as of 2011 has 18 clubs. Up to June 2011, it was divided into three groups competing...

Rank Name Years Matches Goals (%)
1 Cabinho 1974–1987 415 312 75%
2 Carlos Hermosillo
Carlos Hermosillo
Carlos Manuel Hermosillo Goytortúa is a Mexican former football player. He is one of the top all-time goalscorers for the Mexican national team. He is also known as "El Grandote de Cerro Azul"....

1983–2001 560 294 53%
3 Jared Borgetti
Jared Borgetti
Jared Francisco Borgetti Echavarría is a retired Mexican footballer. Borgetti is the all-time leading goal scorer for the Mexican national team, with 46 goals. A prolific goal scorer at both club and national level, Borgetti was renowned for his heading ability...

1994–2010 475 259 53%
4 José Saturnino Cardozo 1995–2005 332 249 75%
5 Horacio Casarín
Horacio Casarín
Horacio Casarín Garcilazo was a Mexican football player and coach who established himself as one of his country's most popular sports figures in the 1940s and 50's...

1935–1956 304 238 78%
6 Osvaldo Castro
Osvaldo Castro
Osvaldo Castro Pelayos is a retired Chilean footballer who played league football for clubs in Chile and Mexico, as well as playing international football for Chile.-Career:Castro started with Chilean club Unión La Calera in 1965...

1971–1984 388 214 55%
7 Zague
Luis Roberto Alves
Luís Roberto Alves dos Santos Gavranic also known as Zague or Zaguinho is a former Mexican footballer. He is the son of José Alves "Zague".-Career:...

1985–2003 572 209 37%
8 Carlos Eloir Peruci 1972–1984 ? 197 ?
9 Adalberto López 1940/50s ? 196 ?
10 Sergio Lira 1978–1996 564 190 34%

Moldova

Name Years Matches Goals
Vladimir Cosse 1992–1999 193 131
Iurie Miterev
Iurie Miterev
Iurie Vladimirovich Miterev is a Moldovan footballer. He currently without a club.He was signed by Chornomorets Odessa in summer 2002....

1992–2002 250 129
Serghei Rogaciov
Serghei Rogaciov
Serghei Ivanovich Rogaciov is a Moldovan footballer who plays in attack for FC Dynamo Saint Petersburg.-Career:He previously played for Constructorul Chişinău, FC Sheriff Tiraspol, FC Olimpia Bălţi, and Cristalul Făleşti, Saturn Ramenskoye, FC Aktobe and FC Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast.-International:He...

1993–2009 171 127
Vladislav Gavriliuc
Vladislav Gavriliuc
Vladislav Gavriliuc is a retired Moldovan football striker. He played for FC Nistru Otaci between 1992 and 1994 and FC Zimbru Chişinău between 1994 and 2002. Gavriliuc was the Moldovan National Division top scorer in successive years in the 1994-95 season scoring 20 goals and in the 1995-96 season...

1992–2002 191 116
Ruslan Barbaros 1994–2005 232 94

Morocco
Morocco
Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...

Name Years Goals
Simsan Zaki 1960–1984 297
Hassan Erouali 1956–1973 276
Ahmad Meroebi 1958–1976 221

Netherlands
Eredivisie
The Eredivisie is the highest football league in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956 two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is currently ranked the ninth best league in Europe by UEFA....

Rank Name Years Matches Goals (%)
1 Willy van der Kuijlen 1964–1982 545 311 57%
2 Ruud Geels 1965–1983 401 265 66%
3 Johan Cruyff
Johan Cruyff
Hendrik Johannes Cruijff OON , known as Johan Cruyff, is a retired Dutch footballer and is currently the manager of the Catalan national team as well as a member of the AFC Ajax board of directors. He won the Ballon d'Or three times, in 1971, 1973 and 1974, which is a record jointly held with...

1964–1984 308 215 70%
4 Kees Kist 1972–1986 372 212 57%
5 Tonnie van der Linden 1956–1968 305 204 67%
6 Henk Groot
Henk Groot
Henk Groot is a retired Dutch footballer who was active as a striker. Groot made his professional debut at Ajax Amsterdam, but also played for Feijenoord...

1959–1969 283 194 69%
7 Peter Houtman
Peter Houtman
Peter Houtman is a retired football striker from the Netherlands, who obtained eight caps for the Dutch national team in the 1980s, scoring seven goals....

1978–1992 372 178 48%
8 Sjaak Swart
Sjaak Swart
Jesaia Swart is a former Dutch footballer who played for Ajax Amsterdam a total of more than 600 matches, a record for the club. Nicknamed Mr. Ajax, he was part of their European Cup victories in 1971, 1972, 1973...

1956–1973 463 175 38%
9 Leo van Veen
Leo van Veen
Leo van Veen is a retired football player from the Netherlands, who played for FC Utrecht, Los Angeles Aztecs, Ajax Amsterdam and RKC Waalwijk during his career. Later on he became a football manager. Van Veen played 555 games in the Eredivisie, scoring 174 goals.-References:* *...

1962–1986 555 175 32%
10 Cor van der Gijp
Cor van der Gijp
Cor van der Gijp , commonly known as Ome Cor, is a retired Dutch footballer who was active as a striker. Van der Gijp made his professional debut at SC Emma and also played for Feijenoord and Blauw Wit.-Honours:...

1955–1964 233 162 70%

Northern Ireland
IFA Premiership
The IFA Premiership – formerly the Irish Premier League, and before that the Irish Football League–and still known in popular parlance simply as the Irish League, is the national football league in Northern Ireland, and was historically the league for the whole of Ireland. Clubs in the league are...

(as of 31 October 2010)
Rank Name Years Matches Goals (%)
1 Jimmy Jones 1947–1964 285 332 116%
2 Joe Bambrick
Joe Bambrick
Joe Bambrick, , was a former footballer who at club level played for Chelsea, Walsall, Glentoran, and Linfield.-Biography:Bambrick scored 12 goals in 11 games for Ireland, including six in one game against Wales....

1926–1935 205 314 153%
3 Glenn Ferguson
Glenn Ferguson
Glenn 'Spike' Ferguson is a former Northern Irish footballer. He played for Ards and Glenavon before joining Linfield in January 1998 for an Irish League record transfer fee of £55,000...

1987–2011 644 311 48%
4 Des Dickson 1967–1982 271 219 81%
5 Jimmy Kelly
Jimmy Kelly (Irish footballer)
Jimmy Kelly was an Irish footballer who played for, among others, Derry City, Shamrock Rovers and Dundalk. Kelly was one of the most prolific goalscorers ever to play in the Irish League, scoring 218 goals in the league between 1928 and 1952...

1928–1952 410 218 53%

Norway
Tippeligaen
Tippeligaen is a Norwegian professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the Norwegian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. The league is also unofficially known under its neutral name Eliteserien , although the name has never been official...

Rank Name Years Matches Goals (%)
1 Harald Brattbakk 1990–2005 255 166 65%
2 Petter Belsvik
Petter Belsvik
Petter Belsvik is a Norwegian football coach and former player. With 159 goals in the Norwegian Premier League he ranks third in the all-time statistics, behind Harald Brattbakk. He has never appeared for the Norwegian national team....

1989–2003 292 159 54%
3 Odd Iversen
Odd Iversen
Odd "Ivers" Iversen is a former Norwegian soccer player.Iversen is one of the greatest Norwegian footballers ever. He was the top goalscorer four times in the Norwegian top division . He also holds the record of most goals scored in one season...

1967–1982 225 158 70%
4 Sigurd Rushfeldt
Sigurd Rushfeldt
Sigurd Rushfeldt is a current Norwegian football coach for Tromsø IL and retired football player. During his career, he played for IL Norild, Tromsø IL, Birmingham City F.C., Rosenborg BK, Racing de Santander, and FK Austria Wien. He is well known for his strength and for being a prolific goalscorer...

1992–Present 254 154 61%
5 Per Kristoffersen 1957–1968 194 145 75%
6 Jostein Flo
Jostein Flo
Jostein Flo is a Norwegian former football player, famous for his physical playing style and aerial dominance.-Biography:...

1987–2001 213 114 54%
7 Jan Fuglset
Jan Fuglset
Jan Fuglset is a former professional football player. Fuglset is known as one of the leading goal-scorers in Norwegian top division with 109 goals from 1967-1982. He is the brother of Tor Fuglset.-Club career:...

1967–1982 209 109 52%
8 Thorstein Helstad
Thorstein Helstad
Thorstein Helstad is a Norwegian footballer who plays as a striker for French Ligue 2 club Monaco and the Norwegian national team.- Career :...

1995–2008 200 108 54%
9 Arne Pedersen 1951–1966 231 107 46%
10 Svein Mathisen
Svein Mathisen
Svein Erling "Matta" Mathisen was a footballer from Norway. With the exception of a short spell with Scottish club Hibernian in 1978, "Matta" played for IK Start throughout his career, where he won the Norwegian league title in 1978 and 1980...

1973–1989 327 106 32%

Pakistan
Pakistan Premier League
The Pakistan Premier League is the first division of Pakistani football. It was established in 2004, in place of the National Championship by the Pakistan Football Federation.-Origins:...

Name Years Matches Goals (%)
Arif Mehmood
Arif Mehmood
Arif Mehmood is a Pakistani international footballer playing currently for WAPDA FC.He has been the leading goalscorer in the PPL three times, coming in 2004, 2007 and in 2008-Goals for Senior National Team:-References:...

2003–present 156 79 51%

Panama
Panama
Panama , officially the Republic of Panama , is the southernmost country of Central America. Situated on the isthmus connecting North and South America, it is bordered by Costa Rica to the northwest, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south. The...

Rank Name Years Goals
1 José Ardines
José Ardines
José María Ardines Douglas is a retired Panamanian football forward. Nicknamed chepe, he is best known for being the all-time top scorer in the Panamanian national football league ANAPROF .-Eurokickers:Chepe Ardines made his debut in ANAPROF for the 1989 season of the championship with...

1989–2002 197

Paraguay
Paraguay
Paraguay , officially the Republic of Paraguay , is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to the east and northeast, and Bolivia to the northwest. Paraguay lies on both banks of the Paraguay River, which runs through the center of the...

Rank Name Years Goals
1 Juan Samudio
Juan Samudio
Juan Eduardo "El Magico" Samudio Serna is a Paraguayan footballer. Currently holds the record for most goals scored in the Paraguayan first division with 108...

1997–present 111
2 Mauro Caballero 1992–2007 107

Peru

Name Years Goals
Sergio Ibarra
Sergio Ibarra
Sergio Ramón Ibarra is a football striker.- Career :Although born in Argentina, Ibarra has played during almost all of his career in Peru, where he first moved at age 21 to join the ranks of Ciclista Lima in the first division, in 1992.His biggest claim to fame was in 2004 when he won the Copa...

1993–Present 229
Oswaldo Ramírez
Oswaldo Ramírez
Oswaldo Felipe Ramírez Salcedo is a retired Peruvian football striker. He is one of the highest scoring players in the history of the Copa Libertadores and he helped Peru to win the Copa América in 1975.-Club career:...

1966-81 190
Waldir Sáenz
Waldir Sáenz
Waldir Alejandro Sáenz Pérez is a Peruvian football striker. He currently plays for Sport Boys.-Career:Waldir is most famous as a player for Alianza Lima, in which he became the all-time leading goal scorer of the club with 167 goals in 324 matches...

1992–2008 170
Germán Carty
Germán Carty
Germán Luis Carty is a Peruvian professional football player, played currently for Deportivo Coopsol. Who most prominently played for Cienciano. He was the top goalscorer as Cienciano won the 2003 Copa Sudamericana. He played for the Peru national football team...

1988–Present 164
Jorge Soto
Jorge Soto
Jorge Antonio Soto is a retired Peruvian footballer.-Career:Soto is one of the all-time emblematic figures of Sporting Cristal...

1990–2008 161
Emilio Salinas 1948-61 159
Teodoro Fernández
Teodoro Fernández
Teodoro Fernández Meyzán , nicknamed "Lolo", was a Peruvian football striker...

1931-53 156
Teófilo Cubillas
Teófilo Cubillas
Teófilo Juan Cubillas Arizaga is a Peruvian former footballer. He was selected as Peru's greatest ever player in an IFFHS poll, in which he was also included in the world's Top 50...

1966-87 152
Paul Cominges
Paul Cominges
Paul Manuel Cominges Mayorca is a retired Peruvian footballer who played as a striker. His last season as a footballer was in 2010 in the Peruvian First Division for José Gálvez FBC...

1993–Present 151
Valeriano López
Valeriano López
Valeriano López Mendiola was a football forward from Peru, nicknamed Tanque de Casma...

1946-60 150

Poland

Rank Name Years Matches Goals (%)
1 Ernest Pol
Ernest Pol
Ernest Pohl , aka Ernst Pol, was a Polish football player.He was born in Ruda , Poland and died in Hausach, Germany....

1954–1967 264 186 70%
2 Lucjan Brychczy
Lucjan Brychczy
Lucjan Antoni Brychczy was a Polish football player who is most notable for winning four top-tier titles with Legia Warsaw, but was also a keen archer....

1954–1972 368 182 49%
3 Gerard Cieslik
Gerard Cieslik
Gerard Cieślik , also known as Gienek, is a former football player of Ruch Wielkie Hajduki ....

1946–1959 237 167 70%
4 Wlodzimierz Lubanski
Wlodzimierz Lubanski
Włodzimierz 'Włodek' Leonard Lubański is a former Polish football striker, the all-time goal scorer for the Polish national team. He was considered the best Polish striker ever...

1963–1975 234 155 66%
5 Teodor Peterek
Teodor Peterek
Teodor Peterek , a Polish soccer player from interwar period, forward, represented Ruch Chorzów and Polish National Team...

1928–1948 189 154 81%
6 Kazimierz Kmiecik
Kazimierz Kmiecik
Kazimierz Kmiecik is a retired Polish football player, who played almost all his career for Wisła Kraków, where he played 304 league matches and scored 153 goals. This makes him the best goalscorer in history of the club. He also played for Larissa and won the first Greek cup for the history of...

1967–1982 304 153 50%
7 Jan Liberda
Jan Liberda
Jan Konrad Liberda is a retired Polish football forward. Liberda played mostly for one team, Polonia Bytom, where he remained since 1949, until in 1969. He ended his career in 1971 at AZ. He twice was the topscorer of the Ekstraklasa, in 1959 with 21 goals, and in 1962 with 16 goals. Also, in...

1949–1969 304 145 48%
8 Teodor Aniola
Teodor Aniola
Teodor Anioła was a Polish and Lech Poznań footballer who, during the seasons when he hit his top form , earned the nickname "Diabeł" for his performances as a midfielder and right-winger, which in total brought him 141 goals in 196 Polish First league games.He has been voted Poznań's most...

1945–1961 196 141 72%
9 Fryderyk Scherfke
Fryderyk Scherfke
Friedrich Egon Scherfke, , German Empire - died on September 15, 1983 in Bad Soden, Germany) was an ethnic German who became an interwar soccer midfield player for the Polish national football team.- Biography :...

1927–1939 ? 131 ?
10 Tomasz Frankowski
Tomasz Frankowski
Tomasz Frankowski is a Polish footballer who plays for Jagiellonia Białystok.Frankowski achieved his greatest success at Wisła Kraków of Poland, where he helped fire them to a collection of domestic honours...

1992–Present 212 130 61%

Portugal
Portuguese Liga
The Primeira Liga , formerly called Primeira Divisão, currently named Liga ZON Sagres after their main sponsors, is the top professional association football division of the Portuguese football league system...

Name Years Matches Goals (%)
Fernando Peyroteo
Fernando Peyroteo
Fernando Baptista Seixas Peyroteo was a Portuguese footballer....

1937-49 197 330 168%
Eusébio
Eusébio
Eusébio da Silva Ferreira, GCIH, GCM , commonly known simply as Eusébio, is a retired Mozambican-born Portuguese football forward. He is considered one of the best footballers of all-time by the IFFHS, experts and fans...

1960-77 313 319 102%
Fernando Gomes 1974-91 405 318 79%
José Águas
José Águas
José Pinto de Carvalho Santos Águas was a Portuguese footballer who played as a striker.He endured a lengthy professional spell with Benfica, never scoring less than 18 goals in his first division seasons.-Football career:...

1950-63 281 290 103%
Néné
Tamagnini Nené
Tamagnini Manuel Gomes Baptista, Nené , is a retired Portuguese footballer.A striker, he played his entire career with Sport Lisboa e Benfica, appearing in nearly 600 official games for the club....

1968-86 421 262 62%
Manuel Fernandes 1970-88 485 243 50%
Matateu
Matateu
Sebastião Lucas da Fonseca , known as Matateu was the first great Mozambican-born Portuguese footballer, before the arrival of Eusébio. Like him, he was a top scorer, both for Belenenses and the National Team...

1951-67 289 218 75%
José Augusto Torres
José Augusto Torres
José Augusto da Costa Séneca Torres was a Portuguese football centre forward and coach.Nicknamed O Bom Gigante , most of his 21-year senior career was spent at Benfica, with great individual and team success...

1959-80 384 217 57%
Rui Jordão
Rui Jordão
Rui Manuel Trindade Jordão is a retired Portuguese footballer.One of the most prolific strikers in the history of Portuguese football, his career was mainly associated with two of the biggest clubs in the country, Benfica and Sporting, winning the Silver Ball award twice, once with each...

1971-89 360 215 60%
Arsénio Duarte 1943-59 313 211 67%

Romania

Rank Name Years Matches Goals (%)
1 Dudu Georgescu 1970–1986 370 252 68%
2 Rodion Camataru
Rodion Camataru
Rodion Gorun Cămătaru is a retired Romanian footballer, who played as a striker.-Club career:He was born in Strehaia and debuted in Divizia A with Universitatea Craiova in 1974. He spent twelve seasons with Universitatea, winning the league titles in 1980 and 1981...

1974–1989 377 198 53%
3 Marin Radu
Marin Radu
Marin Radu is a retired Romanian football striker.- Records :*Total matches played in Romanian First League: 385 matches - 190 goals*Topscorer of Romanian First League: 1979, 1981...

1974–1989 384 190 49%
4 Ionel Danciulescu
Ionel Danciulescu
Ionel Daniel Dănciulescu is a Romanian football player. He is currently playing as a striker for Dinamo Bucureşti...

1993–present 427 187 44%
5 Ion Oblemenco
Ion Oblemenco
Ion Oblemenco was a Romanian football striker who spent the majority of his career playing for Universitatea Craiova. He is the club's all-time top goalscorer with a total of 167 goals, and the club's stadium is named in his honour.-Early years:Oblemenco was born in Corabia, Olt County...

1964–1976 272 170 62%
6 Florea Dumitrache
Florea Dumitrache
Florea Dumitrache was a Romanian football striker. He was considered one of the best Romanian strikers of all time.-Career:...

1966–1983 357 170 48%
7 Mircea Sandu
Mircea Sandu
Mircea Sandu is a retired Romanian football player. He was a striker with Sportul Studenţesc, where he played from 1971-1986....

1970–1987 407 167 41%
8 Victor Piturca
Victor Piturca
Victor Piţurcă is a Romanian football manager and former player.-Club career:Piţurcă was one of the prolific strikers of Steaua Bucureşti, being one of the team's top scorers – he scored 137 goals in 174 league games...

1975–1989 301 166 55%
9 Mihai Adam
Mihai Adam
Mihai Adam was a Romanian football player.*Total matches played in Romanian First League: 353 matches - 160 goals.*Topscorer of Romanian First League: 1965, 1968 and 1974....

1962–1976 353 160 45%
10 Titus Ozon
Titus Ozon
Titus Ozon was a Romanian international football striker. He was considered one of the greatest talents of the postwar in the Romanian football, famous for his extraordinary ability to dribble.- Records :...

1947–1964 270 157 58%

Russia
Russian Premier League
The Russian Premier League , currently called SOGAZ Russian Football Championship due to sponsorship reasons, is the top division of Russian football. There are 16 teams in the competition...

Rank Name Years Matches Goals (%)
1 Oleg Veretennikov
Oleg Veretennikov
Oleg Veretennikov is a professional association football coach and a former international footballer. He is the top goalscorer in the history of Russian Premier League, and holds several other goalscoring records...

1992–2002 273 143 52%
2 Dmitry Kirichenko 1998–Present 336 119 35%
3 Dmitry Loskov 1992–Present 422 117 28%
4 Andrey Tikhonov
Andrey Tikhonov
Andrey Valeryevich Tikhonov |Korolyov]], Moscow Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a former Russian association football midfielder currently employed a coach of FC Spartak Moscow...

1992–2008 345 98 29%
5 Alexandr Kerzhakov 2001–Present 238 96 40%
6 Sergey Semak 1993–Present 420 95 23%
7 Valery Yesipov
Valery Yesipov
Valery Yesipov is a retired association footballer and a current manager, who is currently an assistant manager for FC Rotor Volgograd. He holds the record for most appearances in the Russian Premier League...

1992–2007 390 88 23%
8 Yegor Titov 1995–2008 336 88 27%
9 Oleg Teryokhin
Oleg Teryokhin
Oleg Ivanovich Teryokhin is a retired Russian football player. He last worked as a scout for FC Kuban Krasnodar.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 2000.* Russian Premier League bronze: 1997....

1995–2005 208 84 40%
10 Roman Pavlyuchenko
Roman Pavlyuchenko
Roman Anatolyevich Pavlyuchenko is an footballer who currently plays as a centre forward for English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and for the Russian national team.-Spartak Moscow:...

1998–2008 206 83 40%
10 Igor Semshov
Igor Semshov
Igor Petrovich Semshov is a Russian professional footballer who plays for Dynamo Moscow and Russia.- Career :Semshov graduated from the CSKA academy in 1996, but was unable to hold a starting place and left for Torpedo Moscow in 1998 after only two seasons. He played well, and became one of the...

1996–Present 366 83 23%

Serbia
Serbian Superliga
Serbian SuperLiga is a Serbian professional league for football clubs. At the top of the Serbian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. It is contested by 16 clubs, operating a system of promotion and relegation with the Serbian First League...

All-time top scorers in the SuperLiga

(SuperLiga goals only)
RankPlayerGoals
1   Lamine Diarra
Lamine Diarra
Lamine Diarra is a Senegalese football striker who plays for Serbian SuperLiga club FK Partizan. He has been nicknamed "Black Mamba" or "Mamba Di", due to his speed and deadliness.-Partizan:...

45
2   Dragan Mrđa 35
3   Nenad Milijaš
Nenad Milijaš
Nenad Milijaš is a Serbian international footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers....

33
4   Andrija Kaluđerović 32
5   Dušan Tadić
Dušan Tadic
Dušan Tadić is a Serbian footballer who plays for Eredivisie club FC Groningen.-Career in Serbia:...

29
6   Aleksandar Jevtić 26
7   Cléo
Cleverson Gabriel Cordova
Cléverson Gabriel Córdova , commonly known as Cléo, is a Brazilian football striker who plays for Guangzhou Evergrande.He also holds Serbian citizenship.-Club career:...

24
8   Nikola Simić
Nikola Simić
Nikola Simić is a Serbian football midfielder playing with FK Radnički 1923 in the Serbian SuperLiga....

22
9   Ranko Despotović
Ranko Despotovic
Ranko Despotović is a Serbian footballer who plays for Urawa Red Diamonds in Japan, as a striker.-Club career:...

21
10   Almami Moreira
Almami Moreira
Almami Samori da Silva Moreira is a Bissauan-Portuguese footballer who plays for Dalian Aerbin F.C. in the China League One, as a midfielder.-Boavista / Belgium / Russia:...

19
As of 29 August 2010 (Bold denotes players still in SuperLiga).
(Italics denotes players still playing professional football).

South Korea
K-League
The Korea Professional Football League is South Korea's only fully professional association football league. At the top of the South Korean football league system, it is the country's highest and most prestigious level of football competition currently contested by 16 clubs.-Establishment:The...

 

(These stats include League and League Cup)
Rank Name Years Matches Goals (%)
1 Woo Sung-Yong 1996–Present 439 116 26%
2 Kim Do-Hoon 1995–2005 257 114 44%
3 Kim Hyun-Seok 1990–2003 371 110 30%
4 Saša Drakulić
Saša Drakulic
Saša Drakulić is a retired Serbian footballer. The striker went to South Korea in 1995 and during his eight seasons in the K-League made a name for himself as one of the most successful imports ever in the league.-In Asia:In 1995 he joined the Korean side Busan Daewoo Royals, scoring eight goals...

1995–2003 271 104 38%
5 Yoon Sang-Chul
Yoon Sang-Chul
Yoon Sang-Chul is a South Korea football former player.He played only one club Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso that predecessor of FC Seoul.He was famous for first 100 goal scorer in K-League...

1988–1997 300 101 34%
6 Shin Tae-Yong 1992–2004 401 99 25%
7 Lee Dong-Gook
Lee Dong-Gook
Lee Dong-Gook is a South Korean football striker, who plays for Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors in K-League.-Early career:Lee started playing football for Pohang Steelers, where due to his outstanding performance in his first season, he managed to make his debut for the South Korean national team making...

1998–Present 219 86 39%
8 Kim Eun-Jung
Kim Eun-Jung
Kim Eun-Jung is a South Korean footballer who plays as a striker for Gangwon FC in K-League.He played in the South Korea national team at 2004 AFC Asian Cup in China.He is member of 30-30 Club since 3 May 2008 at K-League....

1997–2008 300 80 27%
9 Roh Sang-Rae 1995–2004 246 76 31%
10 Lee Won-Sik
Lee Won-Sik
Lee Won-Sik is former South Korean football player for mostly Bucheon SK in South Korea.He is currently playing for the N-League side Cheonan City FC....

1996–2006 270 73 27%

Soviet Union
Soviet Top League
The Soviet Top League since 1970 was officially known as the Supreme League serving as the top division of Soviet Union football since 1936.It was one of the best football leagues in Europe ranking second among the UEFA members in 1988-1989 seasons...

Name Years Matches Goals (%)
Oleg Blokhin
Oleg Blokhin
Oleh Volodymyrovych "Oleg" Blokhin is a Ukrainian football coach and current head coach of the Ukrainian national team. Blokhin was formerly a standout striker for Dynamo Kyiv and the Soviet national team...

1969-87 432 211 49%
Alexander Ponomarev 1938-52 249 152 61%
Nikita Simonyan 1946-59 267 144 54%
Sergei Solovyov
Sergei Solovyov (footballer)
Sergei Aleksandrovich Solovyov was a Soviet professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Top League in 1939 for FC Dynamo Leningrad...

1939-52 226 143 63%
Grigori Fedotov 1937-49 169 132 78%
Eduard Markarov
Eduard Markarov
Eduard Artyomovich Markarov is an Armenian football manager and former player. He is Jewish. He managed the Armenia national team in 1992-1994 period. He also played for the USSR national team, earning 3 caps and participated in the 1966 FIFA World Cup...

1961-75 370 129 35%
Avtandil Gogoberidze
Avtandil Gogoberidze
Avtandil Nikolayevich Gogoberidze was a Georgian Soviet football player. He was a Grigory Fedotov club member...

1945-61 341 128 38%
Oleg Protasov
Oleg Protasov
Oleh Valeriyovych Protasov is a former football striker. He was a key member of the Soviet Union national team throughout the 1980s; his 29 goals for the Soviet Union are second in the team's history, behind Oleh Blokhin's 42...

1982-90 218 125 57%
Valentin Ivanov
Valentin Kozmich Ivanov
Valentin Kozmich Ivanov was a football winger/striker, co-leading scorer at the 1962 World Cup and co-1960 European Nations' Cup top scorer.Ivanov appeared 59 times for the Soviet Union, scoring 26 goals...

1953-66 287 124 43%
Ramaz Shengelia
Ramaz Shengelia
Ramaz Aleksandrovich Shengelia is a former Georgian footballer. He won 26 caps and scored 10 goals for the USSR national football team, and played in the 1982 FIFA World Cup.-Honours:*Soviet Top League Champion: 1978...

1977-88 283 120 42%

Spain
La Liga
The Primera División of the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional , commonly known as La Liga or, for sponsorship reasons, Liga BBVA since 2008, is the top professional association football division of the Spanish football league system...

Name Years Matches Goals (%)
Telmo Zarra 1939-55 277 251 91%
Hugo Sánchez
Hugo Sánchez
Hugo Sánchez Márquez , popularly nicknamed Pentapichichi, or Hugol, is a Mexican football coach and former striker. He played for four European clubs, including Real Madrid. Sanchez is considered the first highly talented Mexican player. He was also a member of the Mexico national team, and...

1981-92, 93-94 347 234 67%
Raúl
Raúl González
Raúl González Blanco , known simply as Raúl, is a Spanish footballer who plays as a striker. He currently plays for German club Schalke 04....

1994–2010 550 228 42%
Alfredo di Stéfano
Alfredo Di Stéfano
Alfredo Stéfano Di Stéfano Laulhé, born into a family of Italian immigrants from Capri, is a former Argentinian footballer and coach, widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time...

1953-66 329 227 69%
César Rodríguez
César Rodríguez Álvarez
César Rodríguez Álvarez , sometimes known as just César, was a Spanish football forward and manager....

1939-55 353 226 64%
Quini
Quini
Enrique Castro González , aka Quini, is a retired Spanish footballer who played as a striker.In a career totally connected with Sporting de Gijón and FC Barcelona, he was widely regarded as one of the country's best strikers, having won a total of seven Pichichi Trophy awards, five of those in La...

1970-75, 77-84 448 219 49%
Pahiño
Pahiño
Manuel Fernández Fernández , commonly referred to as Pahiño, is a former Spanish footballer who played for Celta de Vigo, Real Madrid, Deportivo de La Coruña and Spain during the 1940s and 1950s...

1943-56 278 210 76%
Mundo
Edmundo Suarez
Edmundo Suárez Trabanco was a Spanish footballer and coach. He was born in Baracaldo. He played center-forward for Valencia CF for most of his career except for his last season where he played with CD Alcoyano....

1939-51 231 195 84%
Carlos Santillana 1971-89 461 186 40%
Guillermo Gorostiza 1929-46 257 185 72%

Sweden
Allsvenskan
Allsvenskan is a Swedish professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the Swedish football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with Superettan...

Rank Name Years Goals
1 Sven Jonasson
Sven Jonasson
Sven Jonasson was a Swedish football striker. He was born in Borås and died in Varberg.He played for IF Elfsborg and the Sweden national football team, for whom he appeared in the 1934 and 1938 World Cups. He scored two goals in 1934 and one in 1938...

1927-47 252
2 Carl-Erik Holmberg
Carl-Erik Holmberg
Carl-Erik Holmberg was a Swedish football forward who played for Sweden in the 1934 FIFA World Cup. He also played for Örgryte IS.-References:...

1924-39 194
3 Filip Johansson
Filip Johansson
Filip Johansson was a famous Swedish football striker born in Surte north of Gothenburg. He was nicknamed Svarte-Filip, meaning Black-Filip. The name itself referring to the pitch black colour of his hair...

1924-36 182
4 Harry Lundahl
Harry Lundahl
Harry Lundahl was a Swedish football player and manager. He is most famous for his time playing for Helsingborgs IF.-References:...

1924-38 179
5 Bertil Johansson
Bertil Johansson
Bertil "Bebben" Johansson is a former Swedish football striker and football manager.After starting his career playing for the local club Sävedalens IF, he joined IFK Göteborg in 1955 and won a Swedish Championship with the club...

1954-68 162
6 Harry Bild
Harry Bild
Harry Bild is a former Swedish footballer.-Career:Born in Växjö he was transferred to IFK Norrköping during the 50's. He turned professional for FC Zürich in Switzerland and for Feyenoord in the Netherlands, scoring 39 goals in 52 games. He turned back to Östers IF in 1967 and won the Swedish...

1956-73 162
7 Sven Rydell
Sven Rydell
Sven Åke Albert Rydell was a Swedish football player, the all-time leading scorer for the Swedish national team....

1924-34 156
8 Gunnar Nordahl
Gunnar Nordahl
Gunnar Nordahl was a Swedish football player, best known for his play in AC Milan 1949-1956.-Sweden:...

1940-49 151
9 Tore Keller
Tore Keller
Tore Keller was a Swedish football striker.He was a member of the Swedish team, which won the bronze medal in the football tournament ath the 1924 Summer Olympics....

1924-40 150
10 Knut Kroon
Knut Kroon
Knut Kroon "Knutte" was a Swedish footballer. He played as a striker.-Career:Kroon began his career in Stattena IF. In 1925, he moved to the nearby club Helsingborgs IF where he made 516 appearances and scored 318 goals...

1925-42 140

Switzerland
Swiss Super League
The Swiss Super League or Axpo Super League is the top tier of the Swiss Football League. The Swiss Super League is currently ranked 16th according to UEFA's ranking of league coefficients, which is based upon Swiss team performances in European competitions.-Names:-Participating clubs:The teams...

Rank Name Years Matches Goals (%)
1 Jacques Fatton
Jacques Fatton
Jacques "Jacky" Fatton was a Swiss footballer.-Career:Fatton, who was born in Exincourt, France, was capped 53 times and scored 29 goals for the Switzerland national football team. He played in two FIFA World Cups, scoring twice in 1950 and once in 1954.During his club career, Fatton played for...

1944–1960 358 274 77%
2 Eugen Meier
Eugen Meier
Eugen Meier was a Swiss footballer born in Schaffhausen.During his club career he played for FC Schaffhausen and BSC Young Boys. He earned 42 caps and scored 3 goals for the Switzerland national football team from 1953 to 1962, and participated in the 1954 FIFA World Cup and the 1962 FIFA World Cup....

1951–1965 320 249 78%
3 Josef Hügi
Josef Hügi
Josef "Sepp" Hügi was a Swiss international footballer who played as a striker during the late 1940s, 1950s and early 1960s....

1948–1963 322 244 76%
4 Lauro Amadò
Lauro Amadò
Lauro Amadò , aka Lajo, was a Swiss football player.- Career :Amadò was born in Lugano. He played 54 international games for the Switzerland national football team and scored 21 goals...

1932–1949 355 243 68%
5 Charles Antenen
Charles Antenen
Charles Antenen was a Swiss football player, who was nicknamed Kiki.-Career:...

1945–1965 444 233 52%
6 Peter Risi
Peter Risi
Peter Risi was a Swiss footballer who played at both professional and international levels as a striker.-Career:...

1970–1984 369 217 59%
7 Alessandro Frigerio
Alessandro Frigerio
Alessandro "Mucho" Frigerio is a former Swiss-Colombian footballer.-References:*...

1933–1949 264 211 80%
8 Alfred Bickel
Alfred Bickel
Alfred Bickel, also referred to as Fredy Bickel was a Swiss football player and coach...

1934–1957 405 202 50%
9 Fritz Künzli
Fritz Künzli
Friedrich "Fritz" Künzli is a retired Swiss football striker.He got 42 caps and 16 goals for Switzerland between 17 October 1965 and 16 November 1977...

1964–1978 313 201 64%
10 Robert Ballaman
Robert Ballaman
Robert Ballaman was a Swiss footballer.-Career:Ballaman earned 50 caps and scored 18 goals for the Switzerland national football team...

1944–1963 ? 194 ?

Turkey

Rank Name Years Matches Goals (%)
1 Hakan Sükür
Hakan Sükür
Hakan Şükür is a retired Turkish footballer who played as a striker. He spent the majority of his professional career with Galatasaray, being a three-time Gol Kralı , representing the club in three different spells and winning a total of 14 major titles.Şükür represented Turkey a...

1987–2008 485 249 51%
2 Tanju Çolak 1982–1993 276 240 87%
3 Hami Mandirali
Hami Mandirali
Hami Mandıralı was a Turkish footballer. He played for Trabzonspor nearly all of his career, and is one of the most famous and talented Turkish footballers of all time.-Career:...

1985–2003 465 219 47%
4 Metin Oktay
Metin Oktay
Metin Oktay nicknamed the Uncrowned King by Galatasaray fans, was a legendary Turkish footballer and one of the most successful goalscorers in Turkey....

1959–1969 252 217 86%
5 Aykut Kocaman
Aykut Kocaman
Aykut Kocaman is a former Turkish footballer in the striker position and current manager of Fenerbahçe. He is the first person in the club's history to have won the Süper Lig in his playing and managerial career...

1984–2000 352 200 56%
6 Feyyaz Uçar
Feyyaz Uçar
Feyyaz Uçar is a former footballer, as a striker, and more recently a coach.Uçar started to play football at Avcılar Spor Klübü. Attracted various scouts, he has been added to Beşiktaş juvenile team costing for just new outfits for Avcılar...

1982–1996 375 191 51%
7 Serkan Aykut
Serkan Aykut
Serkan Aykut is a former Turkish footballer. He plays in the striker position.Aykut started to play at Samsunspor. After becoming top scorer with 30 goals in the season 1999-2000, he transferred to Galatasaray SK for $ 5.9 million...

1993–2006 337 188 56%
8 Fevzi Zemzem
Fevzi Zemzem
Fevzi Zemzem is a former professional football player from Turkey.-Professional football career:Zemzem was top scorer in the Turkish Super Lig during the 1967–68 season.*Nickname: Bulldozer*Played for Göztepe for 14 years....

1960–1974 356 144 40%
9 Cenk İşler
Cenk Isler
Cenk Işler is a Turkish international footballer who plays as a forward for Bucaspor in the Süper Lig.-External links:*...

1992–Present 345 137 40%
10 Ümit Karan
Ümit Karan
Ümit Karan is a retired Turkish football player.He formerly played for Gençlerbirliği S.K., Ankaraspor, Galatasaray and Eskişehirspor.-Club career:...

1996–Present 353 136 39%

Ukraine
Ukrainian Premier League
The Ukrainian Premier League is the highest division of Ukrainian annual football championship. As the Supreme League it was founded in 1991 after the fold of the Soviet Union's Vysshaya Liga. In 2008 it was reformed into a more autonomous entity of the Football Federation of Ukraine and changed...

Rank Name Years Matches Goals (%)
1 Serhiy Rebrov
Serhiy Rebrov
Serhiy Stanislavovych Rebrov is a retired Ukrainian football forward turned midfielder, currently assistant coach at Dynamo Kyiv reserves team. Rebrov gained international fame as an attacking partner of Andriy Shevchenko at Dynamo Kyiv throughout the 1990s and remains top all-time scorer of the...

1992–2007 261 123 47%
2 Maksim Shatskikh
Maksim Shatskikh
Maksim Aleksandrovich Shatskikh , is an Uzbek professional footballer who plays for Arsenal Kyiv in the Ukrainian Premier League....

1999–Present 222 100 45%
3 Andriy Vorobei
Andriy Vorobei
Andriy Oleksiyovych Vorobey is a Ukrainian footballer who currently plays as a striker for Metalist Kharkiv.- Shakhtar Donetsk :...

1997–Present 282 99 35%
4 Oleksandr Haidash
Oleksandr Haidash
Oleksandr Mykolayovych Haydash is a former Ukrainian professional football striker who played for FC Shakhtar Donetsk, SC Tavriya Simferopol and FC Metalurh Mariupol' in Ukraine and Sarıyer G.K. in the Turkish Süper Lig. As of 2007, he is the leading goal-scorer in the Ukrainian Premier League...

1992–2003 259 95 37%
5 Serhiy Mizin
Serhiy Mizin
Serhiy Hryhorovych Mizin is a former Ukrainian professional football midfielder who played for FC Dynamo Kyiv, FC CSKA Kyiv, FC Chornomorets Odesa, FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, FC Karpaty Lviv, FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih, FC Metalist Kharkiv and FC Arsenal Kyiv in Ukrainian Premier League...

1992–2007 342 90 26%
6 Timerlan Huseinov
Timerlan Huseinov
Tymerlan Rustamovych Huseynov is a former Ukrainian footballer now sporting director. Huseinov was Ukrainian Premier League's top goalscorer in 1993–94 and 1995–96 seasons scoring 18 and 20 goals respectively.- Playing career :...

1992–2000 215 85 40%
7 Oleksandr Kosyrin
Oleksandr Kosyrin
Oleksandr Mykhaylovych Kosyrin is a professional footballer currently playing for FC Dniester Ovidiopol. He is also a member of the Ukrainian national football team.-Club career:...

1999–Present 230 83 36%
8 Oleh Matviiv 1992–2002 210 81 39%
9 Oleksandr Palyanytsia
Oleksandr Palyanytsia
Oleksandr Palyanytsya is a former Ukrainian player.-External links:*...

1992–2003 260 79 30%
10 Valentyn Poltavets
Valentyn Poltavets
Valentyn Poltavets, , is a Ukrainian football midfielder currently playing for FC Dniester Ovidiopol.-Honours as player:* Swiss Cup Winner: 2003/04* Ukrainian Premier League Runner-up: bronze : 2000–01, 2005–06-External links:*...

1994–2007 322 77 24%

Uruguay

Rank Name Years Matches Goals (%)
1 Fernando Morena
Fernando Morena
Fernando Morena Belora is a retired football striker from Uruguay. His most known nicknames were "Nando" and "Potrillo", and he is the all-time top goalscorer in the history of the Uruguayan Primera with 230 goals in 244 games...

1969–1984 244 230 94%
2 Atilio García
Atilio García
Atilio Ceferino García was an Argentine-Uruguayan football striker who is the second highest goalscorer in the history of Uruguayan football...

1938–1950 210 208 99%
3 Héctor Scarone
Héctor Scarone
Héctor Pedro Scarone Beretta was a Uruguayan football striker. He went on for many years Since 1930 to holds the record as the all-time leading scorer with 31 goals in 52 games between 1917 and 1930 for the Uruguayan national team...

1916–1934 191 163 85%
4 Pablo Terevinto 1920–1931 157 124 79%
5 Alberto Spencer
Alberto Spencer
Alberto Pedro Spencer Herrera was an Ecuadorian football player, regarded as the best of his country. He is probably best known for his still-standing record for scoring the most goals in the Copa Libertadores, the most important club tournament in South America...

1960–1970 166 113 68%
6 René Borjas
René Borjas
René Borjas was an Uruguayan football player who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics.He was a member of the Uruguayan team, which won the gold medal in the football tournament....

1920–1931 199 109 55%
7 Héctor Castro
Héctor Castro
Héctor Castro was a Uruguayan football player and coach.-Early life:Castro was born in Montevideo...

1921–1936 181 107 59%
8 Oscar Míguez
Oscar Míguez
Óscar Omar Miguez Antón was a Uruguayan footballer. He was part of the Uruguay team in the 1950 and 1954 World Cups, where he played as a striker, and is Uruguay's all-time record World Cup goalscorer with eight goals....

1948–1960 137 107 78%
9 Pedro Petrone
Pedro Petrone
Pedro Petrone Schiavone , nicknamed Artillero was a Uruguayan footballer in the striker role. His nickname Artillero, meaning artilleryman or gunner in reference to his amazing goalscoring prowess....

1923–1933 97 103 106%
10 Peregrino Anselmo
Peregrino Anselmo
Juan Peregrino Anselmo was a striker for Uruguay who was a member of the champion squad at the 1930 FIFA World Cup, as he scored 3 goals in the tournament, including 2 in the semi-finals. He also won the gold medal with Uruguay at the 1928 Summer Olympics. He was a player and later coach of C.A....

1922–1935 180 102 57%

USA

MLS
Major League Soccer
Major League Soccer is a professional soccer league based in the United States and sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation . The league is composed of 19 teams — 16 in the U.S. and 3 in Canada...

 (Stats correct through Matches of 23 October 2011)
Rank Name Years Matches Goals (%)
1 Jeff Cunningham
Jeff Cunningham
Jeff Cunningham is a Jamaican-born American soccer player who played on multiple Major League Soccer teams. He is the MLS all-time leader in goals scored with 134.-College:...

1998–Present 365 134 37%
2 Jaime Moreno
Jaime Moreno
Jaime Moreno Morales is a former Bolivian footballer now serving as Youth Academy Technical Training Coach for D.C. United in Major League Soccer, and as the head coach of D.C. United's U-23 side....

1996–2010 340 133 39%
3 Landon Donovan
Landon Donovan
Landon Timothy Donovan is an American soccer player for the Los Angeles Galaxy in Major League Soccer in the United States. He usually plays as a withdrawn forward, and can also be used as an attacking midfielder on either wing....

2001–Present 255 115 45%
4 Ante Razov
Ante Razov
Ante Razov is a retired American soccer player of Croatian descent who last played for Chivas USA in Major League Soccer.-Club:...

1996–2009 262 114 44%
5 Jason Kreis
Jason Kreis
Jason Clarence Kreis is an American soccer coach and former player. He is currently the head coach of Real Salt Lake in Major League Soccer....

1996-2007 305 108 35%
6 Taylor Twellman
Taylor Twellman
Taylor Twellman is a retired American soccer player who currently works as a television analyst for the Philadelphia Union and ESPN soccer.-Youth and College:Taylor was raised in St...

2002–2010 174 101 58%
7 Dwayne De Rosario
Dwayne De Rosario
Dwayne Anthony De Rosario is a Canadian soccer player who currently plays for D.C. United in Major League Soccer. He also plays for the Canadian national team.-Early career:...

2001-current 274 93 34%
8 Edson Buddle
Edson Buddle
Edson Buddle is an American soccer player who currently plays for Ingolstadt 04 in Second Bundesliga, the second-highest level of competition of soccer in Germany. Buddle previously spent his entire career in North America, beginning in 2000 with the Long Island Rough Riders, who played in the USL...

2001–2010 231 90 39%
9 Carlos Ruiz 2002-2008, 2011 169 88 52%
10 Roy Lassiter
Roy Lassiter
Roy Lassiter is a retired American soccer striker, and Major League Soccer's record holder for goals scored in a season, with 27 in 1996.-Early life:...

1996-2002 179 88 49%


Totals top level (ASL
American Soccer League
The American Soccer League has been a name used by three different professional soccer leagues in the United States. The first American Soccer League was established in 1921 by the merger of teams from the National Association Football League and the Southern New England Soccer League. For...

+NASL
North American Soccer League
North American Soccer League was a professional soccer league with teams in the United States and Canada that operated from 1968 to 1984.-History:...

+MLS
Major League Soccer
Major League Soccer is a professional soccer league based in the United States and sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation . The league is composed of 19 teams — 16 in the U.S. and 3 in Canada...

)
Rank Name Years Matches Goals (%)
1 Archie Stark
Archie Stark
Archibald “Archie” Stark was a U.S. soccer forward who became the dominant player in U.S. leagues during the 1920s and 1930s. He spent nine seasons in the National Association Football League and another twelve in the American Soccer League. He also earned two caps, scoring five goals, as a...

 (ASL)
1921–1931 293 253 86%
2 Johnny Nelson
John Nelson (soccer)
Johnny Nelson was a Scottish American soccer center forward who ended his career as the second leading scorer in the history of the first American Soccer League...

 (ASL)
1923–1931 250 223 89%
3 Giorgio Chinaglia
Giorgio Chinaglia
Giorgio Chinaglia is a former football striker from Italy. He grew up and played his early football in Cardiff, Wales and began his career with Swansea Town in 1964. A year later at age 19, Chinaglia returned to Italy to play for Massese, and then Internapoli, before joining S.S. Lazio in 1969...

 (NASL)
1976–1983 213 193 91%
4 Davey Brown
Davey Brown
David “Davey” Brown is a former U.S. soccer forward. He spent most of his career playing for teams in New Jersey and New York, gaining his greatest fame with the New York Giants...

 (ASL)
1921–1931 276 189 68%
5 Bill Paterson
Bill Paterson (footballer born 1898)
Bill Paterson was a Scottish football center forward. He began his career in Scotland before moving to England in 1925. In 1926, he joined the American Soccer League where he led the league in scoring in the fall 1929 season.Paterson spent time with Cowdenbeath F.C...

 (ASL)
1926–1931 196 152 78%
6 Andy Stevens
Andy Stevens
Andy Stevens was an English-Canadian soccer center forward who began and ended his career in Canada with six seasons in the American Soccer League...

 (ASL)
1924–1930 177 150 85%
7 Jerry Best
Jerry Best
Jeremiah 'Jerry' Best was an English football player who began his career in England before moving to the American Soccer League. He led the league in scoring in 1930. In 1931, he returned to England where he finished his career. He was born in Mickley, England.Best began his professional career...

 (ASL)
1924–1931 232 138 59%
8 Bart McGhee
Bart McGhee
Bartholomew “Bertie” or “Bart” McGhee was an American soccer forward who typically played left wing forward. He played for the United States men's national soccer team at the 1930 FIFA World Cup, and scored the second goal in World Cup history against Belgium. He was inducted into the U.S...

 (ASL)
1922–1931 350 137 39%
9 Harold Brittan (ASL) 1921–1928 168 135 80%
10 Jeff Cunningham
Jeff Cunningham
Jeff Cunningham is a Jamaican-born American soccer player who played on multiple Major League Soccer teams. He is the MLS all-time leader in goals scored with 134.-College:...

 (MLS)
1998–Present 365 134 37%

Uzbekistan
Uzbek League
The Uzbekistan Professional Football League , is the top division of football in Uzbekistan, and is operated under the auspices of the Uzbekistan Football Federation.-Soviet time champions:*1926 : FC Tashkent*1927 : FC Tashkent*1928 : FC Fergana...

Rank Name Years Matches Goals (%)
1 Zafar Xolmurodov 1997–Present ? 176 ?
2 Ravshan Bozorov
Ravshan Bozorov
Ravshan Bozorov is a former footballer and football trainer from Uzbekistan. He played in the position of forward. Bozorov is on of the best top goalscorers in the history of uzbek football with 316 goals in all tournaments and various leagues.-Club career:During his career he played for many...

1992–2007 ? 171 ?
3 Umid Isoqov 1994–Present ? 163 ?
4 Bakhtiyor Hamidullaev
Bakhtiyor Hamidullaev
Bakhtiyor Hamidullaev Bakhtiyor Hamidullaev Bakhtiyor Hamidullaev (born 7 March 1978 in Andijan, USSR (now Uzbekistan) is a former Uzbek football player.-Uzbekistan national team:Bakhtiyor Hamidullaev achieved 4 caps as Uzbekistan national football team player...

1997–Present ? 159 ?
5 Oybek Usmonxo'jayev 1992–2005 ? 157 ?
6 Shuhrat Mirxoldirshayev 2000–Present ? 157 ?
7 Jafar Irismetov
Jafar Irismetov
Jafar Irismetov is an Uzbekistan footballer currently playing for FK Samarqand-Dinamo.He has won 33 caps and scored 18 goals for the Uzbekistan national football team between 1997 and 2001 .*-Club: Dustlik Tashkent...

1993–2003 206 156 76%
8 Anvar Berdiyev 1995–Present ? 140 ?
9 Rustam Do'rmonov 1992–2002 ? 133 ?
10 Farid Xabibullin 1992–2004 ? 130 ?

Venezuela

Rank Name Years Goals
1 Juan Enrique García 1988–Present 262
2 Rafael Castellín 1992–Present 164
3 Cristian Cásseres
Cristian Cásseres
Cristian Alfonso Cásseres is a Venezuelan football striker who made a total number of 28 appearances for the Venezuela national team between 1999 and 2008, who actually plays for Real Esppor Club. He started his professional career at Estudiantes de Mérida in 1996. Cásseres also played in...

1996–Present 119
4 Alexander Rondón
Alexander Rondón
Alexander Rondón Heredia is an Venezuelan football striker. He currently plays for Aragua FC, and has played over 44 times for the Venezuela national team since his debut in 1999.-Club career:...

1998–Present 114
5 Ruberth Morán
Ruberth Morán
Dickson Ruberth Morán Puelo is a retired Venezuelan football striker. He has played 65 times for the Venezuela national team scoring 15 goals, making him the 3rd all time top scorer in the history of Venezuelan international football.Morán has played professional club football in a number of...

1993–2009 111
6 Wilfredo Moreno ? 101
7 Alexis Chirinos ?-Present 84
8 Dionny Guerra ? 72
9 Daniel Delfino
Daniel Delfino
Daniel Alejandro Delfino is a retired football striker from Argentina, who played for several clubs in South America during his career.-Club career:...

2001–Present 70
10 Johnny Carneiro ?-Present 69

Wales

Rank Name Years Matches Goals (%)
1 Marc Lloyd Williams
Marc Lloyd Williams
Marc Lloyd-Williams is a retired Welsh footballer. He is the Welsh Premier League's all-time top scorer, with over 300 goals.Lloyd-Williams was born in Bangor, and brought up in Llanberis...

1992–Present 468 319 68%
2 Rhys Griffiths
Rhys Griffiths (footballer)
Rhys Griffiths is a Welsh footballer, currently playing for the Welsh Premier League club Llanelli. He is also the captain of the club.Griffiths is a six-time winner of the Welsh Premier Golden Boot award...

2001–Present 291 213 73%
3 Chris Summers 1992–2006 275 177 64%
4 John Toner 1997–2010 346 161 47%
5 Graham Evans 1995–2010 349 157 46%
6 Stuart Rain 1992–2007 390 150 38%
7 Paul Roberts
Paul Roberts (footballer)
Paul Roberts is an English former professional footballer who played as a full back, making over 400 appearances in the Football League.-Career:...

1993–2010 347 147 43%
8 Kevin Morrison 1992–2001 233 140 60%
9 Eifion Williams
Eifion Williams
Eifion Wyn Williams is a Welsh footballer who plays for Jarrow Roofing as a midfielder/striker after coming out of retirement. He has recently retired whilst playing for Wrexham...

1995–1999 135 131 97%
10 Ken McKenna
Ken McKenna (football manager)
Kenneth "Ken" McKenna is an English former professional footballer and manager, currently assistant manager of Football League Two side Morecambe.-Playing career:...

1994–2005 188 127 68%
10 Danny Barton 1997–2007 268 127 47%

Yemen
Yemeni League
Yemeni League is the top division of the Yemen Football Association, it was created in 1990 after the unification of North and South Yemen. It was decided to set up a 4-level league system: Premier, First, Second and Third divisions....

Rank Name Years Goals
1 Adel Al-Salimi
Adel Al-Salimi
Adel Al-Salimi is a Yemeni football striker who is currently playing for Al-Ahli San'a'، Yemen's top scorer - three times a season: 1997/98, 1999/00, 2001/02, and is the all-time leading scorer in the history of the Yemeni League-Club:Al-Ahli San'a*Yemeni League: 3*Yemeni President Cup: 2*Yemeni...

1997–2011 140

Yugoslavia
Yugoslav First League
The Yugoslav First League was the premier football league in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and socialist Yugoslavia...

Rank Name Years Matches Goals (%)
1 Slobodan Santrac
Slobodan Santrac
Slobodan Santrač is a retired Serbian football player and currently manager of Chinese Super League side Shaanxi Renhe Commercial Chanba F.C.....

1962–1977 364 218 60%
2 Darko Pančev
Darko Pancev
Darko Pančev is a retired Yugoslav and Macedonian footballer, and winner of the Golden Boot award in 1991.-Club career:Pančev was the highest scorer in top-division European football in the 1990–91 season with 34 goals, and should have won the European Golden Boot award...

1982–1992 243 168 69%
3 Dušan Bajević
Dušan Bajevic
Dušan Bajević is a Bosnian football manager and former Yugoslav international.-Playing career:...

1963–1983 322 166 52%
4 Bora Kostić
Bora Kostic
Borivoje "Bora" Kostić was a former Serbian footballer.During his club career he played for Red Star Belgrade, Lanerossi Vicenza and St. Louis Stars. He earned 33 caps and 26 goals for the Yugoslavia national football team, and participated in the 1960 European Nations' Cup...

1951–1966 258 158 61%
5 Frane Matošić
Frane Matošic
Frane Matošić was a Croatian football player and coach. Born in Split, he played on the position of the striker.He was the best goalscorer of HNK Hajduk Split of all times and its biggest football player legend....

1935–1956 ? 149 ?
6 Todor Veselinovic 1948–1968 227 145 64%
7 Stjepan Bobek
Stjepan Bobek
Stjepan Bobek was a football striker from Yugoslavia, and later a football manager. An ethnic Croat, Bobek started playing at a very young age and had spells with several clubs in Zagreb but is mainly remembered for his time at the Serbian side Partizan Belgrade, where he moved to following the...

1945–1958 201 129 64%
8 Zoran Prljinčević ? ? 129 ?
9 Dušan Savić
Dušan Savic
Dušan "Dule" Savić is a Serbian former football player.He started playing football in the local side Jedinstvo Ub in his home town.-Club career:...

1973–1983 202 120 59%
10 Dragan Džajić
Dragan Džajic
Dragan Džajić is widely considered to have been one of the best Serbian football players to emerge from former Yugoslavia. Regarded as a preeminent and very proficient left winger, he is strongly reputed to have been one of the finest European players of his generation...

1961–1978 305 113 37%
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