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
Argentina
Armenia
Australia
Not the all time list, as it does not include NSL
statistics, only A-League
statistics.
Totals top level
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Bolivia
Brazil
The Campeonato Brasileiro (with this name and format), began in 1971, almost after the career of many players (like Pelé
, who played until 1974).
Bulgaria
China
Colombia
Cyprus
Czechoslovakia
Czech Republic
Czech Gambrinus Liga (since 1993)
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)
Denmark
Totals top level
Superliga only
Ecuador
Egypt
England
Estonia
Finland
Georgia
France
West Germany/Germany
Totals Top level
Bundesliga
only (since 1963)
East Germany
Greece
Honduras
Players in bold are still active in the league
The goals are only from the "Iranian Football League" Seasons
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Japan
J. League Div 1
Totals top level
Kyrgyzstan
Lithuania
Note: Remigijus Pocius scored 176, Darius Maciulevičius - 117, Eimantas Poderis - 105, Vidas Dančenka - 93 goals including Lithuanian SSR
league and Baltic League
.
Luxembourg
Malta
Mexico
Morocco
Netherlands
Northern Ireland
(as of 31 October 2010)
Norway
Pakistan
Panama
Paraguay
Portugal
Russia
Serbia
South Korea
(These stats include League and League Cup)
Soviet Union
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Ukraine
(Stats correct through Matches of 23 October 2011)
Totals top level (ASL
+NASL
+MLS
)
Uzbekistan
Yemen
Yugoslavia
AlbaniaAlbanian Superliga 20 All-time Top Scorers- Albanian Championship 20 Top scorers of all time :...
Name | Years | Goals | Clubs |
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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+) |
ArgentinaPrimera División Argentina topscorersThis 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 |
ArmeniaArmeniaArmenia , 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% |
AustraliaA-LeagueThe 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 NSLNSL
- 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% |
AzerbaijanAzerbaijanAzerbaijan , 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% |
BelarusBelarusian 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 | (%) |
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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% |
BoliviaBoliviaBolivia 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 |
BrazilCampeonato Brasileiro Série AThe 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 PeléPelé
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 |
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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 |
BulgariaBulgarian A Professional Football GroupThe 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 | (%) |
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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 | (%) |
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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 | ? |
ChinaChinese Super LeagueThe 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% |
ColombiaColombiaColombia, 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 |
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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 | (%) |
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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 | (%) |
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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% |
CyprusCypriot First DivisionThe 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 | (%) |
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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% |
CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovak First LeagueThe 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 | (%) |
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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 RepublicGambrinus LigaThe 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 | (%) |
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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 | (%) |
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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 | ? |
DenmarkDanish SuperligaThe 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 | (%) |
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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 | (%) |
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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% |
EcuadorEcuadorEcuador , 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 |
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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 |
EgyptEgyptian Premier LeagueThe 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 |
EnglandFootball in EnglandAssociation 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...
EstoniaMeistriliigaMeistriliiga 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 |
FinlandVeikkausliigaVeikkausliiga 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 |
GeorgiaUmaglesi LigaThe 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% |
FranceLigue 1Ligue 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/GermanyFootball in GermanyAssociation 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 GermanyDDR-OberligaThe 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 |
GreeceSuper League GreeceThe 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 |
HondurasLiga Nacional de Futbol de HondurasLiga 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 | (%) |
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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, 2011No. | 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 |
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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 |
IrelandLeague of IrelandThe 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 |
IsraelFootball in IsraelFootball 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 |
ItalySerie ASerie 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% |
JapanFootball in JapanAssociation 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 1J. 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 |
KyrgyzstanKyrgyzstan LeagueKyrgyzstan 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 |
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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 |
LithuaniaA LygaThe 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...
.
LuxembourgLuxembourg National DivisionThe 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 |
MaltaMaltese Premier LeagueThe 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 |
MexicoPrimera División de MéxicoThe 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 |
MoroccoMoroccoMorocco , 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 |
NetherlandsEredivisieThe 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 IrelandIFA PremiershipThe 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% |
NorwayTippeligaenTippeligaen 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% |
PakistanPakistan Premier LeagueThe 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% |
PanamaPanamaPanama , 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 |
ParaguayParaguayParaguay , 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% |
PortugalPortuguese LigaThe 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% |
RussiaRussian Premier LeagueThe 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% |
SerbiaSerbian SuperligaSerbian 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...
Rank | Player | Goals |
---|---|---|
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 KoreaK-LeagueThe 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 | (%) |
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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 UnionSoviet Top LeagueThe 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% |
SpainLa LigaThe 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 | (%) |
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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% |
SwedenAllsvenskanAllsvenskan 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 |
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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 |
SwitzerlandSwiss Super LeagueThe 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 | (%) |
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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 | (%) |
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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% |
UkraineUkrainian Premier LeagueThe 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 | (%) |
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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 | (%) |
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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
MLSMajor 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 | (%) |
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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...
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Rank | Name | Years | Matches | Goals | (%) |
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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% |
UzbekistanUzbek LeagueThe 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 | (%) |
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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 |
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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 | (%) |
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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% |
YemenYemeni LeagueYemeni 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 |
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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 |
YugoslaviaYugoslav First LeagueThe Yugoslav First League was the premier football league in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and socialist Yugoslavia...
Rank | Name | Years | Matches | Goals | (%) |
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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% |