In a new feature in Fan Park, we look at the all time best of the best... From the best strikers to the best defenders. This week, we will only focus on one position and this is the men that score the goals.
It is quite hard to cut down the list of best all-time strikers to ten as there are a remarkable number of great strikers in the world, but we managed to do so!
Romario – Played for Vasco da Gama
Romario took Brazil to the 1994 World Cup triumph, winning the golden ball in the tournament. In the same year, he was named the FIFA Player of the Year. Romario played for quite a number of clubs, including Barcelona and PSV Eindhoven, though he is mainly tied to Vasco da Gama. He has 70 caps for the national team with 55 goals, becoming the third all-time highest goal scorer for his team. Romario has over a 1000 goals to his name.
Marco van Basten - Played for AC Milan and Ajax
Marco van Basten had a successful spell at Ajax and Milan. At Ajax he won the Dutch Championships and the Dutch Cups twice each with van Basten leading the attack. The Dutch striker was the top scorer in the 1988 tournament of the European Championship, where he won the Ballon d'Or thrice and was the FIFA World Player of the Year in 1992.
Alfredo di Stefano - Played for Real Madrid
Alfredo di Stefano is mainly remembered for his contribution during Real Madrid's dominance in the European Cups after its inception in 1955. In this time, Di Stefano emerged the European Cup top scorer twice, in 1958 and 1962. He is the second Real Madrid's all-time leading goalscorer with 305 goals from 392 appearances. He also won the Ballon d'Or in 1957 and 1959. At the international level, he has represented Argentina, Spain and Colombia.
Arthur Friedenreich – Played for Germania and Sao Paulo
Arthur Friedenreich scored 1329 goals in 1239 appearances over his 26-year career. However, the reported number of goals has been a point of discussion with some claiming he scored 1239 goals in 1329 games.
Fernando Peyroteo – Played for Sporting
Fernando Peyroteo played for Sporting in the 1940's and scored 331 goals in 187 matches setting the ratio at 1.68. It was a common feature for the striker to score multiple times in a game, at one time he managed to score nine in one match. Peyroteo played for just one club in his entire career and won eleven major titles with the club and was the league's top scorer six times. He scored 14 goals for Portugal in 20 matches.
Tune in tomorrow for our next five strikers that have made our all time list. Which five do you think will make tomorrow's list?
