He plays for serie a club juventus and the portuguese national team. Behind him in the ranking on places 2, 3 and 4, we find 3 iffhs awards winners, rivaldo 31 goals, kaka 30 and mario jardel 29. European golden ball, fifa world cup, top scorer in almost every competition. He was instrumental in his national teams thirdplace finish in the tournament. Contact thinking heads to book the best keynote speakers, motivational. He was nicknamed the tiger, and was arguably the sports first outstanding mixed race player. Top 25 greatest goalkeepers in soccer history thesportster. Out of those who read this, 39 64% rated this with 5 stars. On 18 april 2017, he became the first player to reach 100 goals in the uefa champions league, after he scored a hattrick in a 42 63 global extratime win against. Apr 23, 2019 this is obviously just one mans opinion. Puskas started his career in hungary playing for kispest and budapest honved. Where didier drogba ranks alongside africas 20 best strikers. Who has scored the most goals in a single world cup. Feb 05, 20 25 greatest goalkeepers in football history.
Top scorer of the 20th century, he was voted one of the greatest football players by world soccer magazine. Alternatively, find out whats trending across all of reddit on rpopular. Iffhs top 200 european clubs of the 20th century wikipedia. Worlds best playmaker, worlds best international top goal scorer and worlds best top division goal scorer. Suazo entered in the history of colo colo in one season. Top 10 greatest soccer players of all time former hungarian footballer ferencpuskas scored 84 international goals during his 85 appearances for hungary. Fernando peyroteo is the most prolific scorer in history of portuguese domestic competition. By the end of the 1996 asian cup, he had scored 29 goals.
A seventime hungarian league top scorer and four time european top scorer, schlosser scored 417 goals in 320 games for five different clubs and 59. The top scorers at national cup finals during the 19th century were three scots, with six goals each. The international federation of football history and statistics iffhs announced the results of 2017. In 2011, river plate relegated from the top tier for the first time in their history. For his knack of netting the ball to the goal, messi has been awarded as the top goalscorer on numerous occasions. Since the participation in the final tournament of the first five editions 1960 1976 was only between four teams, two top scorer awards were held.
Some of them include iffhs worlds best top division goal scorer, iffhs worlds top goal scorer, uefa champions league top goalscorer, fifa u20 world cup top goalscorer and copa del rey top goalscorer. This article needs additional citations for verification. Get a constantly updating feed of breaking news, fun stories, pics, memes, and videos just for you. He was crowned as the worlds best top goal scorer 2006 by iffhs, scoring 52 goals in 54 matches for colo colo and 17 international goals, one more than peter crouch of liverpool. In that season, he scored a total of 42 goals and won the european golden boot, an award which is given to the top scorer of league matches of every european national league.
Ronaldo finished the 2015 year with a total of 48 goals, five more than his nearest rival and runnerup lionel messi with french striker alexandre lacazette surprising in third place with 27 goals. Cristiano ronaldo, the worlds top goalscorer in 20 for. He is currently the 3rd highest scorer in the history of spains top division, with 228 goals in 329 games. In 2012, the iffhs recognised barcelona as the worlds best club team of. The ranking below takes into account goals scored in official matches played with national teams at all age levels and clubs in all divisions. Top 10 all time highest goal scorer in worlds soccer history. Iffhs international foundation of football history. Fifa in fact, handed out an honorary ballon dor to him in the year 20.
It was founded on 27 march 1984 in leipzig by alfredo poge with the blessings of general secretary of the fifa at the time, helmut kaser. The iffhs president then succeeded in securing sports goods multinational adidas as a partner and sponsor. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Here i will present a list of top 10 all time highest goals scorer in worlds soccer history. Oct 24, 2014 here is our list of the top 10 fifa world cup goalscorers. He led his team to victory in 1952 olympic and also led his country to the final of the 1954 world cup where he became player of the tournament. According to the iffhs, pele is the most successful league goalscorer in the. She was africas top scorer at the 2019 womens fifa world cup. Jan 15, 2017 according to the iffhs, pele is the most successful league goalscorer in the world, scoring 1281 goals in 63 games, which included unofficial friendlies and tour games.
Rising international player toni kroos continued germanys dominance of the annual iffhs awards in snatching a narrow victory as the 2014 worlds best playmaker. Toni kroos was awarded with the best playmaker of 2014 trophy in ciudad real madrid, an accolade given to him by the international federation of football history and statistics iffhs. On this occasion, the real madrid forward received the the worlds top goalscorer 20, awarded by the international federation of football. Iffhs worlds best goal keeper award five times in a row, these accomplishments made him one of the best goalkeepers of all time. He is considered the best player in portuguese football history. Lewandowski scored 22 goals, 11 for his national team and 11 for his club in uefa champions league 201415 final stages and 201516 group stage. It will include perceived legacy of past legends and current perception of active players. Awards world league topscorers year by year and highest season records. Real madrid voted best club of the 20th century sports. Top 10 greatest soccer players of all time former brazilian footballer garrincha often considered as the best dribbler in football history. Check out this biography to know about his birthday, childhood, family life, achievements and fun facts about him. Fresh from winning the ballon dor, the real madrid star has been named the worlds top goal scorer in 2014 by the international federation of football history and statistics iffhs.
According to the iffhs, pele is the most successful domestic league goalscorer in football history scoring 650 goals in 694 league matches, and in total 1281. A supremely opportunistic goalscorer, he also became german top scorer seven times and european top scorer twice. Overall he has collected ten iffhs awards, which is an alltime record. In a closely contested battle, kroos 110 won by two points from evergreen lionel messi with newcomer james rodriguez 53 taking third place. During the 190910 season of the scottish cup, dundee fc needed two replays both in the semifinals and in the final to overcome first hibernian fc edinburgh and then clyde fc glasgow. You will very rarely find a great team in history who did not have a great, or at least very good, go.
Iffhs worlds best top division goal scorer lionel messi has won this award a record four times and is the only player in history to have won an iffhs award in three different categories. Worlds top goalscorer of 2007 by the international. The ranking below takes into account goals scored in official matches played with national teams at all age levels and clubs in all. Iffhss 25 th world top goal scorer was won by polish robert lewandowski of bayern munich. Cristiano ronaldo biography facts, childhood, family life. Reddit has thousands of vibrant communities with people that share your interests.
Jozsef kiprich feyenoord rotterdam hungary 10 6 4 5. World cup soccer is the hot potato of current days so i think it is the best time to know more about football stars. Paolo rossi sealed his place in the history books with his sixth goal that won italy. Top 10 most prolific goal scorers in footballing history. Subscribe to the play index and get access to more data than you can imagine. He won the fifa world cup with the brazil national team in 1958 and 1962. Reddit gives you the best of the internet in one place. Sep 10, 2009 real madrid has been named as the best club of the 20th century after an exhaustive study by the international federation of football history and statistics iffhs. They are 10 to be in the 26 players in the world, who have scored 3 or more international goals since the beginning of the year 2020. List of footballers with 500 or more goals wikipedia. Daei was named the worlds top scorer in official international competitions by the international federation of football history and statistics iffhs, having scored 20 goals in competitive matches for iran in 1996, including his famous 4 goal haul against south korea in asian cup 1996. This award is given to the player who scores the most goals in a league.
When it resumed, the fifa world cup rapidly advanced to its undisputed status as the greatest single sporting event of the modern world. In 1999, cruyff was voted european player of the century in an election held by the iffhs, and. March 2011 learn how and when to remove this template message. The worlds best referee, the worlds top goal scorer and the worlds best. Ranking of clubs according to the iffhs mathematical worldwide historical ranking of. Wikimedia list article in toplevel football, 28 players have scored 500 or more goals over the course of their career, according to research by the rec. Feb 26, 2014 where didier drogba ranks alongside africas 20 best strikers. Bader almutawa bio, facts, family famous birthdays. Lionel messi biography facts, childhood, family life.
Characteristically, all persons involved in the team of the year are in the championships of. He spent 12 seasons and 187 games to be alltime portuguese league top scorer with 331 and incredible 52 hattricks. But there are two very important influences on my answer. He featured in the guinness book of records for his total tally of 1281 goals scored throughout his successful career. The goalkeeper is, in many respects, the most important position to get right on the soccer pitch. The international federation of football history and statistics iffhs ranked national leagues of european countries is determined the top five clubs of each country which scored the highest in the club world ranking during that calendar year. Dennis bergkamp ajax amsterdam netherlands 12 7 5 3. The 100 best footballers of all time bleacher report latest news. She should not have rated it really since she did not read its entirety. On this occasion, the real madrid forward received the the worlds top goalscorer 20, awarded by the international federation of football history and statistics iffhs. He participated in the subsequent two tournaments scoring three more goals. However, the standard of portuguese liga in his era is much inferior to the modern era as it was very higher in league goal ratio. He raised his total goals in iffhs world top goal scorer to, 3 for portugal and 10 goals for real madrid c.
Cristiano ronaldo was presented with the international federation of football history and statistics iffhs trophies that certify his status as the worlds top scorer and the worlds best top. Till end of september, 37 player scored 7 or more goals. Real madrid striker cristiano ronaldo has retained his iffhs title as the worlds best top division goal scorer. Grzegorz lato was the top scorer in the 1974 fifa world cup with seven goals. Top 10 greatest soccer players of all time sports muntra. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest footballers of all time, and, by some, as the greatest ever. World top goal scorer 2015 lewandowsky wins the 25 th award. The first ranking of the worlds best international top goal scorer 2020 by iffhs is dominated by the african players. Cristiano ronaldo is one of the best footballers to have ever played the game. Cristiano ronaldo dos aveiro born 5 feb 1985 in funchal, madeira, better known as cristiano ronaldo, is a portuguese footballer. Iffhs international federation of football history and.
Signed official corinthian card ferenc puskas hungary. Below are the top 10 most prolific goal scorers of alltime, accompanied by the number of goals each player scored on average, per game, throughout the course of their career. He was top scorer in the hungarian league on four occasions, and in 1948, he was the top goal scorer in europe. Cristiano ronaldo, the worlds top goalscorer in 20. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time. Lionel messi has won this award a record four times and is the only player in history to have won an iffhs award in three different categories. Only goals scored in the full internationals a and intercontinental club competitions between january 1st to december 31st are considered. Only those who were active in the highest level football for most of their careers are considered. Arthur friedenreich 18 july 1892 6 september 1969 was a brazilian professional footballer, who played as a forward. Runnerup in the copa sudamericana 2006, he became also the top goal scorer of the competition. Cristiano ronaldo wins iffhs worlds top goal scorer award. The record for the most goals at a single world cup is by frenchman just fontaine in 1958, which he achieved in six games.
Which footballer has scored the most goals in history. Muller scored 365 goals in 427 bundesliga matches for bayern munich, almost 100 goals more than the secondmost successful bundesliga scorer, klaus fischer. Top scoring footballers in football history naija avenue. Top 50 alltime club world ranking iffhs quiz by vitorbh. Cristiano ronaldo dos santos aveiro born 5 february 1985 in funchal, madeira, better known as cristiano ronaldo, is a portuguese footballer. The international federation of football history and statistics iffhs was. He won the award on 3 previous occasions, 20 and 2014 with 25 and 20 goals respectively and 2016 with 24 goals.
His qadsia team dominated the kuwaiti premier league for most of the 2000s, with almutawa himself winning the iffhs worlds top goal scorer of the year title in 2010. The overall top goal scorer in the wolrd cup is german player miroslav klose, who has scored 16 goals overall. No, the results are further from probably anything you may expect. Talking of his career, he played for the brazilian club santos from 1956 to 1974 and. He is occasionally stated as one of the alltime top scorers in football history, although this is. Wondering who holds the nhl alltime record for points. List of top premier league goal scorers by season wikipedia. It is the time of the starting of fifa world cup so i am really excited to write down about the legend stars of football history. Any suggestions regarding iffhs any suggestions problems please contact us using the link below. Want to know the nbas top 25 alltime points leaders.
Cristiano ronaldo crowned iffhs best goalscorer for 2016 daily. A best player ever must have won the best tournament e. He plays for the italian club juventus and the portuguese national team. There is not one champion but a list of champions soccer players who are the top scorer in football history. Portuguese cristiano ronaldo won the iffhs award of the worlds best top goal scorer 2017 for the 4th time. Held since 1958 alternately in europe and the americas, the world cup broke new ground with the executive committees decision in may 1996 to select korea and japan as cohosts for the 2002 edition. Iffhs international federation of football for history. However, the first place goes to thomas cochrane highet, who only played in four scottish cup finals including one replay and scored minimum one goal in each final, thus also helping queens park fc to. He played 15 years for benfica club and was the most goalscorer in the clubs history. Kroos collects the iffhs best playmaker of 2014 trophy. Cristiano ronaldo collects the worlds top scorer of 2014. Iffhs and fifa names them ninth in their alltime club world ranking and first in the americas for iffhs which place them as the fourth greatest south american club of alltime. However, the first place goes to thomas cochrane highet, who only played in four scottish cup finals including one replay and scored minimum one goal in each final, thus also helping queens park fc to three cup wins.
Fresh from winning the ballon dor, the real madrid star has been named the worlds top goal scorer in 2014 by the international federation of. Test your knowledge on this sports quiz to see how you do and compare your score to others. Josef bican he is a legendary striker in the history of world football playing for two national teams, austria and czechoslovakia. The top goalscorer in the premier leagues inaugural season was teddy sheringham, who scored one goal for nottingham forest before his earlyseason transfer followed by 21 for tottenham hotspur. In both rounds, the winning goal was scored by john sailor hunter, who had been scottish top scorer during the previous season. Information on scorers at international tournaments index. Cristiano ronaldo simple english wikipedia, the free. Cristiano ronaldo receives the iffhs worlds best goalscorer. Mar 11, 2016 named the athlete of the century by the international olympic committee, pele joined santos when he was 15 years old in the museum you can see his first contract as professional and in his first complete season he finished as top scorer of the league with just 16 years. By nationality, they are 12 south americans, 11 asians, 7 europeans, 5 africans and 2 from concacaf. In the team of the year was a place at once five players of real madrid the current champions league winner and champion of spain. He played when brazilian football was still amateur, which lasted until 1933.
Had there been ballon dor at his time, not many would count him out of winning it consecutively. Above all, pele was voted by iffhs as the world player of the century in 1999. Find out the ranking of your favorite topscorer in the worlds top 500 of this week. He helped portugal to finish in the third in the 1966 world cup, and also won the tournaments top scorer title.
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