Top 10 greatest strikers of the 21st century: Messi number 2, who is number 1?

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10. Zlatan Ibrahimovic Ibrahimovic always describes himself as a “lion”. His scoring record and trophy cabinet only reiterate that statement. In a career spanning 21 years and counting, the Swede has scored over 550 goals at club level and 62 goals in 116 appearances for Sweden at International level.

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Zlatan has played for some of the biggest clubs in the world, such as Inter Milan, AC Milan, Juventus, Barcelona, Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester United, and is the top scorer and best player in the world. all these clubs. He won nine championships in three different countries during his career.

9. Robert Lewandowski There is not much to say about Robert Lewandowski. His absolute number of goals speaks for itself. Lewandowski scored 238 goals in the Bundesliga in 253 appearances for Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund. He is the Bundesliga’s all-time leading foreign scorer.

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With 78 international goals, Lewandowski is Poland’s all-time top scorer. He has been named Polish Player of the Year a record eight times. During his 12 years with Dortmund and Bayern Munich, the Polish striker won 10 national championships, 1 Champions League and 4 DFB Pokal.

8. Wayne Rooney Rooney is the player who scores the most goals for Manchester United and the England team. He is the Premier League’s second highest goal scorer of all time and ranks third on the all-time best passer rankings. Rooney also has 53 goals in 120 appearances for England, making him the country’s all-time top scorer and the second most capped player.

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Rooney’s total goals and trophy cabinet, including 5 Premier League championships, Champions League, Europa League and Clud World Cup.

7. Luis Suarez Suarez, like Lewandowski, is a great player of modern football. Luis Suarez has been one of Europe’s top strikers over the past decade, consistently scoring goals for club and national team.

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Suarez won scoring titles in the Netherlands, England and Spain, scoring 357 goals in 550 league appearances. At international level, Suarez is Uruguay’s all-time top scorer with 68 goals in 137 appearances.

6. Thierry Henry Thierry Henry is still considered one of the best players to ever play in the Premier League. He was twice named PFA Player of the Year, three times FWA Footballer of the Year and six times consecutively named in the PFA Team of the Year. He was also included in the FIFA FIFPRO WORLD XI once and the UEFA Team of the Year five times.

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Henry revolutionized the Premier League with his scoring ability, pace, dribbling and finishing. His time at Arsenal coincided with the club winning three Premier League titles and achieving an unbeaten season with Henry contributing 28 goals and 20 assists that season.

Henry enjoyed success with France, winning the 1998 FIFA World Cup, Euro 2000 and the 2003 Confederations Cup. He was awarded French Footballer of the Year a record five times. .

5. Sergio Aguero Aguero is the player who scored the most goals of all time for Manchester City. His 260 goals in 390 appearances for Manchester City, shows his incredible scoring rate.

Aguero is the fourth highest goalscorer in Premier League history and the highest non-English goalscorer in the competition’s history. He also holds the record for scoring the most hat-tricks in the Premier League, with 12 times.

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Aguero is certainly one of Manchester City’s best signings ever. Aguero led Man City to five league titles during his time at the club. Aguero also scored 41 goals in 101 appearances for Argentina.

4. Ronaldinho It is difficult to find a football fan who has not heard of or seen clips about Ronaldinho. It can be said that the Brazilian winger completely changed the game during his glory years at PSG and Barcelona.

Football fans will never forget his performance against Real Madrid at the Bernabeu, where the home crowd gave him a standing ovation, or his salsa dancing and goal against Chelsea in Champions League.

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Ronaldinho completely revolutionized football and the role of an attacker. He inspired a generation to come, with his tricks, flamboyance, speed and stunning goals. Ronaldinho won the La Liga title with Barcelona in 2004-05 and inspired the club to win the Champions League in 2005-06.

Ronaldinho scored 70 goals in 145 appearances for Barcelona during his five seasons at the club. He also scored 33 goals in 97 appearances for the Brazilian team. He was an integral part of Brazil’s 2002 FIFA World Cup championship.

3. Ronaldo Nazario Many players in this exclusive list mentioned Brazilian Ronaldo, as their role model. This just goes to show his impact and greatness. Ronaldo in the late 90s and early 2000s was definitely the best player in the world.

Great players like Zinedine Zidane. Luis Figo, David Beckham and many others have said that Ronaldo is the best player they have ever seen.

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Ronaldo is capable of doing things that no one can dream of. His dribbling ability, pace, strength and finishing ability were unmatched during his time at the top of the world.

Ronaldo has scored 247 goals in 343 appearances in his career. Ronaldo played for Brazil in 98 matches, scoring 62 goals. He won the 2002 World Cup. Ronaldo scored twice in the final and received the Golden Boot as the tournament’s top scorer. At the 2006 FIFA World Cup, Ronaldo scored his 15th World Cup goal, a FIFA World Cup record at the time.

2 Lionel Messi Messi has won 34 titles, including 10 La Liga, 4 Champions League and 7 Copa Del Rey. A prolific goalscorer and a creative player, Messi holds the record for most goals scored in La Liga with 474 goals, one La Liga season and European competition with 50 goals, Most hat-tricks in La Liga, with a staggering 36, and UEFA Champions League with 8, and the most assists in La Liga.

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Messi is also Argentina’s all-time leading scorer with 102 goals in 174 appearances. Messi won gold medals at the 2008 Summer Olympics with Olympic Argentina, Copa America 2021, Intercontinental Super Cup 2022 and World Cup 2022 with Argentina.

Messi’s dribbling ability, vision and natural talent have earned him the right to be called the best player in the world. His only rival, in this generation is, Cristiano Ronaldo. The two strikers pushed the boundaries of football and changed football forever.

1. Cristiano Ronaldo Ronaldo has scored 713 goals in 966 appearances for Sporting Lisbon, Manchester United, Real Madrid, Juventus and Al-Nassr.

Cristiano Ronaldo, at the age of 38, is still scoring a lot of goals. The Portuguese international has won 5 Golden Balls. He has won 32 major honors throughout his career, including seven domestic championships, five UEFA Champions Leagues, one UEFA Euro and one UEFA Nations League title.

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Ronaldo holds the record for most goals (140) and most assists (42) in UEFA Champions League history.

No need to say more about Cristiano Ronaldo. He has established himself as one of the greatest in football history and his legacy will live on forever.

Dang Nguyen

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