IFHHS NAMES VAN NISTELROOY HIGHEST GOALSCORER OF THE DECADE

The FIFA backed "International Federation of Football History & Statistics" (IFFHS) has named Ducth & MALAGA FC player RUUD VAN NISTELROOY the "Highest Goalscorer of the Decade" ( 2001-2010) with 86 goals. The IFFHS took into account all the goals scorered in International matches, Olympic Games, World Cup Championships, Intercontinental SuperCup games in all Confederations etc. To make things simpler, the local National League goals were not included, that is La Liga, Seria A, Premier league, Budasliga...etc


Plenty of players who have played in Spanish Football Clubs & two Spanish born players: Raul Gonzalez ( 71 ) & David Villa (68). Below is the full list of players with their goals.

Van Nistelrooy

1. Ruud van Nistelrooy (HOL)
. (Manchester Utd./Real Madrid/Hamburg) 86 (33/53)
.2. Thierry Henry (FRA)
. (Arsenal/Barcelona) 85 (43/42)
.3. Didier Drogba (CIV)
. (O. Marsella/Chelsea) 83 (45/38)
.4. Miroslav Klose (GER)
. (Kaiserslautern/W.Bremen/Bayern Múnich) 81 (58/23)
.5. Samuel Eto''o (CMR)
. (Mallorca/Barcelona/Inter) 79 (44/35)
.6. Flávio da Silva Amado (ANG)
. (At.Petróleos Luanda/Al-Ahly/Al-Shabab) 73 (32/41)
.7. Dimitar Berbatov (BUL)
. (Bayer Leverkusen/Tottenham/Manchester U.)71 (46/25)
.8. Raúl González (SP)
(Real Madrid/Schalke 04) 71 (26/45)
.9. David Villa (SP)
. (Zaragoza/Valencia/Barcelona) 68 (44/24)
10. Andrey Shevchenko (UKR)
. (Milan/Chelsea/Dinamo Kiev) 68 (32/36)
14. Jared Borgetti (MEX) 58 (41/17)
. (Santos Laguna/Pachuca/Bolton/Al-Ittihad/Monarcas Morelia)
15. Adriano Ribeiro Leite (BRA)
. (Parma/Inter Milán/Sao Paulo/Flamengo) 58 (27/31)
17. Luis Fabiano (BRA)
. (Sao Paulo/Santos/Oporto/Sevilla) 57 (28/29)
25. Diego Forlán (URU) 54 (29/25)
. (Independiente/Manchester U./Villarreal/At. Madrid)
26. Ronaldinho (BRA)
(Barcelona/Milan) 54 (26/28)
.+. Cristiano Ronaldo (POR)
. (Manchester Utd./Real Madrid) 54 (26/28)

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