This is a last article of the series top five players of last decades.
Role of forwards is to score as many goals as they can their main focus is always to score, there are many great forwards and here are the five top forwards. One is from Arsenal.
Here I have only discussed big honours with club and country.
Role of forwards is to score as many goals as they can their main focus is always to score, there are many great forwards and here are the five top forwards. One is from Arsenal.
Here I have only discussed big honours with club and country.
5. Filippo Inzaghi
The 40-year-old Italian born player played for many clubs, Juventus and AC Milan are the big names. Milan signed him from Juventus for £17 million. Inzaghi scored 288 goals in 623 games in his entire football career.
Big Honours:
Juventus
- Serie A
- Supercoppa Italiana
Milan
- Serie A – 2
- Coppa Italia
- UEFA Champions League – 2
- FIFA Club World Cup
Italy
- FIFA World Cup
4. Andriy Shevchenko
Another Milan player who failed in Premier League with Chelsea, but still his performances with Milan were exceptional. The Ukraine international netted 175 goals in 322 matches during his eight years at the San Siro. For country, he made 111 appearances in which he scored 48 goals.
Big Honours:
Dynamo Kyiv
- Ukrainian Premier League – 5
- Ukrainian Cup – 3
AC Milan
- Serie A
- Coppa Italia
- UEFA Champions League
Chelsea
- FA Cup
- League Cup
3. Thierry Henry
With all that skills pace, dribbling, shooting and his clinical finishing Henry took Arsenal to an unbeaten season for the first time in the history of Premier League. Arsenal all time top scorer with 228 played 377 for the Gunners. While for Barcelona he played 121 games and scored 49 goals.
Big Honours:
Arsenal
- Premier League – 2
- FA Cup – 3
- La Liga – 2
- Copa del Rey
- UEFA Champions League
- FIFA Club World Cup
France
- FIFA World Cup
- UEFA European Football Championship
2. Raul Gonzalez
Real Madrid and Champions League all time top scorer Raul spent 16 years at Madrid before leaving for the German side Schalke 04 in 2010. 323 goals in 741 matches in 16 seasons are enough to call him a legend. Currently playing for Qatar side Al Sadd.
Big Honours:
Real Madrid
- La Liga – 6
- UEFA Champions League – 3
- Supercopa de España – 3
1. Ronaldo
The Brazilian who played for four big clubs Inter Milan and AC Milan, Barcelona and Real Madrid. He played 518 and netted 352 goals in his 18 years of career. Ronaldo two goals against Germany in the 2002 World Cup final are unforgettable.
Big Honours:
Barcelona
- Copa del Rey
- Supercopa de España
Real Madrid
- La Liga
- Supercopa de España
Honourable mentions:
Samuel Eto’o, Gabriel Batistuta, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Hernan Crespo, Dennis Bergkamp, Henrik Larsson, Eric Cantona, Alan Shearer and Alessandro Del Piero.
These all players deserve a spot in this article but I had to choose only five.
Samuel Eto’o, Gabriel Batistuta, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Hernan Crespo, Dennis Bergkamp, Henrik Larsson, Eric Cantona, Alan Shearer and Alessandro Del Piero.
These all players deserve a spot in this article but I had to choose only five.
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