World Goalgetter of the 21st Century

For the World Goalgetter of the 21st Century only international goals scored in the following competitions and matches will take into consideration:

 o all full "A" internationals
 o Olympic final tournament
 o FIFA Club World Cup
 o continental club competitions of the UEFA, CONMEBOL, CONCACAF, AFC, CAF and OFC
 o continental Super Cup matches of the six confederations
 o official matches between the topical continental club champions, which take place among the direction of the continental   confederations

The World Goalgetter of the 21st Century is determined by adding the goals scored annually in the above mentioned matches and competitions since 2001. These have been recorded for the World Goalgetter of each year. The ranking of the 21st Century will roll forward by one year and the player in first place will be the leading World Goalgetter of the 21st Century.

 

Didier Drogba becomes the First to reach the magic number of 100 international goals !


The leading African player Didier Drogba has, after 12 years, become the first player in the 21st Century to reach the magic number of 100 international goals, and so extend his lead to ten goals ahead of the second-placed German Miroslav Klose (SS Lazio Roma). With his sensational 25 goals during the year of 2012 the Argentinian Lionel Messi (FC Barcelona) improved by nine positions to 3rd place. New in the "Top ten" are Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo and the Swede Zlatan Ibrahimović (Paris Saint-Germain FC). Also remasrkable in comparison with 2011 are the improvements by the Dutchman Klaas Jan Huntelaar (FC Schalke 04), the Egyptian Mohammed Aboutreika (Al-Ahly SC Cairo) and the Colombian Radamel Falcao (Club Atletico de Madrid). Where number of goals scored is level, the player who scored more goals in the full "A" internationals ranks higher.

   

"Top 119" (1.1.2001-31.12.2012):

 

PlayerNationalityClubGoals*






1.Didier Yves DrogbaCôte-d'Ivoire Olympique de Marseille




Chelsea FC London 104(59/45)
2.Miroslav KloseDeutschland 1. FC Kaiserslautern




SV Werder Bremen




FC Bayern München




SS Lazio Roma 94(67/27)
3.Lionel Andrés MessiArgentina FC Barcelona 94(33/61)
4.Samuel Eto'o FilsCameroun Real Club Deportivo Mallorca




FC Barcelona




FC Internazionale Milano




FC Anzhi Makhachkala 92(48/44)
5.Rutgerus Johannes Nederland Manchester United FC


   Martinius Van Nistelrooij
Real Madrid CF




Hamburger SV 87(34/53)
6.Thierry HenryFrance Arsenal FC London




FC Barcelona 85(43/42)
7.Cristiano Ronaldo Portugal Manchester United FC


   dos Santos Aveiro
Real Madrid CF 84(38/46)
8.David VillaEspaña Real Club Zaragoza




Valencia CF




FC Barcelona83(54/29)
9.Raúl González BlancoEspaña Real Madrid CF




FC Schalke 04 78(26/52)
10.Zlatan IbrahimovićSverige AFC Ajax Amsterdam




Juventus FC Torino




FC Internazionale Milano




FC Barcelona




Milan AC




Paris St.Germain FC 75(42/33
11.Flávio da Silva AmadoAngola Atlético Petróleos Luanda




Al-Ahly SC Cairo




Al-Shabab FC Riyadh75(34/41)
12.Andriy ShevshenkoUkraine Milan AC




Chelsea FC London




FC Dinamo Kyiv 74(35/39)
13.Klaas Jan HuntelaarNederland SC Heerenveen




AFC Ajax Amsterdam




FC Schalke 0474(34/40)
14.Dimitar BerbatovBulgaria TSV Bayer Leverkusen




Tottenham Hotspurs FC




Manchester United FC 72(46/26)
15.Alexander FreiSchweiz Servette FC Genéve




Stade Rennais FC




BV Borussia Dortmund




FC Basel71(42/29)
16.Mohamed AboutreikaEgypt Al-Ahly SC Cairo66(35/31)
17.Wayne RooneyEngland Everton FC




Manchester United FC 66(32/34)
18.Robert David KeaneIrelandManchester United FC




Leeds United AFC




Tottenham Hotspurs FC




Liverpool FC




West Ham United FC




Los Angeles Galaxy65(47/18
19.Bader Ahmed Al-MutawaKuwait Al-Qadisia SC Kuwait-City




Al-Nassr FC Riyadh 63(43/20)
20Radamel FalcaoColombia CA River Plate Buenos Aires




FC do Porto




Club Atlético de Madrid 63(15/48)
21.Mario GómezDeutschland VfB Stuttgart




FC Bayern München 61(25/36)

Henrik LarssonSverige Glasgow Celtic FC




FC Barcelona




Manchester United FC




Helsingborg IF 61(25/36)
23.Luís Fabiano ClementeBrasil São Paulo FC




Santos FC




FC do Porto




Sevilla FC 60(28/32)
24.Jon Dahl TomassonDanmark Feyenoord Rotterdam




Milan AC




VfB Stuttgart




Villarreal CF 59(43/16)
25.Michael BallackDeutschland TSV Bayer Leverkusen




FC Bayern München




Chelsea FC London 59(42/17)
26.Ronaldo de Assis MoreiraBrasil Paris St.Germain FC


   »Ronaldinho«
FC Barcelona




Milan AC




CR Flamengo Rio de Janeiro 59(27/32)
27.Jared Francisco BorgettiMéxicoClub Santos Laguna de Torreon




Dorados de Sinaloa Culiacán




Pachuca CF




Bolton Wanderers FC




Al-Ittihad FC Jeddah




CD Cruz Azul Ciudad de México




CA Monarcas Morelia 58(41/17)
28.Diego ForlánUruguay CA Independiente Avellaneda




Manchester United FC




Villarreal CF




Club Atlético de Madrid 58(33/25)
29.Adriano Ribeiro LeiteBrasilFC Parma




FC Internazionale Milano




São Paulo FC




CR Flamengo Rio de Janeiro58(27/31)
30.Steven GerrardEngland Liverpool FC 58(19/39
31.Milan BarošČeská Republika Liverpool FC




Aston Villa FC




Galatasaray SK İstanbul 57(41/16
32.Filippo InzaghiItalia Milan AC 57(14/43)
33.Jan KollerČeská Republika RSC Anderlecht




BV Borussia Dortmund




AS de Monaco




1. FC Nürnberg 56(41/15)
34.Ricardo Izecson dos Brasil Milan AC


   Santos Leite »Kaká«
Real Madrid CF 56(26/30)
35.Lukas PodolskiDeutschland 1. FC Köln




FC Bayern München




Arsenal FC London 55(44/11)
36.Pedro Miguel Pauleta Portugal FC Girondins de Bordeaux


   Resende
Paris St.Germain FC 55(42/13)
37.Michael James OwenEngland Liverpool FC




Real Madrid CF




Manchester United FC 55(32/23)
38.Trésor Mputu MabiCongo DR TP Mazembe Lubumbashi 55(14/41)
39.Robin van PersieNederland Arsenal FC London




Manchester United FC 54(31/23)
40.Aleksandar ĐurićSingapore Home United FC




Geylang United FC




Singapore Armed Forces FC




Tampines Rovers FC 54(27/27)
41.Landon Timothy DonovanUSA San José Earthquakes




Los Angeles Galaxy 53(48/5)
42.Yasser Saeed Al-QahtaniSaudi Arabia Al-Qadisiyah FC Khobar




Al-Hilal FC Riyadh 53(41/12)
43.Humberto Andrés SuazoChile CSD Colo Colo Santiago




CF Monterrey 53(21/32)
44.Claudio Miguel PizarroPerú FC Bayern München




SV Werder Bremen 53(13/40)
45.Carlos Humberto RuizGuatemalaCSD Municipal Guatemala-City




Los Angeles Galaxy




FC Dallas




Aris Saloniki




CD de Veracruz 52(46/6)
46.Fernando TorresEspaña Club Atlético de Madrid




Liverpool FC




Chelsea FC London 52(31/21)
47.Younis Mahmoud KhalafIraq Al-Wahda SCC Abu Dhabi




Al-Arabi SC Doha




Al-Gharrafa Club Doha 51(40/11)
48.Adrián MutuRomânia FC Dinamo Bucureşti




Hellas Verona FC




FC Parma




Chelsea FC London




Juventus FC Torino




AC Fiorentina Firenze 51(33/18)
49.Robson de Souza Brasil Santos FC


  »Robinho«
Real Madrid CF




Manchester City FC




Milan AC 51(26/25)
50.Dirk KuijtNederland FC Utrecht




Feyenoord Rotterdam




Liverpool FC




Fenerbahçe SK İstanbul 51(24/27)
51.Hernán Jorge CrespoArgentinaSS Lazio Roma




FC Internazionale Milano




Chelsea FC London




Milan AC




FC Genova 1893 51(23/28)

Frédéric Oumar KanoutéMali Olympique Lyonnaise




Tottenham Hotspurs FC




Sevilla FC 51(23/28)
53.David TrézéguetFrance Juventus FC Torino 51(22/29)
54.Mahmoud Omar MahmoudJordan



   Shelbaieh
Al-Wehdat Club Amman 51(17/34)
55.Firas Mohamed Al-KhatibSyria Al-Arabi Kuwait-City




Al-Qadisia SC Kuwait-City 50(26/24)

Frank LampardEngland Chelsea FC London 50(26/24)
57.Juan Román RiquelmeArgentina CA Boca Juniors Buenos Aires




FC Barcelona




Villarreal CF 49(18/31)
58.Mohammed Noh Alam Singapore Tampines Rovers FC


   Shah Bin Kamarezaman
Arema FC Malang 48(34/14)
59.Luis Alberto SuárezUruguay FC Groningen




AFC Ajax Amsterdam




Liverpool FC 48(29/19)
60.Peter CrouchEngland Liverpool FC




Portsmouth FC




Tottenham Hotspurs FC




Stoke City FC 48(22/26)
61.Mamadou Hamidou NiangSénégal ES Troyes AC




Racing Club de Strasbourg




Olympique de Marseille




Al-Sadd Club Doha 48(20/28)
62.Luton SheltonJamaica Harbour View FC




Sheffield United FC




Aalborg BK




Vålerenga IF Oslo 47(35/12)
63.Emad Mohamed Abd Egypt Al-Ittihad FC Jeddah


  El-Naby Ibrahim »Motaeb«
Al-Ahly SC Cairo 47(27/20)
64.Emmanuel Sheyi AdebayorTogo AS de Monaco




Arsenal FC London




Manchester City FC




Tottenham Hotspurs FC 47(26/21)
65.Washington Sebastián Uruguay CA San Lorenzo de Almagro


   Abreu
Buenos Aires




CD Cruz Azul Ciudad de México




C Nacional de F Montevideo




CA River Plate Buenos Aires




Figueirense FC 47(23/24)
66.Fernando MorientesEspaña Real Madrid CF




AS de Monaco




Liverpool FC




Valencia CF 47(18/29)
67.Javier SaviolaArgentinaCA River Plate Buenos Aires




FC Barcelona




AS de Monaco




Sevilla FC




Sport Lisboa e Benfica




Malaga CF 47(12/35)
68.Michael MifsudMaltaHibernian FC Paola




Sliema Wanderers




Coventry City FC




PFC Ludogorets Razgard




Valletta FC 46(36/10)
69.Aleksandr KerzhakovRussia FC Zenit St. Petersburg




Sevilla FC




FC Dinamo Moscow 46(22/24)
70.Ronaldo Luís Nazário Brasil FC Internazionale Milano


   da Lima
Real Madrid CF




SC Corinthians Paulista São Paulo 45(26/19)
71.Hasan Abdel FattahJordan Al-Wehdat Club Amman


   Mahmoud
Al-Karama SC Homs




Kuwait SC Kuwait-City 45(22/23)
72.Sergio Leonel AgüeroArgentina Club Atlético de Madrid




Manchester City FC 45(18/27)
73.Ali DaeiIran Hertha BSC Berlin




Persepolis FC Tehran




Saba Batry Tehran




Saipa FC Tehran 44(39/5)
74.Luis Carlos TejadaPanamá Tauro FC




Evigado FC




Al-Ain Sports & Cultural Club




C Juan Aurich de Chiclayo 44(34/10)
75.Karim BenzemaFrance Olympique Lyonnaise




Real Madrid CF 44(15/29)
76.Maksim ShatskikhUzbekistan FC Dinamo Kyiv 43(27/16)
77.Simão Pedro FonsecaPortugal St. Johnstone FC


   Sabrosa
Sport Lisboa e Benfica




Club Atlético de Madrid




Beşiktaş SK İstanbul 43(21/22)
78.Carlos Alberto TévezArgentina CA Boca Juniors Buenos Aires




SC Corinthians Paulista São Paulo




Manchester United FC 43(21/22)
79.Álvaro Alberto SaboríoCosta Rica CD Saprissa San Juan de Tibás




FC Sion




Real Salt Lake 42(28/14)
80.Eduardo Da SilvaHrvatska NK Dinamo Zagreb




Arsenal FC London




FC Shakhtyor Donetsk 42(26/16)
81.Maciej ZurawskiPolska KKS Lech Poznań




Glasgow Celtic FC




Omonia FC Lefkosia




Wisła Kraków SA 42(17/25)
82.Ismael Matar Ibrahim Khamis UAE Al-Wahda SCC Abu Dhabi


   Al-Mukhani Al-Junaibi
Churchill Brothers Goa 41(33/8)
83.Issam JemâaTunisie Racing Club de Lens




Stade Brest 29




Kuwait SC Kaifan 41(32/9)
84.Javier HernándezMéxico CD Guadalajara




Manchester United FC 41(29/12)
85.Roman PavlyuchenkoRussia FC Spartak Moscow




Tottenham Hotspurs FC 41(21/20)

Nikola ZigićSrbija FK Crvena zvezda Beograd




Valencia CF 41(21/20)
87.Ivica OlićHrvatska NK Dinamo Zagreb




PFC CSKA Moscow




Hamburger SV




FC Bayern München 41(15/26)
88.Alessandro Del PierroItalia Juventus FC Torino 41(14/27)
89.Stern JohnTrinidad & Tobago no club goal 40(40/0)
90.Blas Antonio Miguel Panamá Deportivo Arabe Unido Cólon


   Pérez
Asociación Deportivo Cali




Cúcuta Deportivo




Pachuca CF




Al-Wasl SC Dubai 40(27/13)
91.Rafael Van der VaartNederland AFC Ajax Amsterdam




Hamburger SV




Tottenham Hotspurs FC 40(21/19)
92.Mohammad Mahmoud Lebanon Al-Nejmeh SC Beirut


   Ghaddar
Ketalan FA Kota Bahru 40(15/25)
93.Vágner Silva de Souza BrasilPFC CSKA Moscow


   »Vágner Love«
CR Flamengo Rio de Janeiro 40(4/36)
94.Sarayoot ChaikamdeeThailand Port Authority of Thailand




Pisico Bình Dinh Qui Nhon




Thai Port FC Bangkok 39(36/3)
95.Carlos Alberto PavónHonduras CA Monarcas Morelia




Udinese Calcio




SSC Napoli




CSD Comunicaciones Guatemala-City




Real CD España San Pedro Sula 39(29/10)
96.Edin DžekoBosne i VfL Wolfsburg



Hercegovine Manchester City FC 39(26/13)
97.Ali Ashfaq »Dhagey«Maldives Club Valencia Malé




New Radiant Malé




VB Sports Club Malé 39(25/14)
98.Alberto GilardinoItalia FC Parma




Milan AC




AC Fiorentina Firenze 39(21/18)
99.Obafemi Akinwunmi Nigeria FC Internazionale Milano


   Oshadi Martins
Newcastle United FC




VfL Wolfsburg




FK Rubin Kasan 39(18/21)
100.Martín PalermoArgentina CA Boca Juniors Buenos Aires 39(6/33)
101.Kevin KuranyiDeutschland VfB Stuttgart




FC Schalke 04 38(19/19)

Ciprian MaricaRomânia FC Dinamo Bucureşti




FC Shakhtyor Donetsk




VfB Stuttgart




FC Schalke 04 38(19/19)
103.Mladen PetrićHrvatska Heart of Midlothian FC Edinburgh




Grasshopper-Club Zürich




FC Basel




Hamburger SV 38(12/26)
104.Sunil ChhetriIndia JCT Mills Phagwara Punjab




East Bengal FC Kolkata 37(37/0)
105.Wesley SneijderNederland AFC Ajax Amsterdam




FC Internazionale Milano 37(24/13)
106.John CarewNorge Valencia CF




AS Roma




Beşiktaş SK İstanbul




Olympique Lyonnaise




Aston Villa FC 37(21/16)
107.Andrey ArshavinRussia FC Zenit St. Petersburg




Arsenal FC London 37(17/20)
108.Hani Al-Dhabit Faraj Oman Dhofar Club Salalah


   Bait Al-Noobi
Bani Yas 36(35/1)
109.Siu-Ki ChanHong Kong Kitchee FC




South China AA 36(33/3)
110.Amad Ali Suleiman Oman Al-Riyadh SC


   Al-Hosni
Qatar SC Doha




Al-Rayyan SC Doha




Al-Ahly SC Jeddah 36(32/4)

Ahmed Hassan Egypt Beşiktaş SK İstanbul




Zamalek SC Cairo




Al-Ahly SC Cairo 36(32/4)
112.Marcus Christian AllbäckSverige SC Heerenveen




Aston Villa FC




FC Hansa Rostock




FC København 36(29/7)
113.Wesley SonckBelgique Racing Club Genk




AFC Ajax Amsterdam




Club Brugge KV 36(24/12)
114.Neymar Da Silva




    Santos JúniorBrasil Santos FC 36(22/14)
115.Walter CentenoCosta RicaCD Saprissa San Juan de Tibás




AEK Athens 36(20/16)
116.Hugo Miguel Pereira Portugal FC do Porto


   de Almeida
SV Werder Bremen




Beşiktaş SK İstanbul 36(17/19)

Omar BravoMéxico CD Guadalajara




CD Cruz Azul Ciudad de México 36(17/19)

Aruna DindaneCôte-d'Ivoire RSC Anderlecht




Racing Club de Lens




Al-Gharrafa Club Doha 36(17/19)
119.Liédson da Silva MunizPortugalSC Corinthians Paulista São Paulo




Sporting Clube de Portugal Lisboa 36(4/32)

Only those clubs are mentioned for which the players scored goals in the [inter]continental club competitions.  

* (scored goals in full "A" internationals / scored goals in [inter]continental club competitions)

  

Editorial Board:
Dr. Alfredo Pöge (Germany)
Khaled Abul-Oyoun (Egypt)
Imed Kilani (Tunesia)
Pavel Luzanov (AFC/Malaysia)
Marcelo Assaf (Mexico)
Igor Goldes (Russia)
Ian Garland (England)
Gianluca Cugini (Italy)
Ľubomír Král (Czech Republic)
Humberto Manuel Pereira da Silva (Portugal)
Gerardo Coto (Costa Rica)
Salman Saed (Jordan)
Dragoljub Antić (Serbia)
Rāzvan Toma (Romania)
Igor Kramarsich (Croatia)
Carlos Alberto Vega (Panama)
Tommy Wahlsten (Sweden)
Alisher Nikimbaev (Uzbekistan)
Viktor Benov (Bulgaria)
Claude Henrot (Belgium)
Eli Schmerler (Peru)
Andrej Kudyrkov (Ukraine)
Hassanin Mubarak (Iraq)
Henry Kurniadi (Indonesia)
Asghar Zarei (Iran)
Paweł Raczka (Poland)
Francisco Aguilar Chang (Guatemala)
Sadek Al-Shayea (Kuwait)
Rodrigo Astorga (Chile)
Çağlar Şahin (Turkey)
Mark Gleeson (South Africa)
Juan Manuel Uribe (Colombia)
Jóhann G. Kristinsson (Iceland)
Kåre M. Torgrimsen (Norway)
Walter Urbina (Honduras)
Salem Saeed Baoum (Sudan)
Joseph Bajada (Malta)
Poosit Srirojanapinyo (Thailand)