HISTORY - IFFHS AWARDS - THE WORLD'S BEST TOP INTERNATIONAL GOAL SCORER OF THE FIRST DECADE (2001-2010)
Picture : Ruud Van Nistelrooij, honored in Barcelona by IFFHS
IFFHS HISTORY : RUUD VAN NISTELROOIJ, THE FIRST DECADE GOAL SCORER
For the World Goal Scorer of the 1st Decade (2001-2010) only international goals scored in the following competitions and matches were taken into consideration:
- all full “A” internationals
- Olympic final tournament
- FIFA Club World Cup
- continental club competitions of the UEFA, CONMEBOL, CONCACAF, AFC, CAF and OFC
- continental Super Cup matches of the six confederations
- official matches between the topical continental club champions
The World Goal Scorer of the 1st Decade corresponds to almost a combination of the annual World Goalgetter for the years from 2001 to 2010.
The “Top 25” consists of 18 European, four South Americans, three Africans and a Central American.
These “Top 25” makes visible, who were the most successful international goalgetters of the 1st Decade of the individual continents - presupposed that they are placed in the higher part of
the World Ranking.
Ruud Van Nisterooyi has scored the most goals in the World, one goal more than Thierry Henry and 3 more than Didier Drogba !
In this decade, Van Nistelrooyi (2002), Thierry Henry (2003), and Adriano (2005) have won the IFFHS Annual Award and Raul (1999) won it in the last decade. Miroslav Klose has scored the most international goals with his country and Ruud Van Nistelrooij the most goals with his clubs.
The most successful international goalgetters among the classic midfielders - who take a defensive and offensive role on the field of play - in this ranking for the World Goalgetter of the 1st Decade are the German Michael Ballack and the Englishman Steven Gerrard (57 goals each) ahead of Frank
Lampard (England) with 41 goals.
The World’s Best International Goal Scorers 2001-2010
1. Rutgerus Johannes Martinius Van Nistelrooij ( Netherlands /Manchester United FC / Real Madrid CF / Hamburger SV)
86 goals (33/53)
2. Thierry Henry France ArsenaL/FC London / FC Barcelona) 85 (43/42)
3. Didier Yves Drogba (Côte-d‘Ivoire Olympique de Marseille/Chelsea FC London)
83 (45/38)
4. Miroslav Klose (Germany /FC Kaiserslautern/SV Werder Bremen/FC Bayern München)
81 (58/23)
5. Samuel Eto‘o Fils ( Cameroon /Real Club Deportivo Mallorca/ FC Barcelona/FC Internazionale Milano)
79 (44/35)
6. Flávio da Silva Amado (Angola/ Atlético/Petróleos Luanda/Al-Ahly Cairo/Al-Shabab FC Riyadh)
73 (32/41)
7. Dimitar Berbatov ( Bulgaria /TSVBayerLeverkusen/Tottenham Hotspurs FC/Manchester United FC)
71 (46/25)
8. Raúl González Blanco ( Spain /Real Madrid CF/ FC Schalke 04
71 (26/45)
9. David Villa (Spain/ Real Club Zaragoza/Valencia CF/FC Barcelona)
68 (44/24)
10. Andriy Shevshenko (Ukraine /Milan AC/Chelsea FC London/FC Dinamo Kyiv)
68 (32/36)
11. Alexander Frei (Switzerland / Servette FC Genéve/Stade Rennais FC/FC Basel)
63 (42/21)
12. Henrik Larsson ( Sweden /Glasgow Celtic FC/FC Barcelona/Manchester United FC/Helsingborg IF)
61 (25/36)
13. Jon Dahl Tomasson (Denmark/ Feyenoord Rotterdam/Milan AC/VfB Stuttgart/Villarreal CF)
59 (43/16)
14. Jared Francisco Borgetti (México /Club Santos Laguna de Torreon/Pachuca CF/Bolton Wanderers FC/Al-Ittihad FC Jeddah/CA Monarcas Morelia)
58 (41/17)
15. Adriano Ribeiro Leite (Brazil /FC Parma/ FC Internazionale Milano/São Paulo FC/CR Flamengo Rio de Janeiro)
58 (27/31)