Making a list of Great Number 9

[Excape Goat]

Liked the list for #10, this is for players playing in the position #9.

1) Eusebio
2) Gerd Muller
3) Van Bastem
4) Ronaldo
5) Romario
6) Batigoal
7) Lineker
8) Hugo Sánchez
9) Riva

How about Henry and Kubalal? Can they be considered a true #9????

[John Simkin]

Hughie Gallacher (http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/NEWCgallacher.htm) was a highly successful centre-forward with Airdrieonians in the Scottish League (http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FscottishL.htm). During a four year period he scored 91 goals in 111 games. In 1925 Newcastle United (http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Fnewcastle.htm) paid Airdrieonians £6,500 for Gallacher. He made an immediate impact and during his first season scored 23 goals in 19 games. The following season Newcastle won the First Division league title. Gallacher, who had been made captain of the side, scored 39 goals in 41 games. After scoring 133 goals in 160 league appearances, Gallacher was sold to Chelsea for £10,000.

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/NEWCgallacher.htm

However, Dixie Dean had a better overall performance than Gallacher.
In March 1925 Dixie Dean (http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FdeanD.htm) was transferred (http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Ftransfer.htm) from Tranmere Rovers to Everton for a fee of £3,000. Dean was one of the best signings of all times. Dean was in sensational form in the 1927-28 season. He scored seven hat-tricks that season and ended up with a record-breaking 60 league goals. Dean helped Everton win three league championships and a FA Cup final victory. During his time at Everton he scored 349 goals in 399 games.

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FdeanD.htm

[Gregoriak]

Uwe Seeler, Horst Hrubesch.

[babaorum]

Just Fontaine, Jean-Pierre Papin

[zenden]

Ian Rush, Alan Shearer

[indestructible]

In his day, Vieri was a bull (97-98)

[squidward123]

to be honest no-one post the world war even comes close to gerd muller

he leads every single competition or league he ever played in, in terms of goals scored, and always at about 1 goal per game which is much higher than anyone else.

the only one he doesn't lead is the world cup but he has 14 goals from 14 games while ronaldo has 1 more from 5 more games.

he always scored goals in finals and semifinals of world cups and euros.

has 1300 odd goals in 1100 odd senior games for bayern and germany (including friendlies), and senior competitive games for fort lauderdale.

[nekkibasara]

the only one he doesn't lead is the world cup but he has 14 goals from 14 games while ronaldo has 1 more from 5 more games.

Actualy Mueller's World Cup Record is 14 goals scored and 12 matches played.

[Sagy]

Actualy Mueller's World Cup Record is 14 goals scored and 12 matches played.

I think it was 13:
1970

Jun 03 Morocco, 1 goal
Jun 07 Bulgaria, 3 goals
Jun 10 Peru, 3 goals
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Jun 14 England, 1 goal
Jun 17 Italy, 2 goals
Jun 20 Uruguay
6 games, 10 goals

1974

Jun 14 Chile
Jun 18 Australia, 1 goal
Jun 22 East Germany
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Jun 26 Yugoslavia, 1 goal
Jun 30 Sweden
Jul 03 Poland, 1 goal
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Jul 07 Netherlands, 1 goal
7 games (2nd phase was group, not 1/4 & 1/2 finals), 4 goals
Total 13 games, 14 goals

[frasermc]

shearer has to be on the list.


1991/92 Southampton 41 13
1992/93 Blackburn Rovers 21 16
1993/94 Blackburn Rovers 40 31
1994/95 Blackburn Rovers 42 34
1995/96 Blackburn Rovers 35 31 138 112
1996/97 Newcastle United 31 25
1997/98 Newcastle United 17 2
1998/99 Newcastle United 30 14
1999/00 Newcastle United 37 23
2000/01 Newcastle United 19 5
2001/02 Newcastle United 37 23
2002/03 Newcastle United 35 17
2003/04 Newcastle United 37 22
2004/05 Newcastle United 28 7
2005/06 Newcastle United 32 10 303 148

england caps -- 63 goals -- 30

[Twenty26Six]

Ian Rush

The numbers speak for themselves. Also, he was regarded as a very good defensive forward w/ a phenomenal work ethic.


Rush scored 346 goals in 660 senior outings.
44 FA Cup goals (39 of them for Liverpool)
Five-goals total in FA Cup Finals (two in 1986 and 1989 and one in 1992 all on winning Liverpool sides) is an all-time best by an individual.
He scored 10 times in 18 Wembley outings for Liverpool.

Five Championship medals
One European Cup
All-time Mersey derby record of 25 goals against Everton.
Won Europe's Golden Boot with 32 League goals in 1984 when he was also double Footballer of the Year.
Captained Wales, for whom he scored a record 28 goals in 73 games.

[dor02]

Gunnar Nordahl from Sweden should get a mention as well as Silvio Piola, Giuseppe Meazza, Ademir Menezes, Artur Friedenreich, Leonidas da Silva, Klinsi and Sandor Kocsis.

Henry and Kubala shouldn't be classifed as true number 9s. Kubala never was a number 9 and Henry may have been the main point of Arsenal's attack but his overall game is quite different to a typical number 9. He runs more, a bit like a winger or support striker. The only reason to include him would be for his goalscoring rate but in a way, it would be like including Kurt Hamrin in this list although he was a number 7.

[xTottixCorex]

how about malcolm macdonald???

[Glavisted Big Soccer]

1. Marco van Basten
2. Ronaldo
3. Eusebio
4. Gabriel Batistuta
5. Gerd Müller

[Moishe]

to be honest no-one post the world war even comes close to gerd muller

he leads every single competition or league he ever played in, in terms of goals scored, and always at about 1 goal per game which is much higher than anyone else.

the only one he doesn't lead is the world cup but he has 14 goals from 14 games while ronaldo has 1 more from 5 more games.

he always scored goals in finals and semifinals of world cups and euros.

has 1300 odd goals in 1100 odd senior games for bayern and germany (including friendlies), and senior competitive games for fort lauderdale.


While I agree with you having seen the man play live as well as on the tube, he was the real deal and a nice guy as well. In fairness though I'd say the gap b/w he and Ronaldo, MvB.....is a very narrow gap and it would be imposible to say any one of those mentioned is a wrong choice.

[Cassano]

Paolo Rossi

and even though he isn't done yet,

Filippo Inzaghi.

Batistuta and Vieri were my favorites in their prime.

[Catel]

Henry, Trezeguet

[KumarsS]

I can only give my opinion on footballers I've seen play extensively, which are all very recent (2002-present), but I'll take a shot at making a list:

1. Ronaldo
2. Thierry Henry
3. Hernan Crespo
4. Miroslav Klose
5. Ruud van Nistelrooy
6. Filippo Inzaghi
7. Didier Drogba
8. Zlatan Ibrahimovic
9. Samuel Eto'o
10. David Trezeguet

I'm defining "no. 9" forwards as strikers who play (or tend to play) as target men.

[dor02]

Ibra is a number 10. He just has a very good scoring rate.

[Perry Digweed]

Bobby Charlton