Top 10 goal scorers of all Time

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10. James McGrory

Goal scored: 550

James "Jimmy" McGrory is a Scottish striker who played from the year 1918 to 1935. This player is a living legend of Glasgow Celtic, where he spent fifteen years of his career with a record of 395 goals in 378 appearances. James is also an essential player who helped Celtic to win the Scottish League three times and also became the five times winner of Scottish Cup.

James earned the nickname as the "mermaid" because of his great heading and jumping ability, even though he is only 168 cm tall. After retiring as a player, McGrory decided to pursue a career as a coach for Kilmarnock and Celtic.

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9. Eusebio

Goal scored: 552

It's too early for Cristiano Ronaldo to call himself as the best football player in Portugal of all time. He still has to surpass Eusebio, an attacker who is feared in his time and was dubbed as the "Dangerous Black Panther".

Eusebio is an African immigrant who gained Portuguese citizenship. His speed ​​and agility made him Eusebio to be a great striker​​. Besides her success in taking Portugal to get the third place in 1966 World Cup and became the top scorer in the tournament, Eusebio was also able to help Benfica won the Portuguese League eleven times and also one time won the UEFA Champions Cup.

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8. Ernst Willimowski

Goal scored: 554

Throughout his career, Willimowski played for two national teams, Poland and Germany in the year of 1934 to 1942. Together with the Polish national team, Willimowski became the first player who can score four goals in a World Cup match, precisely in the match against Brazil in 1938. His appearances for the German national team wasn't a disappointment, where he can score 13 goals in eight matches.

Because of his prowess, Willimowski was even allowed to continue playing football, even during the World War II. He played from one barrack to another barracks, to entertain and encourage the German army.

7. Uwe Seeler

Goal scored: 575

One more German attacker who successfully registered himself as the soccer top scorer of all time. Uwe Seeler is known as a reliable striker for Germany national team, and he is a legend for Hamburg SV football club. During his career in that club in the period 1953-1972 Uwee Seeler successfully scored 404 goals in 476 appearances.

Uwe Seeler is known as a striker who often scored from overhead kick. Although he was a very talented player, Uwe Seeler was only able to win few trophies. He only won one German League Cup and one German League, although during that period he was three times elected as the best player in the country.

6. Ferenc Deac

Goal scored: 576

His name might not familiar to you. This is because Ferenc Deak's career occurred in times of the World War, when many international tournaments cannot be held. Deak also only played for Hungarian local clubs, such as Szentlorinci, Ferencvaros, and Budapesti Dzosa. Besides the number of goals that he scored, other information about this player is very minimal, even the photo of this player cannot be found on the internet.

Deac played for Hungarian national team in the span of 1944 to 1949, where he scored 29 goals in 20 appearances. It is unfortunate that this player had no chance to show his skills in the world level because of the unstable politics and economy conditions of Hungary after World War II that made Deac had to retire as an international footballer.

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5. Gerd Muller

Goal scored: 735

Gerd Muller is the best striker ever for German national team and Bayern Munich. As a striker, his physical appearance was too not convincing. Muller has a short stature, mediocre speed, and not too strong build. The most dangerous thing from him is his very great ability in finishing and positioning.

Gerd Muller is an important part of the team who brought West Germany won the 1974 World Cup and Euro 1972. He listed himself as seven times top-scorer of the German League, three times as Europe's top scorer, and one time top scorer of the World Cup. With Bayern Munich, Muller won four times German League, four German Cups and four League Cups.

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4. Ferenc Puskas

Goal scored: 746

Puskas was a part of Hungary's golden generation that brought this team to win the 1952 Olympics. Puskas also almost won the World Cup 1854 before dramatically defeated by West Germany in the final match. Throughout his career, this player is not only known as prolific striker, but also a great ball passer.

His talent and achievement made Puskas to be recruited by Real Madrid. Together with the Spanish giants, Puskas won five La Liga titles and three Champions Cups. He also recorded a personal achievement by becoming four times top scorer in the Spanish League, and he was awarded with the title of European and world's best player in 1953.

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3. Pele

Goal scored: 767

Pele is touted as the best player in the history of football. If you count the number of unofficial matches that he played, the total goals scored by Pele should be more than 1,000. Pele is the only player on this list who is able to win three World Cup titles. He spent most of his club career with Santos before finally deciding to retire with New York Cosmos.

Because of his talent, Pele is considered a "national treasure" by the Brazilian government, and not allowed to play outside the country. In this condition, Santos was the one who gained the most benefit. With Pele in their side, Santos won 11 Brazilian league title (eight of them in a row). Considering his skill and accomplishments, I think Pele really deserves to be called as "The King of Football".

2. Romario

Goal scored: 772

Pele may be named as the King of Football, but in terms of the number of goals, there is still a Brazillian player who is superior to Pele. He is Romario, a prodigy striker who led Brazil to win the World Cup in 1994 and Copa America in 1989 and 1997. In contrast to Pele who scored almost all of his goal in Brazil, most of the goals scored by Romario was actually scored in European League, when he played with PSV, Barcelona, and Valencia.

Romario's love toward soccer was proven when he continued playing until the age of 43 years. In addition to his great ability in scoring goals, Romario also received more than 40 individual awards, among them are three times Dutch League top scorer, three times Brazilian League top scorer, and named twice as the Brazilian national team top scorer of a year.

1. Josef Bican

Goal scored: 805

It was a surprising fact for me to know that the title of soccer top scorer of all time is actually held by Josef Bican, Austrian footballer whose name is less famous than Pele, Romario, or Gerd Muller. Bican played in the period 1928 to 1955. His best period was achieved in Slavia Prague football club, where he was able to score 395 goals in 217 appearances.

His achievement was not surprising because in addition to having great football skill, at that time most of the physically fit football players were sent to the battlefield as soldiers. This fact made Bican had no opponent, and that was one of the reason of his amazing record. During his career, he was able to score seven goals in one game for three times. He also became 12 times league top scorer from his 27 years football career, and five consecutive year scored the most goals in Europe. At the end of his career in 1955, he could still maintain amazing record by scoring 22 goals in 29 matches at the age of 42 years.