Barcelona recently announced the signing of another great striker in Robert Lewandowski, heading into the 2022/23 season. The Blaugranas are well known for hosting a ton of great strikers in the past, with the likes of Eto’o, Suarez, etc.....CONTINUE READING
With that being said, let’s take a look at some of the club’s greatest strikers in history
Gary Lineker:
– 1984/85 First Division Golden Boot
– 1985/86 First Division Golden Boot
– 1985/86 FWA Footballer of the Year
– 1985/86 PFA Player of the Year
– 1986 World Cup Golden Boot
When Barça signed Gary Lineker, they signed one of the most prolific strikers in world football.
Romario:
Romario’s record for PSV was ridiculous:
– 167 games
– 165 goals
– 6x trophies
– 3x Eredivisie Golden Boot
– 1x UCL Top Scorer.
What did he win in his first season with Barcelona? Pichichi Trophy and LaLiga champion.
Ronaldo:
After scoring 54 goals in 57 games for PSV, Ronaldo joined Barcelona for a then-world-record fee in 1996:
– 49 games
– 47 goals
– 3 trophies
– Pichichi Trophy
– European Golden Shoe.
Ronaldo top-scored for Barcelona in all four competitions in his only season at the club.
Rivaldo:
Most goals scored for Barcelona by Brazilian players:
– 130: Rivaldo
– 105: Neymar
– 105: Evaristo
– 95: Ronaldinho
Barça won back-to-back league titles after signing Rivaldo and he picked up the 1998 Ballon d’Or.
Kluivert:
Patrick Kluivert is the youngest scorer in UCL final history and was incredibly consistent for Barcelona:
– 98/99: 16 goals
– 99/00: 25 goals
– 00/01: 25 goals
– 01/02: 25 goals
– 02/03: 21 goals
– 03/04: 10 goals.
He even squeezed in a Euro 2000 Golden Boot.
Larsson:
Celtic signed Henrik Larsson for £650,000:
– 313 games
– 242 goals
– 5x league titles
– 5x Golden Boot
– 1x European Golden Shoe.
Barcelona signed him for free, he won LaLiga twice and he’s the only player in the club’s history to provide multiple assists in a UCL final.
Eto’o:
Samuel Eto’o for Barcelona:
– 199 games
– 130 goals
– 8 trophies.
Samuel Eto’o for Inter Milan:
– 102 games
– 53 goals
– 6 trophies.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic:
In 2009, Barcelona signed Zlatan Ibrahimovic for €46m + Samuel Eto’o.
– 2.1 games per goal
– 9.2 games per trophy
Not quite a treble, but it’s not bad at all.
Thierry Henry:
Thierry Henry has won more Premier League Golden Boots than any other player and is the the only player to win multiple European Golden Shoes while playing for an English club.
In 2008/09, Henry scored 26 goals as Barça became the first Spanish side to win the Treble.
David Villa:
After four Zarra Trophies in five seasons – with a Euro 2008 Golden Boot in between – David Villa joined Barcelona and won LaLiga and the Champions League in his debut season. He’s also the Spain’s national team all-time leading goalscorer.
Luis Suarez:
– Signed after recording the second-highest GA total in a PL season (43)
– Won The Treble™ in his first season, scored 59 goals in 53 games in his second
– The only player to win the Pichchi ahead of both Ronaldo and Messi.
Luis Suárez became a Barcelona legend.
Sergio Aguero:
Man City’s all-time leading scorer, Sergio Agüero has more Premier League goals than any other foreign player and has the most hat-tricks in the competition’s history.
His Barcelona career was cruelly cut short, but he did score against Real Madrid.
Aubameyang:
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is the only player to win the Golden Boot in both the Bundesliga and the Premier League:
– 2016/17: 32 games, 31 goals
– 2018/19: 36 games, 22 goals.
The last player that finished ahead of Lewandowski in the Bundesliga scoring charts.
Lewandowski:
Most goals scored in a Bundesliga season:
– 41: Robert Lewandowski
– 40: Gerd Müller
Most Bundesliga Golden Boot awards:
– 7: Robert Lewandowski
– 7: Gerd Müller.
