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== Well known female striker == |
== Well known female striker == |
Revision as of 00:18, 18 April 2006
- This article is about football (soccer) players. See also striker (disambiguation).
Strikers, also known as centre forwards, forwards, and attackers, are the players on a team in football (soccer) in the row nearest to the opposing team's goal, who are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals.
Modern player formations include between one and three strikers; two is most common. Coaches usually field one striker who plays over the shoulder of the last defender, and another attacking forward who plays somewhat deeper and assists in making goals as well as scoring. The former is usually a large striker, typically known as a target man, who is used either to distract opposing defenders to help teammates score, or to score himself; the latter is usually of quicker pace. Yet another variation on striking partners is the replacement of the target man with a striker who can thread through balls. In less frequent cases, some strikers operate on the wings of the field and work their way goalward.
Because they score more goals than other players, strikers are often among the best-known and most expensive players on their teams.
Well-known male strikers
- Adriano (Inter Milan and Brazil)
- Gabriel Batistuta (Formerly of Fiorentina and Argentina)
- Dennis Bergkamp (Arsenal and The Netherlands)
- Oliver Bierhoff
- Antonio Cassano
- Hernan Crespo (Chelsea and Argentina)
- Johan Cruijff
- Didier Drogba (Chelsea and Cote D'Ivoire)
- Samuel Eto'o (Barcelona and Camaroon)
- Tomasz Frankowski (Wolverhampton Wanderers and Poland)
- Alberto Gilardino
- Jimmy Greaves
- Thierry Henry (Arsenal and France)
- Geoff Hurst
- Zlatan Ibrahimović (Juventus and Sweden)
- Filippo Inzaghi
- Jürgen Klinsmann (Formerly of Tottenham Hotspur and Germany)
- Denis Law (Formerly of Manchester United and Scotland)
- Gary Lineker (Formerly of Tottenham Hotspur and England)
- Roy Makaay (Bayern Munich and The Netherlands)
- Diego Maradona (Formerly of Boca Juniors and Argentina)
- Fernando Morena
- Gerd Müller (Germany)
- Michael Owen (Newcastle United and England)
- Martín Palermo
- Pedro Pauleta (PSG and Portugal)
- Pelé (Brazil)
- Abédi Pelé
- Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus and Italy)
- Nuno Gomes (Benfica and Portugal)
- Raí (Formerly of PSG and Brazil)
- Raúl (Real Madrid and Spain)
- Romario (Miami FC and formerly of Brazil)
- Ronaldo (Real Madrid and Brazil)
- Wayne Rooney (Manchester United and England)
- Paolo Rossi (Formerly of Perugia and Italy)
- Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (Formerly of Bayern Munich and Germany)
- Javier Saviola (Barcelona and Argentina)
- Alan Shearer (Newcastle United and formerly of England)
- Andriy Shevchenko (AC Milan and Ukraine)
- Hakan Şükür (Galatasaray and Turkey)
- Carlos Tevez (Corinthians and Argentina)
- Luca Toni (Fiorentina and Italy)
- Tostão (Formelry of Cruziero and Brazil)
- Marco van Basten (Formerly of AC Milan and The Netherlands)
- Ruud van Nistelrooy (Manchester United and The Netherlands)
- Rudi Voller (Formerly of Olympique Marseille and Germany)
- Christian Vieri (AS Monaco and Italy)
- George Weah (Formerly of AC Milan and Liberia)
- Maciej Zurawski (Celtic and Poland)
- Omar Bravo (chivas del Guadalajara and Mexico)