Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo feature twice, but so does Juninho Pernambucano and his goals from the Qatari phase, Matias Urbano of Union Santa Fe and Gerardo Masini from Teramo, a Serie D club.
The best 100 goals of 2011? Takes time to compile a list like this, no matter if you agree with the choices. This one, made by lorma96, unlike the more oficial lists, doesn’t really give more famous players and goals an advantage above the others.
Number 100 – Simao Sabrosa, Besiktas
Number 99 – Juninho Pernambucano, Al-Gharafa. Has since returned to Brazil, playing for Vasco.
Number 98 – Heather O’Reilly, USA Women
Number 97 – Nano, Tenerife
Number 96 – Guido Burgstaller, Rapid Wien
Number 95 – Jermaine Beckford, Everton. He is playing for Leicester City this season.
Number 94 – Henan Barcos, LDU Quito. Has since moved on to Palmeiras in Brazil.
Number 93 – Helder Barbosa, Braga
Number 92 – Jese Rodriguez, Real Madrid Castilla
Number 91 – Nikica Jelavic, Rangers
Number 90 – Otar Martsvaladze, Volga Novogorod. Has since moved on to Krasnodar.
Number 89 – Elano, Santos
Number 88 – Robin van Persie, Arsenal
Number 87 – Julio Gomez, Mexico U-17 team
Number 86 – Jone Samuelsen, Odd Grenland
Number 85 – Cheick Tiote, Newcastle
Number 84 – Wellington Aparecido Martins, Sao Paulo
Number 83 – Carlos Vela, Real Sociedad. He’s on loan from Arsenal.
Number 82 – Amauri, Parma. He’s on loan from Juventus.
Number 81 – Vladislav Kulik, Universitatea Cluj
Number 80 – Milan Petrzela, Viktoria Plzen
Number 79 – Christopher Drazan, Rapid Wien
Number 78 – Lionel Messi, Barcelona
Number 77 – Alvaro Navarro, Godoy Cruz
Number 76 – Cristiano Ronaldo, Real Madrid
Number 75 – Vitor Junior, Atletico Goianiense. Has since moved on to Corinthians.
Number 74 – Martin Palermo, Boca Juniors. Has retired since.
Number 73 – Gerardo Masini, Teramo, a Serie D club in Italy.
Number 72 – Cristiano Ronaldo (2), Portugal.
Number 71 – Heinrich Schmidtgal, Greuther Furth
Number 70 – Scott Sinclair, Swansea
Number 69 – Marko Arnautovic, Werder Bremen
Number 68 – Juninho Pernambucano (2), Al-Gharafa
Number 67 – Darren Ambrose, Crystal Palace
Number 66 – Fred, Fluminense
Number 65 – Luis Suarez, Liverpool
Number 64 – Wallyson, Cruzeiro
Number 63 – Raul Meireles, Liverpool. Has since moved on to Chelsea.
Number 62 – Pa Modou Kah, Roda. Has since moved to Qatar, playing for Al Khor.
Number 61 – Cristian Gabriel Chavez, Tucaman. Has since moved on to Napoli.
Number 60 – Zlatan Ibrahimovic, AC Milan
Number 59 – Odil Ahmedov, Uzbekistan
Number 58 – Andres Guardado, Mexico
Number 57 – Helder Postiga, Zaragoza
Number 56 – Vincent Rufli, Servette
Number 55 – Gualberto Mojica, Oriente Petrolero
Number 54 – Esteban Fuertes, Colon
Number 53 – Pascal Angan, Wydad Casablanca
Number 52 – Paulo Ferrari, River Plate. Has since moved on to Rosario Central.
Number 51 – Julio Baptista, Malaga
Number 50 – Farid Cheklam, Najran
Number 49 – Maicosuel, Botafogo
Number 48 – Henok Goitom, Almeria
Number 47 – Kevin Prince Boateng, AC Milan
Number 46 – Samba Diakite, Nancy
Number 45 – Roger Rodrigues da Silva, Ceara
Number 44 – Sinha, Toluca
Number 43 – Omar Milanetto, Padova
Number 42 – Jose Capdevilla, Xerez
Number 41 – Eric Hassli, Vancouver Whitecaps
Number 40 – Marvin Emnes, Middlesbrough
Number 39 – Jimmy Briand, Lyon
Number 38 – Matias Urbano, Union Santa Fe
Number 37 – Fabian Schar, FC Wil
Number 36 – Pablo Gabas, LD Alajuelense
Number 35 – Marco Rigoni, Novara
Number 34 – Bruno Mezenga, Red Star Belgrade. He has since moved on to Turkey, playing for Orduspor.
Number 33 – Andrew Johnson, Fulham
Number 32 – Piotr Grzelczak, Widzew Lodz
Number 31 – Claudio Riano, Talleres
Number 30 – Jorge Troiteiro, Burgos
Number 29 – Giovani Dos Santos, Mexico
Number 28 – Jan Schlaudraff, Hannover
Number 27 – Roberto de Souza, Maritimo
Number 26 – Bernardo de Souza, Vasco
Number 25 – Victor Nunez, Herediano
Number 24 – Martin Bravo, Pumas
Number 23 – Ahmed Abd El-Zaher, ENPPI
Number 22 – Dennis Rommedahl, Denmark
Number 21 – Lisandro Ezequiel Lopez, Arsenal de Sarandi
Number 20 – Artioms Rudnevs, Lech Poznan
Number 19 – Aidil Zafuan, Malaysia
Number 18 – Neymar, Santos
Number 17 – Freddy Guarin, Porto
Number 16 – Cosmin Moti, Dinamo Bucuresti
Number 15 – Lex Immers, ADO
Number 14 – Eren Derdiyok, Leverkusen
Number 13 – Lionel Messi (2), Barcelona
Number 12 – Kafoumba Coulibaly, Nice
Number 11 – Pat Sullivan, Shamrock. He’s actually taking a year off from football, travelling in Australia.
Number 10 – Cleiton Xavier, Metalist
Number 9 – Samuel, Pacos
Number 8 – Benjamin De Ceulaer, Lokeren
Number 7 – Dejan Stankovic, Inter
Number 6 – Leopoldo Sinceros, Cruz del Sur
Number 5 – Wayne Rooney, Manchester United
Number 4 – Matias Urbano (2), Union
Number 3 – Yohandry Orozco, Venezuela U-20 team
Number 2 – Dimitris Sialmas, PAS Giannina. He has since moved on to AEK Athens.
Number 1 – Gerardo Masini (2), Teramo