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Top 10 Scorers of the England national football team
Scoring against San Marino in a Euro 2016 spot clincher, Wayne Rooney finally tied Bobby Charlton on top of the England national football team’s scoring charts, making it 49 goals in 106 caps for the national team, and now surely on his way to becoming the record holder for the Three Lions, leaving the likes of Alan Shearer, Michael Owen and Frank Lampard behind.
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Copa America – Day 4 Results & Table (Brazil vs Peru, Colombia vs Venezuela)
The fourth day of the Copa America was filled with drama and surprise, as Venezuela stunned Colombia in a 1-0 win while Brazil needed a very late Douglas Costa goal to overcome Peru 2-1 and start their Group C campaign on the right foot.
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Greatest Scorers of All-Time in Europe’s Top Leagues
Lionel Messi breaking Telmo Zarra’s record for most goals in the history of Spanish football is an excellent opportunity to check out the greatest scorers of all-time in the rest of Europe’s top leagues: England, France, Germany and Italy.
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Champions League – All 16 Teams in the Knockout Stage
Of the final 16 teams that made it out of the group stage in the 2013-2014 Champions League and into the knockout round, we have 4 teams from England (Arsenal, Manchester United, Chelsea, Manchester City), 4 from Germany (Bayern Munich, Dortmund, Schalke, Leverkusen), 3 teams from Spain (Real Madrid, Barcelona, Atletico Madrid), and 1 from France (PSG), 1 from Turkey (Galatasaray), 1 from Greece (Olympiacos), 1 from Russia (Zenit) and 1 from Italy (AC Milan).
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Cristiano Ronaldo Scoring More Goals Than Anyone in Europe
Even though Lionel Messi owns the books on goal scoring records, things are a bit different in 2013, with Cristiano Ronaldo so far leading all players from the top five leagues in Europe with 50 goals this season – 44 of them coming for Real Madrid and six more while playing for the national team.
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Top Scorers in Europe – October Edition
The international break is a good opportunity to examine the scoring charts around the top leagues in Europe, which includes Daniel Sturridge of Liverpool off to an impressive season, Lionel Messi getting some competition from an unexpected direction, a very close race in the Bundesliga, Giuseppe Rossi enjoying his Fiorentina comeback while Falcao is having a wonderful debut season in Moncao.
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2012-2013 Top Scorers in Europe’s Top Leagues
Like in every season, the tracking of top scorers around Europe’s best football leagues is all about seeing if anyone can get close to the incredible scoring numbers Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo produce year after year. Alas, no one was good enough to top the usual top two.
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All the Champions of the Top 40 Soccer Leagues in Europe for 2012-2013
The 2012-2013 season is over, with Barcelona, Manchester United, Bayern Munich, Juventus and PSG being crowned as champions of the top leagues in Europe, without any actual surprises when it comes to title winners across most of the football leagues in the continent.
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Javier Hernandez is the Most Efficcient Goalscorer in the Premier League
Is being the top scorer in the league also means you are the best? Some prefer efficiency to amount when they measure these things, and when it comes to that, no one in the Premier League is better than Javier Hernandez, leading the league in 2012-2013 in the goals-per-minute ratio, followed by Romelu Lukaku of West Brom and Manchester United teammate Robin van Persie, who is also the league’ top scorer.
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Europa League – All 4 Teams in the Semifinals
Four teams from four different countries reached the semifinals of the 2012-2013 Europa League; one from Switzerland (Basel), one from Portugal (Benfica), one from England (Chelsea) and one Turkish side (Fenerbahce).