The Decade’s Top Football Strikers – Part 6
-David Trezeguet:
This Frenchman currently plays for Hercules and has already played for Juventus, Monaco and Platense before.
He will always be remembered for his goal in favour of France during the Euro 2000 when he single-handily gave his national team the trophy. He has had a fruitful career so far, scoring numerous goals at vital times for different clubs.
David Trezeguet started his professional career with platense and then got signed by Monaco in 1995. He spent five years with Monaco Ligue 1 and then made it to Juventus.
He stayed with Juventus for the next ten years and is still loved by the fans there. He remained faithful to Juventus even after they got relegated to Serie B due to the Calciopoli Scandal.
Trezeguet made some three hundred and eighteen appearances for the club while netting a hundred and seventy one goals. He finally left Juventus and moved to the Spanish side, Hercules.
David is also a crucial player for the French national team and has made seventy one appearances with thirty four goals.
-Roberto Baggio:
The Italian, Roberto Baggio has played for AC Milan, Juventus, Inter Milan, Bologna and Brescia.
He is one of the most deluxe players to have ever played football and is also thought to be one of the best support strikers. Baggio played for Juventus and laminated their game from 1990 to 1995. He then made his move to AC Milan but could not play to the
mark that was expected of him.
He moved to Bologna to restart his career and netted twenty two goals there in one season. Then, he got transferred to Inter Milan which did not turn out to be a good move as the coach, Marcello Lippi disliked him there.
Two years later, he went to Brescia and had a decent time there. He wasn't called for the 2002 World Cup and consequently retired from football in 2004.
He represented Italy on numerous occasions and scored in three World Cups while having a total of fifty six appearances and netting twenty seven goals for the Azzurri.
-Dennis Bergkamp:
Dennis Bergkamp is yet another player from Netherlands who has played for Inter Milan, Ajax and Gunners.
He is one of Arsenal's all time great players. Bergkamp formed a deadly strike force with the likes of Thierry Henry. He came from the Ajax youth academy and made his debut with Ajax under Johan Cruyff.
Bergkamp was a major success there as he scored over a hundred goals for them before moving to Inter Milan but he did not have a good term with them. He ultimately got transferred to the Gunners where he made a legendary partnership with Ian Wright.
Bergkamp thrived even more under the reins of Arsene Wenger and when Henry got added to the equation, they together created magic and made history for Arsenal.
He was also an important part of the Dutch national team as he had seventy one appearances with thirty seven goals for them.
-Roy Makaay:
Roy Makaay is a player from Netherlands and has played for clubs like Bayern Munich, Deportivo la Coruna, Feyenoord and Vittesse.
He was a spectacular striker and a goal-scoring machine for every club that he ever played for. He started his professional career with Vitesse and scored forty five goals for them in a hundred and fourteen performances.
(To be continued in Part 7)
Tags: