Top 10 footballers with most goals for single club
These elite goalscorers have scored goals week in and week out
There have been numerous prolific goal scorers throughout the history of the sport, with some of them playing practically their whole careers for only one team and have scored goals week in week out.
At AS Roma and Real Madrid, respectively, Francesco Totti and Raul both scored more than 300 goals. Totti never played for another team, although Raul had a successful run in the Spanish capital until making his final appearance and ending his career in the Bundesliga with Schalke. In light of that, let's see if the foursome ranks among the top ten footballers with the most goals for single club in football history (top five European leagues):
Wayne Rooney: 253 (Manchester United)
The milestone for the most goals scored for Manchester United is held by Wayne Rooney, who is largely considered as one of the finest players of his generation. He spent 13 years at the club starting in 2004 and scored 253 goals in 559 games, producing many unforgettable moments.
The English legend is the only footballer to score 200 goals and register 100 assists in the English top flight.
The Manchester United legend is now managing DC United in MLS.
Sergio Aguero: 260 (Manchester City)
Aguero's career, of course, followed its amazing path, and with 260 goals against Eric Brook's 177, which had stood since 1940, Aguero left Manchester as the club's all-time leading scorer. This was the culmination of an epic decade marked by unmatched displays of footballing supremacy.
Harry Kane: 267
With his 267th strike for Tottenham Hotspur, Harry Kane has already scored more goals for the team than Jimmy Greaves, who had the mark for 53 years. The only other player for the London-based team with 200 or more goals is Bobby Smith, who has a total of 208. On his 416th game for the team, Kane accomplished the feat. Out
Alessandro Del Piero: 290 (Juventus)
Juventus' all-time goalscorer record with 290 goals is Alessandro Del Piero, who spent 19 years there between 1993 and 2012. He not only owns the record for the most goals scored for the Old Lady, additionally, he also has the record for the most matches (705) in the club's history.
The Italian legend also had a short spell in the ISL (Indian Super League) with Delhi Dynamos.
Francesco Totti: 307 (AS Roma)
The Golden Child, who rose to become "The Eighth King of Rome," was a real occurrence. Totti debuted for Roma at the age of just 16. He has 307 goals in all competitions by the time he retired in 2017 for his local team. Moreover, he scored nine goals for Italy, who he assisted in winning the 2006 World Cup.
Totti spent his entire career at AS Roma and will go down as the best player in the club's history.
Raul: 323 (Real Madrid)
Raul has the distinction of never having been expelled throughout his 17 years of professional play. Raul recorded his 300th goal for Real Madrid on November 11, 2008, when he scored a hat-trick against Real Unión. Real won the game 4-3 but was eliminated on away goals when the two teams drew 6-6 overall. Raul broke Alfredo Di Stéfano's (307) long-standing club record with a lobbed goal against Sporting de Gijón on February 15, 2009, giving Real Madrid 323 goals overall.
Karim Benzema: 336 (Real Madrid)
Benzema is recognised as one of the greatest finishers of all time as well as a prolific and imaginative attacker. He is second all-time in goals scored and assists provided for Real Madrid.
At Real Madrid, Benzema has amassed 24 trophies, including five UEFA Champions League championships, two Copa del Reys, and four LaLiga championships. He has also won the illustrious and prestigious Ballon d'Or award in 2022.
Robert Lewandowski: 344 (Bayern Munich)
In 375 appearances for Bayern Munich, Robert Lewandowski netted 344 goals. His summer 2022 departure to Barcelona marked the end of one of the biggest and best Bundesliga campaigns imaginable. Lewandowski, 34, achieved back-to-back Bundesliga titles with Borussia Dortmund under Jürgen Klopp during his career-high 12 years in German football, which began in 2010. Ever since he has been on a goal-scoring rampage and is currently playing for Barcelona.
Cristiano Ronaldo: 450 (Real Madrid)
Cristiano Ronaldo is considered as one of the greatest footballers of all time and is also the second-most prolific scorer for a single club having 450 goals in nine seasons for Real Madrid.
In the club's final game, a match against Liverpool in the 2018 Champions League final, he failed to score. Nonetheless, Ronaldo did score his historic 450th goal for Real Madrid against Madrid's El Clasico rivals Barcelona.
Lionel Messi: 672 (Barcelona)
Messi broke Pele's record for the most goals recorded for a single club by scoring 672 for Barcelona throughout the course of his illustrious almost two-decade career. One of two players who have scored 100 Champions League goals for one side is the seven-time Ballon d'Or winner, who is additionally the all-time leading scorer in LaLiga.
The Argentine superstar's exit from Camp Nou was very emotional and unexpected. But after 2 years at PSG, Barcelona are rumoured to be interested in resigning Lionel Messi on a free transfer next summer.
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