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1921–22 Torquay United F.C. season

Crad Evans, Torquay Town's star striker, was installed as player-manager and the new team adopted a black and white strip which soon earned them the nickname of 'the Magpies'.

2000–01 A.C. Fiorentina season

Although respectability in the league was upheld by goalkeeper Francesco Toldo, playmaker Rui Costa and striker Enrico Chiesa, both Toldo and Rui Costa departed for the Milanese clubs in the summer of 2001, as president Vittorio Cecchi Gori desperately tried to save a collapsing economy.

2007 Libyan Al-Fatih Cup Final

The game was close, but Al Ittihad won 1-0, thanks to a 53rd minute goal from Burkinabé striker Pan Pierre Koulibaly.

Aaron Xuereb

Aaron hoped to help Hibernians retain the Maltese Premier League title for the 2009–10, however the quest took some severe setbacks, as Hibernians sold the Maltese Player of the Year Clayton Failla to Sliema Wanderers, and Striker Terence Scerri joined Valletta.

Abu Kanu

Abu Kanu commonly known as Gbanaloko (born 31 March 1972 in Magburaka) is a retired Sierra Leonean football Striker.

Agustí Montal Costa

Netherlands striker joined Johann Cruyff and other famous international players such as Johan Neeskens or Hugo Sotil, which reached to win the league in 1973-1974, after fourteen years of not winning anything.

Alexandros Alexandris

Alexandros "Alekos" Alexandris (born 21 October 1968 in Kiato) is a former Greek football striker.

Andreas Görlitz

Shortly after signing for Bayern, Görlitz made his debut for the Germany national team, appearing in the last five minutes of the 1–1 friendly with Brazil, on 8 September 2004; the following month, he assisted veteran Thomas Brdaric as the striker closed the score at 2–0, in another exhibition game, now with Iran.

Andreas Keller

The former striker and goalgetter is related to German female hockey star Natascha Keller, who won the golden medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics; he is her older brother.

Baba Adamu

Baba Adamu (born 20 October 1979 in Kumasi, Ghana), known occasionally simply by his nickname "Armando", is a former Ghanaian international football (soccer) striker.

Cayetano Ré

Cayetano Ré Ramírez (7 February 1938 – 26 November 2013) was a Paraguayan footballer striker and coach who was born in Asunción.

Christian Holst

A striker, Holst started his career at Danish lower division teams Thurø and Svendborg before moving to Lyngby Boldklub in 2003.

Claudio Velásquez

Claudio Matías Velásquez (born 18 February 1986 in Rosario) is an Argentine football striker who currently plays for José Gálvez in the Torneo Descentralizado.

Cristiano dos Santos Rodrigues

Cristiano dos Santos Rodrigues (born 3 June 1981), commonly known as Cristiano, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a striker for Club Deportivo Olimpia of the Liga Nacional de Honduras.

Denni Avdić

Denni Avdić (born Deni Avdić on 5 September 1988 in Huskvarna) is a Swedish footballer who plays for AZ as a striker.

Deportivo Iztacalco

Only 5 were selected, Diego "El Gato" Reynoso (goalkeeper), Guillermo "RBD" Guzmán (defender), Carlos "Piwi" Godínez and Anibal "Robinho" Cruz (midfielder) and Giovanni "Guardadito" Pérez (striker).

Dijilly Arsene Dit Patrick Vouho

Djilly Arsène Dit Patrick Vouho (born 25 June 1987 in Seguela) is an Ivorian footballer who plays as a Striker for Georgian Umaglesi Liga club Dinamo Tbilisi.

Drew Helm

Drew Helm (born November 9, 1984 in Jupiter, Florida) is an American soccer player, who currently plays forward for Orlando City U-23's of the Premier Development League, a fourth-tier football league in the United States.

Egaro

But after half-time, the team scored two goals one by Captain Sibdas Bhaduri and the other by Abhilash Ghosh, a striker.

Essau Kanyenda

Essau Boxer Kanyenda (born 27 September 1982 in Dedza, Malawi) is a Malawian international footballer who plays as a striker for South African side Polokwane City F.C..

Estadio José Amalfitani

Vélez striker Juan José Ferraro scored the first goal in the stadium's history (the others were scored by Ángel Fernández for Vélez and Adolfo Pedernera twice for River).

Ferenc Weisz

Weisz, who was Jewish, played club football as a striker for Ferencváros and MTK, and also represented his country at international level, earning 17 caps between 1903 and 1917.

Franco Güity

Franco Danilo Güity Félix (born 5 December 1987 in Santa Rosa de Aguán, Colón, Honduras) is a Honduran footballer who currently plays as striker or winger for Liga Nacional de Honduras club Real España.

Gergő Lovrencsics

Gergő Lovrencsics (born 1 September 1988 in Szolnok) is a Hungarian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Lech Poznań.

Guido Abayián

Guido Ezequiel Abayián (born 24 June 1989 in Neuquén) is an Argentine footballer who plays for Bella Vista of the Uruguayan Primera División as a striker.

Higuain

Federico Higuaín, a striker for Columbus Crew and Jorge Higuain's son and Gonzalo's older brother.

Hjálmar Þórarinsson

Hjálmar Þórarinsson (born 16 February 1986, in Reykjavík) is an Icelandic footballer currently playing as a striker for Berserkir.

Josiesley Ferreira Rosa

Josiesley Ferreira Rosa, best known as Ferreira (born February 21, 1979 in Uberlândia, Minas Gerais State) is a Brazilian football striker playing for Paykan F.C. in the Iran Pro League.

Ken Davy

The budget, which was unspecified, was (according to former manager Peter Jackson) already been used up on signing just two players, goalkeeper Matt Glennon and striker Luke Beckett despite the release of Tony Carss, David Graham, Junior Mendes, Phil Senior, and Anthony Lloyd.

Kerbi Rodríguez

(born 10 December 1985 in Esperanza) is a Dominican international football striker playing for Moca FC in the Dominican first division.

Leonardo Augusto Vieira Moreira

Leonardo Augusto Vieira Moreira, or simply Leonardo (born February 4, 1986 in Minas Gerais), is a Brazilian striker who currently plays for Hokushinetsu Football League side Japan Soccer College.

Libambami Yedibahoma

Yedibahoma Datoma Libambani (born 13 January 1979) is a Togolese football striker who currently plays for Talia Club Seeb.

Michalis Kritikopoulos

Born in Kaisariani, Kritikopoulos began playing football as a striker for local side G.S. Kaisariani in 1962.

Michy Batshuayi

Michy Batshuayi Tunga (born 2 October 1993) is a Belgian footballer who plays as a striker for Standard Liège in the Belgian Pro League.

Miguel Mercado

Miguel Ángel Mercado Melgar (born August 30, 1975 in Santa Cruz de la Sierra), is a former Bolivian football striker who spent most of his career playing for Bolívar.

Mike Gregorian

Gregorian grew up in Culver City, California where he played forward for the Fram club of Culver-Palisades which won the 1986 McGuire Cup (U-19 national championship).

Óscar Ulloa

Óscar Alejandro Ulloa Alonzo (born August 19, 1986 in Metapán, El Salvador) is a Salvadoran football forward who currently plays for FAS in the Salvadoran Premier Division.

Páll Klettskarð

Páll Klettskarð (born 17 May 1990) is Faroese striker playing for KÍ Klaksvík and the Faroe Islands national team.

Panushanth Kulenthiran

Panushanth Kulenthiran (born 26 July 1990 in Jaffna) is a Sri Lankan professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or striker for Italian side A. S. D. Monreale Calcio and the Tamil Eelam national team.

Ransford Osei

Ransford Osei (born 5 December 1990) is a professional footballer, who plays as a striker for Asante Kotoko and the Ghana national football team.

Reinaldo Elias da Costa

During the 2012 January transfer window, it was announced that Chinese Super League club Beijing Guoan had bought the striker from Saudi Club Al-Raed for a reported $2 million over two years.

Robbie Blake

He made his debut for the club alongside Northern Ireland striker David Healy in the first match of the 2005–06 season against Millwall and scored his first goal just two days later in the Championship match against Cardiff City at Ninian Park.

Ron McGarry

Ronald James McGarry (born 5 December 1937 in Whitehaven) is a former professional footballer, who played centre forward for Whitehaven, Workington, Bolton Wanderers, Newcastle United, Barrow, South Coast United, Bulli, Balgownie Rangers and Gateshead.

Roy McFarland

McFarland had been deemed responsible for putting Włodzimierz Lubański, Poland's best striker at the time, out of football for two years after an apparent poor tackle damaged Lubański's cruciate ligament during a World Cup qualifying match in October 1973.

Scars on 45

When a broken foot ended lead singer Danny Bemrose’s professional football career as a striker for the Huddersfield Town F.C., he earnestly decided to learn how to play his father’s guitar.

Tesourinha

With Carlitos and Adãozinho formed most invaluable three striker attack of 1940s.

Thiago Cruz Reggiani

Thiago Cruz Reggiani, known as Thiago Cruz (born 15 July 1981 in São Paulo, Brazil) is a football manager and a former striker.

Tomás Guzmán

Tomás Guzmán fullname Tomás Andrés Guzmán Gaetan (born 7 March 1982 in Asunción) is a Paraguayan football striker who plays for Olimpia in the Primera División Paraguaya.

Trevor Peters

Trevor Deshawn Peters (born 19 March 1990) is an international footballer for the British Virgin Islands who plays as a striker for Virgin Gorda Ballstars and Cloud County Community College in Kansas.

Víctor Montaño

Víctor Hugo Montaño Caicedo (born 1 May 1984 in Cali) is a Colombian association footballer, who plays as a striker for Ligue 1 club Montpellier.


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