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Berthy Suárez

Juan Berthy ("Chicho") Suárez (born June 24, 1969 in Santa Cruz de la Sierra) is a retired Bolivian football striker.

Emerson Sheik

Márcio Passos de Albuquerque (born 6 September 1978 in Nova Iguaçu, Brazil), also known as Emerson, is a Brazilian-Qatari football striker, who plays for Corinthians Paulista.

Filip Hološko

Filip Hološko (born 17 January 1984) is a Slovak football striker who currently plays for the Süper Lig team Beşiktaş and the Slovakia national football team.

Líder Paz

Líder Paz Colodro (born December 2, 1974 in Mineros, Santa Cruz) is a retired Bolivian football striker who played his entire career in the Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano.

Martín Menacho

José Martín Menacho Aguilera (born August 7, 1973 in Santa Cruz de la Sierra) is a retired Bolivian football striker.

Raúl Vicente Amarilla

Raúl Vicente Amarilla (born 19 July 1960 in Luque) is a retired Paraguayan football striker.

Roger Suárez

Roger Suárez Sandoval (born April 2, 1977 in Santa Cruz de la Sierra) is a Bolivian football striker lastly playing for San José in Bolivia.

Torstein Andersen Aase

Torstein Andersen Aase (born 24 October 1991) is a Norwegian football striker who plays for KFUM Oslo.


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Abu Kanneh

Abu Kanneh (born on November 9, 1983) is an Liberian footballer (striker) playing currently for DSV Leoben.

Abu Kanu

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

Alexandros Alexandris

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

Álvaro Peña

Álvaro Guillermo Peña (born February 11, 1965 in Santa Cruz de la Sierra) is a former football striker from Bolivia.

Andrzej Juskowiak

Andrzej Mieczysław Juskowiak (born 3 November 1970 in Gostyń) is a former Polish football striker who played for Polish national team.

Ayoub Sørensen

Ayoub Ahmani Sørensen (born 12 April 1988 in Casablanca) is a Danish-Moroccan professional football striker, who currently plays for the SønderjyskE.

Benjamín Durán

Benjamín Hernán Durán Figueroa (born July 17, 1988 in Chalchuapa, El Salvador) is a Salvadoran football forward who currently plays for Once Municipal in the Salvadoran Premier division.

Bobek

Stjepan Bobek (1923−2010), Croatian football striker and manager

Börjesson

Erik Börjesson (1886–1983), outstanding Swedish football striker

Buenaventura Ferreira

Buenaventura Ferreira Gómez (born 4 July 1960 in Coronel Oviedo) is a Paraguayan former football striker or midfielder.

Carlos Cárdenas

Carlos Cárdenas Rodriguez (born October 5, 1976 in Cobija, Pando) is a former Bolivian football striker.

Carlos Pavón

Carlos Alberto Pavón Plummer (born 9 October 1973 in El Progreso) is a retired Honduran football striker.

Chima Okorie

Chima Ephraim Okorie (born 8 October 1968 in Izomber, Abia State) is a Nigerian former professional football striker who was renowned for his goalscoring prowess in the Indian leagues.

Claudio Biaggio

Claudio Darío Biaggio (born July 2, 1967 in Santa Rosa, La Plata) is an Argentine football striker.

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.

Eulogio Martínez

Eulogio Martínez Ramiro (born 11 June 1935 in Asunción, Paraguay, died 30 September 1984 in Barcelona, Spain) was a Paraguayan-Spaniard football striker.

Fathi Jabir

Fathi Jabir (Arabic: فتحي جابر ) (born 29 December 1980) is a Yemeni football striker and Club Al-Tilal، Yemen's top scorer the season: 1998/99

Germán Cano

Germán Ezequiel Cano (born 2 February 1988) is an Argentine football striker who plays for Independiente Medellín of the Colombian First Division.

Henry Rojas

Henry Andres Rojas Delgado (born July 27, 1987 in Ibagué, Tolima) is a football striker from Colombia that plays for Deportes Tolima.

John Lineker

John Lineker is named after English football striker Gary Lineker.

John van Loen

Johannes ("John") Maria van Loen (born February 4, 1965 in Utrecht) is a former football striker from The Netherlands, who earned seven caps for the Netherlands national football team, in which he scored one goal.

José Alfredo Castillo

José Alfredo Castillo Parada, nicknamed "El Pícaro" (born February 9, 1983 in Santa Cruz de la Sierra) is a Bolivian football striker who is currently playing for Guabirá in the Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano.

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.

Kerbi Rodríguez

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

Luis Gabriel Rey

Luis Gabriel Rey Villamizar (born February 20, 1980 in Bucaramanga) is a Colombian football striker, who currently plays for América of the Liga MX.

Malcolm Licari

Malcolm Licari (born 18 April 1978 in Pietà, Malta) is a professional footballer currently playing for Rabat Ajax in the Maltese Premier League, where he plays as a striker, and also occasionally as a defender.

Manninen

Mikko Manninen (born 1985), Finnish professional football striker

Marco Lazaga

Marco Antonio Lazaga Dávalos, (born 26 February 1983 in Nanawa) is a football striker from Paraguay, who currently plays for Olimpia in the Paraguayan Primera División.

Marco Tulio Vega

Marco Tulio Vega Ordoñez (born 14 April 1987 on Útila) is a Honduran football Striker who currently plays for Marathón in the Honduran national 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.

Mihails Smorodins

Mihails Smorodins (born 1952 in Saldus) is a former Latvian football striker, one of the best goalscorers in the history of the Latvian league.

Mohd Hashim Mustapha

Mohd Hashim Mustapha (born January 31, 1966 in Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia) is a former Kelantan FA, Kedah FA, Johor FA, Kelantan JKR FC, Kelantan TNB FC Striker, and also former Malaysian international footballer and currently Assistant Coach for Kelantan FA.

Mohd Zaquan Adha Abdul Radzak

Mohd Zaquan Adha Abdul Radzak (born on August 3, 1987 in Seremban, Negeri Sembilan) is a Malaysian footballer who is currently a Striker for Johor Darul Takzim FC.

Mülheim

Rudolf Seliger (born 1951), a former football striker, who played for MSV Duisburg.

Oscar Araúz

Oscar Mario Araúz Soleto (born August 23, 1980 in Santa Cruz de la Sierra) is a Bolivian football striker who currently plays for Guabirá.

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.

Ricardo Pedriel

Ricardo Pedriel Suárez (born January 19, 1987 in Santa Cruz de la Sierra) is a Bolivian football striker who currently is free agent.

Sebastián Tagliabué

Sebastián Lucas Tagliabué (born February 22, 1985 in Olivos, Buenos Aires) is an Argentine football striker, currently playing for the Emirati club Al-Wahda.

Siegrist

Nico Siegrist (born 1991), football striker playing for FC Lucerne in the Swiss Super League

Siniša Gogić

Siniša Gogić (Serbian Cyrillic: Синиша Гогић; Greek alphabet: Σίνισα Γκόγκιτς, born October 20, 1963) is a former Serbian-born Cypriot football striker who played for Yugoslav clubs Radnički Niš and FK Rad, for the Greek football team Olympiacos (1997–2000), the Cypriot teams APOEL, Anorthosis Famagusta and Olympiakos Nicosia and Cyprus national football team.

Sport in Zimbabwe

Notable Zimbabwean footballers are Benjamin "Benjani" Mwaruwari, who plays for Blackburn Rovers F.C. as a striker, and is the current Zimbabwe national team captain, having taken over the captaincy from Peter Ndlovu.

Titi Buengo

André "Titi" Buengo (born 11 February 1980 in Luanda, Angola) is an Angolan football striker who plays for Penang.

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.

Valeriano López

Valeriano López Mendiola (born 4 May 1926 in Casma — died 7 May 1993 in Callao) was a football forward from Peru, nicknamed Tanque de Casma.

Venancio Ramos

Venancio Ariel Ramos Villanueva (born June 20, 1959 in Artigas) is a retired football striker from Uruguay, who was nicknamed "Chicharra" during his professional career.

Víctor Aristizábal

Víctor Hugo Aristizábal Posada (born December 9, 1971 in Medellín, Antioquia) is a Colombian retired football striker who scored 15 goals in 66 games for the Colombia national team between 1993 and 2003.

Víctor Hugo Antelo

Víctor Hugo Antelo, nicknamed "Tucho" (born November 2, 1964 in Santa Cruz de la Sierra) is a retired Bolivian football striker, and the all time topscorer in the Bolivian League with 350 goals scored in 18 seasons.

Vladimir Castellón

Vladimir Castellón Colque (born August 12, 1989 in Cochabamba) is a Bolivian football striker currently playing for Club Aurora in Bolivia.

Westmalle

Francis Severeyns, nicknamed Cisse (b. 1968 in Westmalle), football striker