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The International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS)
has announced the list of the best goal scorers in 2001. Ali Daei, the
Iranian National Team Captain has been placed 29th with ten goals to his
name.
Daei was among the top 10 goal
scorers of the world from 1996 up to 2000. Karim bagheri who was listed
as 97th in 1997, has not been mentioned this year.
The World's Top Goal Scorer 2001
1.
Hani
Al-Dhabit Faraj Bait
Al-Noobi
Dhofar
Club Salalah
Oman
22
(22/0)
2.
Kiatisuk
Senamuang
Armed
Forces FC *
Thailand
16
(16/0)
Archibald
Thompson
Marconi
Fairfield Stallions Sydney
Australia
16
(16/0)
4.
Raúl
González Blanco
Real
Madrid CF
España
16
(6/10)
5.
Luis
Filipe Madeira Caeiro Figo
Real
Madrid CF
Portugal
15
(9/6)
6.
Michael
James Owen
Liverpool
FC
England
15
(6/9)
7.
Obaid
Al-Dossary
Al-Ahly
Jeddah
Saudi
Arabia
14
(14/0)
David
Allen Zdrilic
Sp.Vgg.Unterhaching
Australia
14
(14/0)
9.
Talal
Al-Meshal
Al-Hilal
FC Riyadh
Saudi
Arabia
13
(13/0)
Yasser
Salem Saleh
Al-Wahda
Club Abu-Dhabi
UAE
13
(13/0)
11.
Rolando
Fonseca
CF La
Piedad **
Costa
Rica
13
(11/2)
12.
Ruud
Van Nistelrooj
Manchester
United FC
Nederland
13
(7/6)
13.
David
Trezeguet
FC
Juventus Torino
France
13
(5/8)
14.
Sayed
Bayazid
Syria
12
(12/0)
Mohammed
Husham
Al-Talaba
Baghdad
Iraq
12
(12/0)
16.
Henrik
Larsson
Glasgow
Celtic FC
Sverige
12
(8/4)
17.
Pedro
Miguel Pauleta
FC
Girondins de Bordeaux
Portugal
12
(7/5)
18.
Patrick
Kluivert
FC
Barcelona
Nederland
12
(4/8)
19.
Rivaldo
Vitor Borba Ferreira
FC
Barcelona
Brasil
12
(3/9)
Virgilio
Ferreira
Cerro
Porteño FBC Asunción
Paraguay
12
(3/9)
21.
Thierry
Henry
Arsenal
FC London
France
12
(3/9)
22.
Al-Hadj
Diouf
ASEC
Ndiambour
Sénégal
11
(11/0)
23.
Sami
Al-Jaber
Al-Hilal
FC Riyadh
Saudi
Arabia
11
(10/1)
24.
Nuno
Miguel Soãres Pereira
Ribeiro "Nuno Gomes"
AC
Fiorentina Firenze
Portugal
11
(9/2)
25.
Hernán
Jorge Crespo
SS
Lazio Roma
Argentina
11
(6/5)
26.
Giovane
Elber
FC
Bayern München
Brasil
11
(0/11)
Wellington
Nogueira Lopes
SE
Palmeiras São Paulo
Brasil
11
(0/11)
28.
Ibrahima
Bakayoko
Olympique
de Marseille
Côte-d'Ivoire
10
(10/0)
Ali
Daei
Hertha
BSC Berlin
Iran
10
(10/0)
Jafer
Irismetov
Slavia
Mozyr ***
Uzbekistan
10
(10/0)
Golman
Pierre
FIFA
Cap Haïtien
Haïti
10
(10/0)
Paulo César
Wanchope
Manchester
City FC
Costa
Rica
10
(10/0)
33.
Víctor
Hugo Aristizabal
Asociación
Deportivo Cali
Colombia
10
(9/1)
Ebbe
Sand
FC
Schalke 04
Danmark
10
(9/1)
35.
Vladimir
Beschastnykh
Spartak
Moscow
Russia
10
(6/4)
Jared
Borgetti
Santos
Laguna de Torreon
México
10
(6/4)
Andriy
Shevshenko
Milan
AC
Ukraina
10
(6/4)
38.
Bernado
Daniel Romeo
CA San
Lorenzo de Almagro
Buenos Aires
Argentina
10
(0/10)
Situation:
31.12.2001
(scored goals
in full internationals / scored goals in [inter]continental club
competitions)
*Club from
Singapore (Senamuang's birth-place is the Khonkaen Province in Thailand)