The list of the great goalers is not unique, but some players have marked the history with their sens of goaling.
The masters are many, and we'll start with the King Pelé, the man with 1285 official goals of which 77 in 92 selection games. A magnificent player, capable of passing three or four players in order to confuse the goalkeeper. However, Pelé is not the player who's been scoring most goals in history.
Ferenc Puskas the fabulous left-forward in the Hungarian team, allowed himself to score more than 1300 of which 83 was in the 84 selection games (world record). This fantastic player scored, by himself, four goals in the Coupe d'Europe in 1960 in the Reals victory against the Eintracht de Francfort (7-3).
In an other record , it's the German Gerd Mûller who is seen as the best offensive player. "The fox of the golie area" did not have any extodaordinary qualities but he was always at the right place at the right time. He is considered to have the right to the title "the greatest european goaler of all times" with a record of goals scored in a WorldCup (14 in two final phases).
Others, like Uwe Seeler (Germany) made more than one defense tremble in the 60's. Not to mention Alfredo Di Stefano, five times winner of the C1 and author of 30 goals in 40 selection games (for three countries, Argentina, Colombia and Spain). A big name which remindes us of the hard won game against the Real at the Reims Stadium.
In the 60's, there was as well a certain Eusebio who made the headlines after becoming the best goaler in the Wold Cup 66 in England (9 goals). The Portugease managed to make 313 goals in 219 Championship games with Portugal.
Closer to our hearts, is players like Johan Cruyff who proved his talent by making 321 goals in his carrier(in 548 games).
One of his disciples whofollowed the same path, Marco Van Basten, ended his carrier too early after a serious accident.

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