German weekly sport paper Sport Bild has drawn up a list of the 50 best forwards in Europe at this moment.
Barcelona player Lionel Messi (21) tops the list ahead of Samuel Eto'o (28), with Thierry Henry (31) being ranked at the 8th place.
The list was based on five criteria:
(1) the current market value of the player
(2) the average goals scored per game this season (club plus national team)
(3) ranking by ten Sport Bild journalists
(4) ranking by German record international Lothar Matthäus
(5) ranking by former German national team coach Berti Vogts
This is the the full list:
1. Lionel Messi (21 - Arg - Barcelona)
2. Samuel Eto'o (28 - Cam - Barcelona)
3. David Villa (27 - Spa - Valencia)
4. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (27 - Swe - Inter Milan)
5. Cristiano Ronaldo (24 - Por - Manchester United)
6. Ruud van Nistelrooy (32 - Hol - Real Madrid)
7. Wayne Rooney (23 - Eng - Manchester United)
8. Thierry Henry (31 - Fra - Barcelona)
9. Raúl (31 - Spa - Real Madrid)
10. Fernando Torres (25 - Spa - Liverpool)
11. Emmanuel Adebayor (25 - Tog - Arsenal)
12. Karim Benzema (21 - Fra - Lyon)
13. Frederic Kanouté (31 - Mal - Sevilla )
14. Dimitar Berbatov (28 - Bul - Manchester United)
15. Mario Gomez (23 - Ger - Stuttgart)
16. Nicolas Anelka (30 - Fra - Chelsea)
17. Diego Forlán (29 - Uru - Atlético Madrid)
18. Vagner Love (24 - Bra - CSKA Moskow)
19. Miroslav Klose (30 - Ger – Bayern Munich)
20. Luca Toni (31 - Ita - Bayern Munich)
21. Adrian Mutu (30 - Rom - Fiorentina)
22. Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (25 - Hol - Real Madrid)
23. Luis Fabiano (28 - Bra - Sevilla)
24. Kun Agüero (20 - Arg - Atlético Madrid)
25. Diego Milito (29 - Arg - Genoa)
26. Didier Drogba (31 - Ivo - Chelsea)
27. Robinho (25 - Bra - Manchester City)
28. Eduardo (26 - Cro - Arsenal)
29. Grafite (29 - Bra - Wolfsburg)
30. Pato (19 - Bra - AC Milan)
31. Gonzalo Higuain (21 - Arg - Real Madrid)
32. Vedad Ibisevic (24 - Bos - Hoffenheim)
33. Claudio Pizarro (30 - Per - Werder Bremen)
34. Edin Dzeko (23 - Bos - Wolfsburg)
35. Giuseppe Rossi (22 - Ita - Villarreal)
36. Alberto Gilardino (26 - Ita - Fiorentina)
37. Francesco Totti (32 - Ita - AS Roma)
38. Carlos Tévez (25 - Arg - Manchester United)
39. Robin van Persie (25 - Hol - Arsenal)
40. Antonio Di Natale (31 - Ita - Udinese)
41. Roman Pawlyuchenko (27 - Rus - Tottenham)
42. Goran Pandev (25 - Mac - Lazio Roma)
43. Patrick Helmes (25 - Ger - Bayer Leverkusen)
44. Alessandro Del Piero (34 - Ita - Juventus)
45. Ivica Olic (29 - Cro - Hamburg)
46. Dirk Kuyt (28 - Hol - Liverpool)
47. Amauri (28 - Bra - Juventus)
48. Robbie Keane (28 - Ire - Tottenham)
49. Adriano (27 - Bra - Inter Milan)
50. Marco Di Vaio (32 - Ita - Bologna)
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I would make some big changes in that list. Ruud have hardly played at all this season, Ronaldo and Zlatan always fold under the pressure of big games.
1. Messi
2. Torres
3. Villa
4 Rooney
5. Eto'o
6. Ronaldo
7. Zlatan
8. Henry
9. Raúl
10. Ruud
My List
1. Eto'o
2. Messi
3. Torres
4. Villa
5. Forlan
6. Ronaldo
7. Rooney
8. Henry
9. Kanoute
10.Higuain
How did Raul and Van Nisterooy get to top ten? Higuain is RM's best striker(my fav in Madrid) and Van Nisterooy hasn't even played that much games this season due to injury. This should be the list:
1.Messi
2.Eto'o
3.Torres
4.Villa
5.Rooney
6.C.Ronaldo
7.Zlatan
8.Henry
9.Forlan
10.Higuain
Also I think this is the best 10 strikers(CS) in the world:
1.Torres
2.Villa
3.Rooney
4.Zlatan
5.Eto'o
6.Tevez
7.Adebayor
8.Eduardo
9.Van Persie
10.Forlan
Best 5 wingers:
1.Messi
2.Ribery
3.C.Ronaldo
4.Robben
5.Silva
best 5 Center-mid:
1.Gerrard
2.Xavi
3.Fabregas
4.Iniesta
5.Lampard
best 3 right backs:
1.Dani Alves
2.Sergio Ramos
3.Maicon
best 3 left backs:
1.Evra
2.Lahm
3.Ashley Cole
best 5 center backs:
1.Puyol
2.Vidic
3.John Terry
4.Ferdinand
5.Carragher
best 5 GK:
1.Casillas
2.Cech
3.Van der sar
4.Reina
5.Diego Alves/Ochoa/Asenjo
I rest my case
BUFFON????
by far the best gk..
I don't think that Barca-Nerd-Fan has ever seen a match from any league other than La Liga or EPL
lol u could of put all of that in one post. your best GK and DF are all wrong... casillas is the best i say that cause i am a Spain supporter(bias) but u didn't add julio cesar and buffon...van der sar is good but not in top 5 even given is better than him, as for your central defense skrtel and aurelio should be in there. your midfield is spot on and your wingers also except for robben he doesn't seem that talented to me just runs through loads of space..when he faces the sort of football messi ronaldo etc face then he can be amongst the best. there is no way van persie makes top 10 strikers and torres isn't better than zlatan and villa.
TOP 10(CF) are:
Villa
Zlatan
Torres
Eto'o
Benzema
rooney
Drogba
Adebayor
Forlan
Ruud
Barca nerd-fan - d you forgot most the world...ummm.. like...
Bundes Liga
SPL
Portuguese Liga
and only Zlatan for Serie A?! lol
There not much you can say about the list,everyone again will have their own list.
Just absolutely amazing that Messi is youngest and already the best!
GK: Julio Cesar?at the moment the best!
Since when is Messi a striker? He is a wingforward, yes, but a striker, no....
strikers...
1. torres
2. villa
3. eto'o
4. zlatan
5. rooney
6. pato
7. del piero
8. klose
9. aguero
10. van persie
Barca nerd-fan, yes you made your point: you are english and wear english glasses through which you see everything. Your lists are laughable.
you guys must have been biased or very blind to put Torres or Abrahamovic before Eto'o. The only person who could compete with Eto'o is Villa. Villa is exceptional because he creates chances and also scores very well. But at the moment, Eto is top striker. He is the best at the moment. my list for CS will be
Eto'o
villa
Torres
Ibrahimovic
Henry
Adebayor
roney
Forlan
Aguero
Drogba
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