5 longest goalscoring streaks in football history

Jamie Vardy was kept at an arm's length by Norwich City, ending his amazing scoring streak
Jamie Vardy was kept at an arm's length by Norwich City, ending his amazing scoring streak

#3 Teodor Peterek - 16 games, Polish Ekstraklasa

Peterek's (left) achievements came before statistics in football were documented
Peterek's (left) achievements came before statistics in football were documented

A rather inconspicuous figure on the list, what people also don't know is that Teodor Peterek initially held the world record for the longest scoring streak in football! The late former Polish legend scored in 16 consecutive games for the local side Ruch Chorzow in 1937/38 season - a record only matched by Gerd Muller in the 20th century and eventually broken in 2013 by Lionel Messi.

The exact count of goals scored during that fiery run remains unknown, but he did end up bagging a league-high tally of 21 that season. Very little has been documented about 'Meitlorz' and his incredible scoring exploits for club and country, but you can guess from his return of 154 goals from 189 appearances for the Blues that he was a prolific goalscorer back in the day.

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