5 Underrated Football Legends

Lev Yashin: The goalkeeping GOAT
Lev Yashin: The goalkeeping GOAT

Josef ‘Pepi’ Bican

Josef Bican: He knew where the goals were.
Josef Bican: He knew where the goals were.

Often we find ourselves looking at the goals scored column to ascertain how well an attacker has done in their career. Recently, Messi and Ronaldo have dominated all the headlines in those regards, and deservedly so. There was once a player though who scored a number of goals which would be impossible to replicate even on your favorite gaming device. The man in question is Austrian striker Josef Bican who scored a whopping 1468 goals in 918 games (friendlies and reserve games included). The Austrian was well known for his goalscoring of course, but was an outstanding athlete as well, clocking in at 10.8 seconds for 100 meters.

The most astounding statistic regarding the striker is probably the fact that even if you disregard the goals scored in friendlies and reserve games, he still remains the highest goalscorer in the history of football. An underrated striker if ever there was one.

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