The 5 Greatest strikers of all time

Marco Van Basten
Marco Van Basten

#4. Romario de Souza Faria

Romario
Romario

With his dribbling and superb ball-control, Romario quite possibly is the most clinical and lethal player ever inside the penalty box. He also could shoot accurately and managed to be at goal-scoring positions most of the time. He won a world cup almost single-handedly for Brazil in 1994 and was a part of the very successful PSV Eindhoven and FC Barcelona teams of the 1990s.

Romario also played for a number of Brazilian teams such as Flamengo, Fluminense and Vasco da Gama, and finished with 679 goals in 886 matches. He had an excellent scoring rate for the national team as well with 55 goals in 70 games. He was the top scorer in the Dutch league and scored 39 goals in 65 matches for Barcelona after joining them in 1993. He was also a member of the Copa America winning teams of 1989 and 1997, and won the FIFA player of the year in 1994. He also received of the Golden Ball in the 1994 World Cup.

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