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The role strikers play out on the football pitch can't be overstated in the context of the modern game, especially when speedy wingers are steadily becoming the main providers of goals for their teams.
With the game of football decided by the number of goals scored by the teams, it is no wonder why clubs are always in search of top-class finishers.
There are a lot of talented strikers plying their trade around the globe at the moment, but, with players like - Harry Kane, Agüero, Lewandowski, Suarez all on top of their games, it becomes inevitable for us to overlook some of the strikers, who might be having the season of their lives.
So, here's our pick of the top 5 underrated strikers in the world at the moment. No Luka Jovic here, as he's been in the headlines across Europe and linked with some of the biggest clubs for quite some time now.
#1 Raul Jimenez
No player has impressed more than Mexico international Raul Jimenez in Wolverhampton Wanderers' Premier League campaign this season.
Jimenez, who joined the club from Portuguese side Benfica just this summer is having a great debut season in the English top-flight, in which he's the top-scorer for the Wolves.
The player who has had spells in Mexico, Spain, Portugal and now England, has found the back of the net 12 times in the league and 15 times in all competitions this season.
It might not be wrong to say that he's having one of his best seasons right now, as he already has scored 12 times in 31 appearances, having only managed 18 goals in the last three season with Benfica.
He is a clinical finisher who has won honours with each of his previous clubs and now stands a chance to add another title to his trophy cabinet when his side take on Watford in the FA Cup semi-final next month.
The 27-year-old has been a regular starter for El Tri since making his debut in 2013. But he had already won the Gold medal at the Summer Olympics in 2012 before he was handed his first international cap in an international friendly.
#2 Sebastien Haller
Eintracht Frankfurt are flying high in the German Bundesliga this season, currently placed fifth in the league standings, courtesy, the exploits of their attacking third.
Though on-loan Serbian striker Luka Jovic is the current top-scorer for The Eagles this season, it is the French striker Sebastien Haller, who makes into our list.
Haller has been involved in 23 goals in the German top-flight this season, scoring 14 and setting up further 9 for his teammates. He has already scored more goals than he did last season, in which he ended up being the top-scorer for the club.
He moved to the club from Dutch Eredivisie side FC Utrecht, following two years at the club, in which he was voted the winner of the David Di Tommaso - Trophy 2015, Utrecht’s player of the year award.
He won his first major honour in the DFB-Pokal Cup last summer, in which he was the club's top scorer with 4 goals to his name.
His performances have been top-notch, but he is yet to earn an international cap for his nation, which just tells us just how tough the competition can get when it comes to earning a place France's national team squad.
Interestingly, he was named the strongest player on the FIFA 19 game, with a rating of 98 strength, displacing Adebayo Akinfenwa from the top spot.
#3 Wissam Ben Yedder
Sevilla striker Wissam Ben Yedder should not come as a surprise addition in our list, given that the player has been playing on the top level for the Spanish side for quite a while now, without getting the proper recognition he deserves.
Ben Yedder started his career in the fourth tier of French Football with UJA Alfortville before signing up for Ligue 1 side Toulouse in 2010.
It was with Les Pitchouns that he really made his mark. Following a slow start to his life at the club, he managed a two-digit goal-haul in each of his last four seasons at Stadium de Toulouse, overtaking Andre-Pierre Gignac as their greatest league scorer of the 21st century.
He joined his current side in 2016 and is currently on track to beat his personal best of 17 goals in a season he achieved with Toulouse in the 2015-16 season, with 16 goals and 6 assists to his name already.
He made his international debut for France in March last year but is still to feature in another game for the World Champions since then.
#4 Duvan Zapata
If anyone is having a breakout season in Serie A, it has to be Colombian striker Duvan Zapata. He has been in Italy for five years, but it is only this season that the player has found his feet in the competition.
He spent some time in the Argentinean top-flight with Estudiantes for two seasons and his performances were turning heads across the footballing world and subsequently, he started attracting a lot of attention, especially from Europe.
Napoli sealed his transfer in 2013, but after sporadic starts, he was shipped off on two different loan spells in the following years, before being sold to Sampdoria last year, who loaned him off to Atalanta in the same transfer window.
And come this season, he has scored 19 goals in Serie A, as much as Juventus star Cristiano Ronaldo and is only behind Fabio Quagliarella in the top-scorers list.
He has been instrumental for the club this season and was the two-goal hero in the quarter-final of Coppa Italia, as they knocked out the holders, Juventus in a fixture that ended in a 3-0 win for the former.
#5 Fabio Quagliarella
Fabio Quagliarella is enjoying the best form of his playing career at the age of 36. A Naples native, he is the current top-scorer in the Serie A, outscoring the likes of well-established finishers like - Ronaldo, Mertens, Icardi and Dzeko.
He has spent his entire playing career in Italy, winning three consecutive Serie A titles from the 2011–2012 to the 2013–14 season with Juventus, for whom he did not start regularly.
Though the player had made appearances for the Italy national team in major competitions including - EURO 2008 and the 2010 FIFA World Cup, he had to wait for almost another decade, before he could play for Azzurri again.
After firing home 21 goals in the Serie A, which included an 11-game scoring streak, a record previously achieved in Serie A only by Gabriel Batistuta, it was only natural for Roberto Mancini to bolster his squad for the EURO 2020 qualifiers by naming him in the starting XI.
He has rolled back the years with his exploits in front of the goals and proved that age is just a number for him.
