Top 10 Goalkeepers To Score Most Goals In Football History
Goals scored by goalkeepers are somewhat rare events in football. They spend greater part of a match in the penalty area of their own team, a marked area around the goal they are defending in which they can handle the ball to defend their goal.
It is highly unusual for a goalkeeper to move far beyond this area and join an attack, as this leaves the defense vulnerable to long-distance attempts until he/she can return to defend it.
Most goals scored by goalkeepers come from penalties and free kicks sometimes when the goalkeeper joins the attack on the set-piece when time is not in their hands and they need an equalizer or a goal to get maximum points. Let’s have a look at the list of goalkeepers with the most goals in their soccer career.
1. Rogério Ceni — Brazil
Goals scored: 131
The Lionel Messi of goalkeepers when it comes to goal scoring.
Ceni netted 131 career goals across his 23-year Sao Paulo career, scoring 47 goals alone between 2005 and 2007.
To put that in some context Emile Heskey, an actual striker, scored 13 during the same period.
Best Goals by Rogerio Ceni
2. José Luis Chilavert
Goals scored: 67
Spare a thought for Ferro Carrill’s goalkeeper back in 1999. Why? Chilavert scored not one, not two but three times against him while playing for Velez Sarsfield.
As well as holding the record for being the only goalkeeper to score a hat-trick, the Paraguayan’s eight international goals are also unmatched.
Chilavert scored 10 goals in 35 games for Velez during the 1997/98 season which for any position would be impressive, but for a goalkeeper is truly beyond one’s imagination.
Best Goals by José Luis Chilavert
3. Jorge Campos — Mexico
Goals scored: 46
Jorge Campos is well known for his goal-scoring skills. He scored 46 goals throughout his career with UNAM and Atlante. If we talk about accurate free-kick taking goalkeepers (Jorge Campos) is one of them.
Best Goals by Jorge Campos
4. Dimitar Ivankov — Bulgaria
Goals Scored: 42
Ivankov was a fine goalkeeper in his own right, playing 64 times for the Bulgarian national team. When it came to penalties, he was on another level.
Highlights included a 95th-minute winner against Fenerbahce and slotting two penalties in a Turkish Cup final shootout win for Kayserispor while keeping four out.
Best Goals by Dimitar Ivankov
5. Rene Higuita
Goals Scored: 41
José René Higuita Zapata is a former Colombian football goalkeeper nicknamed “El Loco” and the creator of the Scorpion kick.
Rene was considered one of the most ‘unique’ goalkeepers of all time due to his ‘crazy’ style of playing and impressive plays. Also, he totally can make 41 goals during his career.
Higuita’s goalkeeping scoring record consists of 37 penalties and 4 outfield goals. He scored three times for Colombia in 68 caps, the majority of his goals coming from his club career played largely in Latin America.
René Higuita played most of his career for Atlético Nacional, a Medellín based club and one of the largest in Colombia.
Best Goals by Rene Higuata
6. Johnny Vegas Fernández — Peru
Goals Scored: 39
Johnny Martín Vegas Fernández is a professional Peruvian footballer who played for Cienciano in the Primera Division Peruana.
He is currently the 6th highest goal-scoring goalkeeper of all time with 39 goals in all competitions with thirty coming from penalties and nine from outfield goals.
7. Fernando Arturo Patterson Castro — Costa Rica
Goals Scored: 32
Fernando Arturo Patterson Castro (Born March 15, 1970 in Costa Rica) is a Costa Rican football goalkeeper playing for Deportivo Xinabajul in Guatemala’s top division.
He is the 7th highest goal-scoring goalkeeper of all time with 33 goals in all competitions.
Best Goals by Fernando Patterson
8. Hans-Jorg Butt — Germany
Goals Scored: 32
While Peruvian Johnny Vegas Fernandez and Brazilian Marcio have scored more goals than Butt, the German gets in this list on account of scoring a record amount of penalties in a European league season.
He’s also got three Champions League goals to his name, and a strike in the German League Cup. But Butt (stop saying But) is also a prime example of why goalkeepers should, on the whole, stay in goal.
Best Goals by Hans-Jorg Butt
9. Misael Alfaro — El Salvador
Goals Scored: 31
Álvaro Misael Alfaro Sánchez (Born January 6, 1971 in Nueva San Salvador, El Salvador) is a retired Salvadoran footballer. He last played for Isidro Metapán of El Salvador.
Alfaro was ranked number 7 in the World’s Most Successful Goalscoring Goalkeepers Of All Time chart with 31 goals, with 11 of those coming from a penalty kick.
Best Goals by Misael Alfro
10. Dragan Pantelić — Yugoslavia
Goals Scored: 26
Pantelic also played international football for Yugoslavia, winning 8 caps for the Olympic team between 1979–1980 and 19 full international caps, scoring 2 goals in the process. he recorded 26 goals as a shot-stopper before hanging his boots.
Best Goals by Dragan Pantelić
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Originally published at https://www.ghanacrusader.com on October 9, 2019.
