Football is a popular sport worldwide, and it has been played for over one hundred years. Many strikers have scored more than one hundred goals in the English Premier League in this century. The list of goal-scoring leaders includes great football players like Alan Shearer and Thierry Henry. Even though the English Premier League is a highly competitive soccer league, the top strikers are not hard to find. The most notable include Sergio Aguero, Wayne Rooney, and Robin van Persie. Each of these forwards has something different to offer. We will see some of the players who played in the league but are known worldwide because of their achievements.
Players
Alan Shearer
He is the former captain of England and Newcastle United. He was named European Footballer of the Year in 1995, won the Premier League title with Blackburn Rovers in the 1994-1995 season and scored a record 260 goals for his club.
Paul Scholes
Scholes is a highly experienced player who has won almost every domestic and European trophy for club and country, including the Champions League. He is an excellent passer of the ball with his trademark curling shot and has an eye for goal.
Frank Lampard
Chelsea’s star midfielder, Frank Lampard, is the best player in English Premier League. Although he is not very tall, he has powerful speed and accurate passing skills. He can hold the ball tightly and avoid being disturbed. Therefore, his teammates like to pass him the ball because they know that it will be easy to receive it back from him.
The English Premier League’s midfielder, Frank Lampard, left Chelsea after playing over 400 games for the club. Lampard scored a total of 164 goals in his first spell with Chelsea from 2001 to 2014 and helped them win three league titles. He also scored 29 times in 119 appearances for England.
Steven Gerrard
The English premier league’s best midfielder is Steven Gerrard. In the 2006-07 season, his peers voted Gerrard, the best player in the league. He is also a two-time winner of the Professional Footballers’ Association Player of the Year award.
Many players have made a strong impact in the league. One of them is the Belgian Eden Hazard; the English Premier League’s midfielder, Eden Hazard, had scored 13 goals for Chelsea in his successful season with them. He was also named PFA player of the year in 2014.
The English Premier League has been entertaining football fans for over 25 years. The league has been known to bring out the best in footballers and has produced some of the finest players in history. It is also one of the most-watched football leagues globally, with an average attendance exceeding 35,000 per match.
