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Thierry Henry is the all-time top goalscorer for Arsenal. He passed Ian Wright's eight-year record after scoring twice in a European tie against Sparta Prague in October 2005. [36] Henry was Arsenal's leading goalscorer for seven consecutive seasons, from 1999–2000 to 2005–06. [37] Competitive matches only.
The top tier in English football today is the Premier League, replacing the Football League First Division for the 1992–93 inaugural season. Since the 1888–89 season, the first year of top flight football, three players have scored over 300 goals with a further 25 players scoring over 200 goals.
1 Andy Cole: Newcastle United: 34 2 Alan Shearer: Blackburn Rovers 31 3 Matt Le Tissier: Southampton 25 Chris Sutton: Norwich City 5 Ian Wright: Arsenal 23 6 Peter Beardsley: Newcastle United 20 7 Mark Bright: Sheffield Wednesday: 19 8 Eric Cantona: Manchester United 18 9 Dean Holdsworth: Wimbledon 17 Rod Wallace: Leeds United 10 Tony Cottee ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 26 February 2025. Alan Shearer was the first player to score 200 Premier League goals, and is the only player to score 100 goals for two clubs. Since the Premier League's formation at the beginning of the 1992–93 season, a total of 34 players have scored 100 or more goals in the competition; these ...
Cristiano Ronaldo is the competition's all-time top scorer with 140 goals. The UEFA Champions League, known until 1992 as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or colloquially as the European Cup, is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1955. Originally a straight knockout competition open only to champion clubs ...
1 All-time top scorers ... (8/10), Arsenal (14/26), Barcelona (2/6), Marseille (10/13) 2 Henrik Larsson: 31 45 0.69 1994–2008: ... 23 21 1.1 1971–1975 Borussia ...
When Arsenal was founded in 1886 by munition workers' from Woolwich, the club resisted the lure of professionalism and remained an amateur side. [12] Success in local cup competitions soon followed, and a tie against Derby County in the FA Cup on 17 January 1891 led to the opposition approaching two of Arsenal's players, in view of offering them professional contracts. [12]
Smith was Arsenal's top scorer for four consecutive seasons, and scored the first goal in Arsenal's 2–0 victory at Anfield 26 May 1989 which saw them lift that season's league championship. Smith then won another league title with Arsenal in 1991 as well as a League Cup and FA Cup Double two years later.