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Striker
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: ''This article is about football (soccer) players. See also
striker (disambiguation).''
'''Strikers''', also known as '''centre forwards''', '''forwards''', and '''
attackers''', are the players on a team in
football (soccer) in the row nearest to the opposing team's goal, who are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals.
Modern
formation (football) player formations include between one and three strikers; two is most common. Coaches usually field one striker who plays over the shoulder of the last defender, and another attacking forward who plays somewhat deeper and assists in making goals as well as scoring. The former is usually a large striker, typically known as a '''target man''', who is used either to distract opposing defenders to help teammates score, or to score himself.
Because they score more goals than other players, strikers are often among the best-known and most expensive players on their teams.
Well-known male strikers
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Adriano Leite Ribeiro Adriano
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Gabriel Batistuta
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Dennis Bergkamp
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Oliver Bierhoff
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Antonio Cassano
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Hernan Crespo
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Johan Cruijff
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Didier Drogba
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Samuel Eto'o
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Alberto Gilardino
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Jimmy Greaves
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Thierry Henry
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Geoff Hurst
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Zlatan Ibrahimović
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Filippo Inzaghi
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Jürgen Klinsmann
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Denis Law
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Gary Lineker
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Roy Makaay
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Diego Maradona
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Fernando Morena
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Gerd Müller
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Michael Owen
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MartÃn Palermo
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Pelé
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Abédi Pelé
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Alessandro Del Piero
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Birgit Prinz
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Raúl González Raúl
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Romario
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Ronaldo LuÃs Nazário de Lima Ronaldo
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Wayne Rooney
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Paolo Rossi
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Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
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Javier Saviola
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Alan Shearer
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Andriy Shevchenko
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Hakan Şükür
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Carlos Tevez
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Luca Toni
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Tostão
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Marco van Basten
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Ruud van Nistelrooy
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Rudi Voller
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Christian Vieri
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George Weah
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RaÃ
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Nuno Gomes
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Pedro Pauleta
Well known female striker
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Mia Hamm
See also
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Football (soccer) positions
Category:Football (soccer) positions
de:Stürmer (Fußball)
ko:스트��커 (축구)
ja:ストライカー
pl:Napastnik
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