Wasn't there a period where he scored a few penalties, he took one in the 2008 CL final IIRC. Then he missed one at Burnley in 2009 season (straight after Ronaldo left so was clearly an audition) and seems that was the end of him taking them in normal games.
The players who practically never scored a goal
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Sorry just remembered an obvious one, Dominic Solanke.
Bournemouth signed him for 19m in January 2019 and he's still to score a premier league goal for them!
Also didn't score at Chelsea or Liverpool although of course he got very few games at both.
Made for life though (apparently he was on 40k a week at Chelsea, Liverpool made him a better offer and god knows what Bournemouth are paying him now).
Bournemouth signed him for 19m in January 2019 and he's still to score a premier league goal for them!
Also didn't score at Chelsea or Liverpool although of course he got very few games at both.
Made for life though (apparently he was on 40k a week at Chelsea, Liverpool made him a better offer and god knows what Bournemouth are paying him now).
Rashford was not born the last time Tony Hibbert scored a competitive goal.
I'm not sure. He premier league website has him as scoring 0 penalties with one big chance missed so that maybe right.
But even if he wasn't on set pieces he should have scored more. In 481 league games he only scored 24 goals. Yet he had 23% shooting accuracy. Was so frustrating he didn't try his luck more.
Hahaha. Mention him in the post above yours. How random!
Jaap Stam only scored once for us in 120+ games.
Having said that he had a decent scoring record elsewhere.
Having said that he had a decent scoring record elsewhere.
Leicester 6-2 in treble year.
That's crazy
David Batty ?
How many goals did Evra score for Man. United?
Obscure one, but Michael Parkhurst played a few years for my MLS team. Veteran centreback who was extremely good on the ball and had excellent positioning/reading of the game, but didn't even go forwards for corners because he was small and weak. Scored a few while playing in Denmark (even played in the champion's league!), but only had 1 goal in over 300 MLS appearances. The goal was from the halfway line:
Not true. He scored a beautiful goal in the 1991 FA Cup Final!
10. He actually only managed 3 in his first 6 & a half seasons, then bagged 7 in his last 2
Lilian Thuram only scored 2 goals in 142 Games for the French National Team. Fortunately for Les Bleus, they both helped get France get to a World Cup Final...
Rio Ferdinand only had 7 goals for us in 312 appearances. In his career he only scored 11 goals in 514 games...
Always thought Gary Neville should have had more with all the overlapping and linking with Beckham down that right side, but his shooting was often some of the worst I've seen.
Slightly off topic, but I remember being disappointed by Jesper Blomqvist’s goal record for us, at least in his one full season before injuries. One goal in all comps, against Everton I think. Was he more prolific at Parma or his previous clubs?
I've read his autobiography and as a kid he was a striker who scored loads.
Davide Santon. 214 career games, 1 goal (Newcastle).
Danny Simpson has scored only 4 goals in 400+ first team matches for United, Antwerp, Sunderland, Blackburn, Ipswich, Newcastle, Huddersfield and Leicester.
And just 1 goal in the English league system (in approximately 28,000 minutes)...
And just 1 goal in the English league system (in approximately 28,000 minutes)...
https://fbref.com/en/players/3201b03d/Danny-Simpson
Abidal - played for Barca, Lyon, Lille, Monaco. He scored 5 goals in 446 games, 2 for Barca, 2 for Lyon and 1 for Lille.
Lucas Leiva rarely scored.
Reaction from Klopp after Lucas tries to shoot is priceless:
Reaction from Klopp after Lucas tries to shoot is priceless:
His first season he and Scholes took turns to get forward and he scored a decent amount (6, Scholes got 7).
Since then he's always played in a much deeper role. The second goal in this video, or his opener against Roma, would be impossible for the position he later had. His next best scoring season was 09/10 (5) which I always remember as one of his worst overall, and 2012/13 when he was in the PL TOTY he scored only 2.
He probably should have shot more, but his role further from goal balanced all the teams he was in.
Wan Bissaka never score a single goal in his whole career (0 goal in 81 games), but he is only 22.
Midfielder Jordan Henderson hasn't scored a single goal since his debut for the England senior national team 10 years ago (55 caps) but has successfuly convinced both Klopp and Southgate that he is captain material.
That shite needs to change, and soon. You here me @Web of Bissaka and this season still!
Paulo Ferreira
9 years, 1 Champions League, 1 Europa League, 3 PL titles, 4 FA Cups, 2 League Cups and only 2 goals.
Never scored in a PL game and never scored for his country (62 apps)
9 years, 1 Champions League, 1 Europa League, 3 PL titles, 4 FA Cups, 2 League Cups and only 2 goals.
Never scored in a PL game and never scored for his country (62 apps)
Aliadiere has to be the worst example of striker with poor stats surely:
In his time in England 127 appearances for 17 goals, for an out and out striker/forward.
He had a breief resurgence in the Ligue 1 with Lorient where he got 33 goals in 101 appearances, however the stats appear to be padded by one season of the five, his second, when he scored 19 in 37. Meaning that outside that one season he was still a one in 4 striker. Dreadful.
50 goals in 238 appearances
In his time in England 127 appearances for 17 goals, for an out and out striker/forward.
He had a breief resurgence in the Ligue 1 with Lorient where he got 33 goals in 101 appearances, however the stats appear to be padded by one season of the five, his second, when he scored 19 in 37. Meaning that outside that one season he was still a one in 4 striker. Dreadful.
50 goals in 238 appearances
Victor Anichebe - Everton
267 appearances - 42 goals
Awful player, I remember him coming in as strong powerful striker. Did absolutely nothing.
Seems I was wrong about the worst striker...
267 appearances - 42 goals
Awful player, I remember him coming in as strong powerful striker. Did absolutely nothing.
Seems I was wrong about the worst striker...
I always felt Stam should've got more goals for us considering his dominance in the air.
Claude Makelele
17 goals in 607 career apps
2 goals in 144 apps for chelsea
No goal in 94 apps for Real Madrid
17 goals in 607 career apps
2 goals in 144 apps for chelsea
No goal in 94 apps for Real Madrid
Gary Neville - I'm sure he had the record for most outfield England appearances without a goal until Ashley Cole overtook him
Oh god memories are flooding back from Champ Manager:
Yaya Sanogo - 148 appearances - 36 goals. Again though 10 of those goals came from 13 games in Ligue 2 in the 12/13 season, just before he moved to Arsenal. So I decided to have a look at what happened in that 12/13 season. He scores 10 of those goals in 5 games, with 4 in one. So he was always a terrible striker who had a handful of games where he turned up.
Yaya Sanogo - 148 appearances - 36 goals. Again though 10 of those goals came from 13 games in Ligue 2 in the 12/13 season, just before he moved to Arsenal. So I decided to have a look at what happened in that 12/13 season. He scores 10 of those goals in 5 games, with 4 in one. So he was always a terrible striker who had a handful of games where he turned up.
Luka Modric - Here was a player who many would consider top class, couldn't half hit a ball too.
569 appearances with only 61 goals, barely ever getting above the 6 per season mark.
569 appearances with only 61 goals, barely ever getting above the 6 per season mark.
Radebe is another of those big defenders you would expect to be up at corners and nodding the odd one in. 2 goals in 235 appearances.
Probably doesn’t fit the criteria but Shane Long’s Southampton career considering he’s a “Striker”.. 35 goals in 205 appearances
I didn't just look at one club, mainly because the stand out is Altidore who played 70 games at Hull scoring 2 goals. Played well before and after that relatively
All penalty takers?
If Solanke keeps his current record up he'll be the GOAT at this. Great record at international youth level and even got an England cap in 2017, but so far in the Premier League he has 1 goal in 56 appearances, albeit only 19 have been starts. Time is on his side, but it seems like his level is Championship at best at the moment.
Carrick was often the deeper lying midfield much like Matic... I remember wanting him to shoot more too but the reality is by the time a player of his nature makes his way to the edge of the box, most of the opposition would be in front of him. The better option would be to pass.