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Scudetto is given to the winner of the Serie A The Italian league has always been considered one of the toughest leagues in the world. Known for their defensive playing styles, the teams from Italy have won a total of 12 Europeans Cups since their inception. Despite the defence-oriented style of play in the Italian league, some of the World' greatest have made their mark on the Italian soil like Maradona, Del Pierro, Totti and so on. After years of being under the radar, Serie A has once again proving its self to be the breeding ground of the world's best after the exposure given to the league following the arrival of one Cristiano Ronaldo in Juventus. Here is the list of leading goalscorers in the history of the Seria A. 15. Giuseppe Savoldi - 168 goals The first player to break the million mark in transfer fee The Bergamo-born striker spent his entire professional career in Italy. Savoldi started his career at his hometown club of Atalanta and had two dif...

The next five have each carved an individual path with their goalscoring prowess. Be it the Newcastle legend Shearer who continues to be Premier League all-time leading goal scorer or Everton legend Dixie Dean, who is the only person ever to score 60 league goals in England. Alan Shearer - 283 goals All-time leading Premier League goalscorer The all-time leading goalscorer in the Premier League, Alan  Shearer incidentally played five seasons in the First Division before prior to the Premier League. Shearer started his career in 1988 with Southampton after coming through its youth system. The striker made the move to Blackburn Rovers in 1992 for a British record fee after rejecting offers from Manchester United. At Blackburn, Shearer formed a formidable partnership with Chris Sutton as Blackburn became only the second team to win the Premier League. After four seasons with the Riversiders, Shearer was the subject of a world-record transfer fee to his hometown club Newc...

The next five contains a set of yesteryear players who never enjoyed the trophy-laden careers of some of the best to ever play the game. 10. Hughie Gallacher - 246 goals One of the greatest ever to play at the Tyneside One of the most prolific Scottish strikers of all-time, Gallacher spent most of his formative days in Scotland with the Scottish league before joining Newcastle United in 1925. At Tyneside, the young Gallacher quickly became a fan-favourite after ending 1925-26 season as the top scorer of the club despite arriving at St James Park midway through the season. The centre forward was the pivotal figure the following season as the Magpies won their fourth and, till date, last First Division title. Gallacher spent three more seasons at Tyneside before moving further down to join West London side, Chelsea. Despite the lack of success with the Blues the striker still managed to 72 league goals. Ill discipline and poor vein of form saw Gallacher getting transferre...

The next five includes a Manchester United and a Liverpool legend. 16. Harry Hampton - 219 goals The second-highest goalscorer in the history of Villains A World War I veteran and a prolific goalscorer, Harry Hampton is one of Aston Villa's greatest. The Wellington-born lad started his career with non-league local side Lilleshell Iron Works followed by a move Wellington Town before securing his professional contract with Aston Villa and moving to the Villains in 1904. Hampton led the attacking line for the Claret and Blues for most of his time at the club. Playing as the centre forward, 'Happy' as he was nicknamed finished as the top scorer of the division on one occasion. Following the suspension of the league on the outbreak of the First World War, the striker served was on the frontlines at the famous Battle of the Somme. The striker though never returned to his old self after the first World War and soon found himself transferred to Second Division si...

The next set of players in the list contains two of whom have played in the Premier League. Here is the next set of players.  21. Wayne Rooney - 208 goals White Pele Arguably the most recognisable names on this list, Wayne Rooney burst onto the scene as a 16-year-old. The Merseyside born lad made his league debut in 2002 for boyhood club Everton and scored an impressive 15 goals in two seasons before completing, then world-record fee for a teenager, a move to Manchester United. At the Theatre of Dreams, Rooney formed an impressive partnership with a certain Cristiano Ronaldo as the Red Devils dominated the late 2000s. Rooney took on the goalscoring responsibilities once his Portuguese counterpart left for Real Madrid in 2009. The forward went onto spent eight more seasons at the Theatre of Dreams as he became the Red Devils all-time leading scorer. Wayne Rooney ended his stay Manchester in 2017 to return back to his boyhood club Everton after winning five Premier...

The Golden Boot is given to Premier Leagues highest goal scorer in the season.  When you think about the highest goalscorers in England, there is only one name that towers above all the others-Alan Shearer. The Newcastle legend dominated defenders during his time as he became Premier League highest-ever goal scorer. The fact that the second-highest goalscorer remains a good 52 goals below speaks volumes about his record. This prompted me to take a look at the highest goalscorers in England since its emergence way back in 1888. So is Shearer the highest ever goalscorer in England? Here I have piled a list of 26 of the highest goalscoring players ever in the history of English Football. 26. Denis Law - 201 goals Denis Law was part one of the greatest attacking trios in English football The Manchester United legend started his career in 1956 in the Second Division under legendary manager Bill Shankly in Huddersfield Town. The Scott played four seasons in the Second ...