European goalscorers in the 2006 World Cup

 

Including qualifiers. In bold text, players scoring at least three goals in the finals.

12: Pauleta (Portugal)
10: Fernando Torres (Spain)
9: Tomáš Rosický (Czech Republic), Alexander Frei (Switzerland)
8: Zlatan Ibrahimović & Fredrik Ljungberg (Sweden), Ruud van Nistelrooy (Netherlands), Andriy Shevchenko (Ukraine), Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)
7: Adrian Mutu (Romania), Alexei Eremenko (Finland), Fatih Tekke (Turkey), Andres Oper (Estonia), Tomasz Frankowski & Maciej Żurawski (Poland), Dimitar Berbatov (Bulgaria)
6: Jon Dahl Tomasson (Denmark), Tuncay Şanlı (Turkey), Róbert Vittek (Slovakia), Luca Toni (Italy), Eiður Guðjohnsen (Iceland), Darijo Srna (Croatia), Henrik Larsson (Sweden)
5: Michael Owen & Frank Lampard (England), Dado Pršo (Croatia), Māris Verpakovskis (Latvia), Andrei Arshavin (Russia), Miroslav Klose (Germany), Milan Baroš & Vratislav Lokvenc (Czech Republic), Goran Pandev (Macedonia), Philip Cocu (Netherlands), Søren Larsen (Denmark), Giorgi Demetradze (Georgia), Elvir Bolić (Bosnia), Mateja Kežman (Serbia & Montenegro)
4: David Villa & Raúl (Spain), Steven Gerrard (England), Jan Polák (Czech Republic), Mikael Forssell (Finland), Dmitri Sychev & Aleksandr Kerzhakov (Russia), Juris Laizāns (Latvia), Miroslav Karhan (Slovakia), Simão (Portugal), Djibril Cissé (France), Robbie Keane (Ireland), Yossi Benayoun (Israel), Johan Vonlanthen (Switzerland), Vitali Kutuzov (Belarus), Jacek Krzynówek (Poland), Zvonimir Vukić (Serbia & Montenegro), Erjon Bogdani (Albania)

Memory Lane: European goalscorers in the 2006 World Cup.

Including qualifiers. In bold text, players scoring at least three goals in the finals.

12: Pauleta (Portugal)
10: Fernando Torres (Spain)
9: Tomáš Rosický (Czech Republic), Alexander Frei (Switzerland)
8: Zlatan Ibrahimović & Fredrik Ljungberg (Sweden), Ruud van Nistelrooy (Holland), Andriy Shevchenko (Ukraine), Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)
7: Adrian Mutu (Romania), Alexei Eremenko (Finland), Fatih Tekke (Turkey), Andres Oper (Estonia), Tomasz Frankowski & Maciej Żurawski (Poland), Dimitar Berbatov (Bulgaria)
6: Jon Dahl Tomasson (Denmark), Tuncay Şanlı (Turkey), Róbert Vittek (Slovakia), Luca Toni (Italy), Eiður Guðjohnsen (Iceland), Darijo Srna (Croatia), Henrik Larsson (Sweden)
5: Michael Owen & Frank Lampard (England), Dado Pršo (Croatia), Māris Verpakovskis (Latvia), Andrei Arshavin (Russia), Miroslav Klose (Germany), Milan Baroš & Vratislav Lokvenc (Czech Republic), Goran Pandev (Macedonia), Philip Cocu (Holland), Søren Larsen (Denmark), Giorgi Demetradze (Georgia), Elvir Bolić (Bosnia), Mateja Kežman (Serbia & Montenegro)
4: David Villa & Raúl (Spain), Steven Gerrard (England), Jan Polák (Czech Republic), Mikael Forssell (Finland), Dmitri Sychev & Aleksandr Kerzhakov (Russia), Juris Laizāns (Latvia), Miroslav Karhan (Slovakia), Simão (Portugal), Djibril Cissé (France), Robbie Keane (Ireland), Yossi Benayoun (Israel), Johan Vonlanthen (Switzerland), Vitali Kutuzov (Belarus), Jacek Krzynówek (Poland), Zvonimir Vukić (Serbia & Montenegro), Erjon Bogdani (Albania)

Holland: National team topscorers during 50 years.

1962: Van de Linden, 5 goals
1963: Kruiver, 2
1964: six players with one goal
1965: three players with one goal
1966: Van der Kuylen, 4
1967: Keizer, Suurbier & Wery, 2
1968: three players with one goal
1969: Roggeveen, 3
1970: Cruyff, 2
1971: Cruyff, 6
1972: Cruyff & Neeskens, 5
1973: Cruyff, 6
1974: Neeskens, 9
1975: Van der Kuylen, 3
1976: Geels & Rensenbrink, 3
1977: Geels, Peters & Rep, 2
1978: Rensenbrink, 7
1979: Kist, Metgod & Nanninga, 2
1980: Kist, 2
1981: Van Kooten, Metgod & A. Mühren, 2
1982: Schoenaker, 4
1983: Gullit, 4
1984: Houtman, 3
1985: Kieft & De Wit, 3
1986: Van Basten, 2
1987: Johnny Bosman, 8
1988: Van Basten, 5
1989: Ronald Koeman, 3
1990: Van Basten, 8
1991: Van Basten & Bergkamp, 2
1992: Bergkamp, 7
1993: Bergkamp, 4
1994: Roy, 7
1995: Overmars, 4
1996: Bergkamp, 6
1997: Bergkamp, 4
1998: Kluivert, 7
1999: Kluivert, 4
2000: Kluivert, 12
2001: Van Nistelrooy, 7
2002: Kluivert, 3
2003: Van Nistelrooy, 5
2004: Van Nistelrooy, 6
2005: Van Nistelrooy, 5
2006: Van Persie, 6
2007: Van der Vaart, 5
2008: Huntelaar, 7
2009: Huntelaar & Kuyt, 4
2010: Huntelaar, 11
2011: Kuyt, 7
2012: Van Persie, 6

5 times topscorer: Bergkamp
4: Cruyff, Van Basten, Kluivert & Van Nistelrooy
3: Huntelaar
2: Van der Kuylen, Neeskens, Geels, Rensenbrink, Metgod, Kist, Van Persie & Kuyt.

All time topscorers in European Championships.

9: Platini (France)
7: Shearer (England)
6: Kluivert & Van Nistelrooy (Holland), Nuno Gomes (Portugal), Henry (France)
5: Van Basten (Holland), Klinsmann (Germany), Milošević (Yugoslavia), Zidane (France), Baroš (Czech Republic).

Top players' goal & assists stats vs top teams.

Goals:
0,65 Messi & Ronaldo
0,49 Villa, Henry & Shevchenko
0,46 Drogba
0,45 Cristiano Ronaldo
0,44 Ronaldinho
0,39 Eto'o, Van Nistelrooy & Fernando Torres
0,38 Rooney
0,35 Van Persie & Ibrahimovic


Assists:
0,35 Messi
0,21 Ronaldinho
0,17 Drogba
0,16 Henry
0,14 Eto'o
0,09 Cristiano Ronaldo & Rooney
0,08 Van Persie
0,07 Ibrahimovic
0,04 Van Nistelrooy
0,03 Villa & Fernando Torres
0,02 Ronaldo
0,00 Shevchenko


Goals + assists:
1,00 Messi
0,67 Ronaldo
0,65 Henry & Ronaldinho
0,63 Drogba 
0,54 Cristiano Ronaldo
0,53 Eto'o
0,52 Villa 
0,49 Shevchenko
0,47 Rooney
0,43 Van Persie & Van Nistelrooy
0,42 Ibrahimovic & Fernando Torres.