Football is all about scoring goals as in the end the team with the highest no of goals in the match claims the honour. So the highest value players in the squad are the attackers.
The past year has been affected by the Coronavirus pandemic outbreak but still, there have been many players who stood out for both their club and country.
So here we take a look at the top 10 highest goalscorers for both their club and country in the calendar year 2020:
1. Robert Lewandowski
47 goals from 44 games (Bayern München & Poland)
2. Cristiano Ronaldo
44 goals from 45 games (Juventus & Portugal)
3. Romelu Lukaku
40 goals in 52 games (Internazionale Milano & Belgium)
4. Erling Braut Haaland
39 goals in 37 games (Borussia Dortmund & Norway)
5. Ciro Immobile
34 goals in 42 games (Lazio & Italy)
6. Jean-Pierre Nsame
33 goals in 38 games (Young Boys)
7. Rauno Sappinen
33 goals in 42 games (Flora & Estonia)
8. Nikita Rukavytsya
30 goals from 41 games (Maccabi Haifa)
9. Kylian Mbappé
29 goals from 41 games (Paris Saint-Germain & France)
10. Kasper Junker
28 goals in 26 games (Bodø/Glimt)
11. Bruno Fernandes
28 goals in 56 games (Sporting CP, Manchester United & Portugal)
*For European top-flight club (including domestic cups, excluding friendlies) and senior international team (including friendlies)
It’s quite strange that Lionel Messi is not in the list, leave alone at the top. It is a bit surprising not to find the Barcelona and Argentina captain among the goals.