Top 10 scorers of great goals

We all know its goals that win matches, and such we all know its the great scorers of goals who win championships and cups men like Gerd Muller and Filippo Inzaghi who would find a way no matter what to get the ball into the net. But its the scorers of great goals that win cult followings and adorn posters on walls across the world.It has to be noted that scorers of great goals are those who seem to score spectacular goals regularly (some a little more than regularly - like nos. 1, 6 and 9 in the list),unlike players like Roberto Carlos, whose long distance missiles more often ended up in orbit around Mars than nestling in the back of the net. Reality check he didnt even have the best shot for a defender - Sinsia Mihjalovic was a beast and even John Arne Riise (in his prime) was more accurate and just as scarily powerful.With that, I present to you ten of the best Scorers of Great Goals the football world has ever seen.NOTE:The list is far from exhaustive and is in no particular order.The views expressed here are the authors own

#1 Gabriel Batistuta

When he received the ball in Manchester United’s half with his back to goal, there was very little on for him. For those (few) who knew nothing about the man, there was still nothing on when he created just a little bit of space after shrugging off Jaap Stam - with the ease of a grown man playing against a schoolboy (not something that one could ever associate with the man mountain that was Stam). After all he was still a good thirty odd yards from goal.

But for those who knew what Gabriel Omar Batistuta was capable of, the alarm bells started ringing. Looking up briefly, Batistuta let fly with an absolute howitzer of a strike as the ball arched straight down the middle with a velocity that bordered on the incomprehensible.  

‘El Angel Gabriel’ they called him- never has a moniker ever been so misplaced. The man who was eminently capable of the most angelic dainty flip over a goalkeeper in a one-on-one usually had no time for chips, lobs, neatly placed curlers or other such niceties.  Why would he, when he had the Hammer of Thor where most people had a right foot.

Batigol’s career was one long never-ending highlight reel full of screeching volleys and astonishing screamers delivered with the emphatic certainty of a vengeful God delivering judgement unto sinners.  Whether it be in Florence, Rome or Buenos Aires; from 1998-2005; Batistuta won over legions of fans with his wild and primal machine gun celebrations and even more violent goals!