Top 5 South American scorers in Premier League history

Luis Suarez was instrumental in Liverpool's bid for the 2013/14 EPL titleThe English Premier League has seen a lot of strikers from South America. Many of these strikers have not failed to entertain the football fans with their quality finishing and skills.Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger recently spoke about the how most of the strikers playing in Europe are from South America. “If you look across Europe and the world of football, then South America is the only continent to develop strikers today.”“Maybe in our history street football has gone. In street football when you are 10 years old, you play with 15-year-olds so you have to be shrewd, you have to show that you are good, you have to fight, win impossible balls,” Wenger added. Let us take a look at the top five goalscorers from the continent of South America in the world’s most popular league.

#5 Nolberto Solano

Solano became the first Peruvian to play in the Premier League after signing for Newcastle United in 1998. He played in the top division of English football for ten years which included spells at Aston Villa, West Ham and two for the Magpies, during which he scored a total of 49 goals.

Primarily a right-sided midfielder or a right-back, Solano is one of the most popular figures in his native Peru and has made 95 appearances for the national side. He was renowned for his abilities with the dead ball and scored many goals from direct free-kicks.

He is also the first from his nation to play in an FA Cup final and in 2004-05, he was elected as Aston Villa's Player of the Year.

He moved to Greece after his Premier League stint but returned to England later to feature for Leicester City and Hull City in the Championship, as well as for Hartepool United in League One. He is much loved by Newcastle fans and he describes himself as an “adopted Geordie.”