Rodolfo Zelaya of Alianza surpasses Erling Haaland and “Chicharito” Hernández in the world scoring ranking – – 2024-05-07 04:57:59

Alianza striker Rodolfo “Fito” Zelaya stands out in an extensive list of the best active attackers in the world.

The Salvadoran appears in the ranking update in 42nd place worldwide, with the not inconsiderable amount of 294 goals in professional leagues and validated by the journalist dedicated to statistics, the Argentine Carlos Arasaki, specialized in statistics, updated his list of the hundred top scorers in the world in activity. And the Alianza FC player made the news again when he appeared above the big stars of the beautiful sport.

The ranking in question has a clear sieve, which was explained by Arasaki in his X account: “Only goals in professional leagues count”; A footballer “who retires, moves to a non-professional league or is inactive for more than a year” is removed from the list; nor are “goals counted in subsidiaries/B teams if the player later debuted in the first team”; and, finally, “with equal goals, the youngest first.”

Fito could continue to rise if he scores goals in the upcoming games, because he has, for example, five goals away from the legendary Paraguayan scorer Roque Santa Cruz and seven from the Italian Ciro Inmobile, which would rise to 36th place.

Currently, “Fito” is in position number 42, with 294 goals, which is enough to surpass one of the emblematic forwards of the region, the Mexican Javier “Chicharito” Hernández, who occupies position number 77 and has 248 goals. (the last one he scored was the first with Chivas since his return).

An even contest taking into consideration that both are 35 years old. Although he also surpasses the brutal figures of one of the rising stars on the world scene such as Erling Haaland: at 23 years old, the Manchester City striker scored 246 goals, placing him in 79th place in the ranking.

Zelaya surpassed another accomplished sports star, the German Thomas Müller, world champion and Bayern Munich star, who has 287 goals. Also left behind were South American soccer leaders such as the Peruvian Paolo Guerrero or the Brazilian “Gabigol” Barbosa, authors of 249 and 245 goals, respectively.

Who Do they lead the ranking of top scorers worldwide?
The two top active scorers in the world are Cristiano Ronaldo (887 goals) and Lionel Messi (832). Well below, although with figures that are by no means negligible, the top ten is completed by Robert Lewandowski (672), Luis Suárez (566), Karim Benzema (473), Edinson Cavani (449), Neymar (439), Edin Džeko (423), Hulk (418) and Eran Zahavi (411).