The man he overtook at the top of that list, Jimmy Greaves, is also Chelsea’s seventh-highest scorer of all time. Do any other players feature on two (or more) clubs’ all-time top-10 scoring charts?” asks Owen Powell. A trawl through the Knowledge archive reminded us that we have previously looked at players who are the record goalscorer for more than one club.
This question is slightly different, as we’re focusing on goalscorers who are in the all-time top 10 for the most different clubs. There are dozens of players who appear for two clubs, including Sergio Agüero (Atlético Madrid and Manchester City), Kenny Dalglish (Celtic and Liverpool), Jimmy Greaves (Chelsea and Tottenham), Lionel Messi (Barcelona and Inter Miami), Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid and Al-Nassr) and Alan Shearer (Blackburn and Newcastle). There’s one more worthy of mention.
At the age of 32, he left for Mansfield, scoring 104 goals for them over three seasons. He didn’t play for anyone else, so he has the possibly unique record (for someone with more than one club) of being top scorer for every team he represented.” And so to those who are among the top 10 goalscorers for more than two clubs: “Romário (Vasco da Gama, Flamengo and PSV) and Delio Onnis (Monaco, Tours FC and Gimnasia) feature on at least three clubs’ all time top-10 scoring charts,” writes Dirk Maas. And Tom Stuart was among those who nominated John Aldridge (Newport County, Oxford United, Tranmere Rovers).
The striker is also the Republic of Ireland’s fourth-highest goalscorer. As well as being Cameroon’s all-time leading goalscorer, Samuel Eto’o is potentially in the top 10 for four clubs: Mallorca, Barcelona, Anzhi Makhachkala and Antalyaspor. Even five clubs wouldn’t be a record.
He’s 35 years old and has just joined Al-Taawoun, so it’s entirely possible he’ll add another club to that list.” “The German national kit is not going to be made by Adidas any more, going to Nike after 70 years. Is this the longest kit supply partnership in history, and what’s the longest current run in club football?” asks Paul Savage. Dirk Maas has unearthed a couple of club sponsorships that have lasted more than 60 years.
HJK (from Helsinki) also started a partnership with Adidas in 1965, one that has continued uninterrupted ever since. The first HJK shirt with the Adidas trefoil I could find was in 1976.” We can’t find anything to beat the 70-year relationship between Germany and Adidas. We think that, when that deal officially ends, the longest partnership in international football will be between Austria and Puma.
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