Conventionally, defenders are not known to score goals and headline in a team's triumph as their primary job is to protect their goal rather than go up and score them.
Real Madrid star Sergio Ramos is the highest-scoring defender among active players and is the only active defender to feature among the top 10 highest goalscoring defenders of all-time.
Current FC Barcelona coach and club legend Ronaldo Koeman is the highest goalscoring defender of all time with a massive 239 goals to his name in club football.
Goals: 239
Matches: 535
Clubs: Groningen, Ajax, PSV, FC Barcelona, Feyenoord.
Goals: 153
Matches: 451
Clubs: River Plate, Fiorentina, Inter Milan
Goals: 134
Matches: 545
Clubs: Real Valladolid, Real Madrid, Al Rayyan, Bolton Wanderers
Goals: 137
Matches: 602
Clubs: Montpellier, Napoli, Nimes, Saint-Etienne, Auxerre, FC Barcelona, Marseille, Inter Milan, Manchester United
Goals: 130
Matches:833
Clubs: Scunthorpe United, Luton Town, Preston North End, Burnley.
Goals: 117
Matches: 593
Clubs: Uniao Sao Joao, Palmeiras, Inter Milan, Real Madrid, Fenerbahce, Corinthians, Anzi Makhachkala, Delhi Dynamos.
Goals: 106
Matches: 534
Clubs: Sevilla, Real Madrid
Goals: 113
Matches: 926
Clubs: Gillingham, Norwich City, Manchester United, Birmingham City, Sheffield United
Goals: 125
Matches: 590
Clubs: Sanfrecce Hiroshima, Mito HollyHock, Urawa Red Diamonds, Nagoya Grampus, Kyoto Sanga FC
Goals: 103
Matches: 484
Clubs: Bayern Munich, Real Madrid, Eintracht Braunschweig
viobcknp
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I had to scroll down to the comments asap to see whether I'm loosing my mind lmao
BabaMusa
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This post is confusing my confusion.
chizzlekay
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KOEMAN PLAYED 80% OF HIS CAREER IN THE MIDFIELD!