| FORWARDS AROUND THE WORLD |
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| HELDER POSTIGA |
| Portuguese player,born in 1984,playing in Porto,starred in European U-21 matches and qualified into Portuguese A team and Porto first team.Prolific striker continued to produce goals in Porto starting lineup and this summer,Tottenham paid 14 M EURO to buy him. |
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| HERNAN JORGE CRESPO |
| As one of the best strikers in the world,1976-born Crespo followed the path of Gabriel Batistuta to Italian Serie A. He went to Parma from Boca Juniors at first and scored a lot of goals.Then he went to Lazio with a record transfer fee and also became successful there,also with his success in Argentinian national team.He also seized the top goalscorer award in Serie A.Following the economic crisis in Lazio,he became an Inter player and pacey striker became one of the stars of 02/03 Champions League,till he injured.Now,Chelski bought him for 26 m EURO to buy him and the goalscorer continues to hit superb volleys and headers in Premiership. |
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| MARCIO AMOROSO |
| A-class striker from Brazil was born in 1974 and now playing in Borussia Dortmund among his Brazilian fellows,Evanilson,Dede and Ewerthon.He was transferred to Udinese when he first showed up in Brazil and Udinese was where he starred with being the top goalscorer of Serie A.Then Parma transferred him with paying a lot of money,but he wasn't very good at Parma.Parma sold him to Dortmund with a trade+money deal including Evanilson going to Parma.He showed his real value at Dortmund and became the top goalscorer also in German League.He sometimes plays and scores in National Team but surprisingly he wasn't chosen in the World Cup 2002 squad.Last year being expelled from the starting lineup for a while,striker returned well this year but his storm has weathered due to injury. |
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| ADRIAN MUTU |
| 1979 born Romanian player was established as a star when he was at Romania and transferred to Inter for a short period.But he was too young and he went to Verona and impressed there.After Verona relegated to Serie B,he went to Parma and he is involving in the competition for being the top goalscorer of Serie A.Creative forward,who is also known for his artistic moves,was bought by Chelsea for 17 M pounds and he is producing a good performance there |
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| MARCO DI VAIO |
| 1976 born Italian National couldn't be an important player in average Italian teams till he came to Parma in 2000.When he came to Parma,he started to score a lot of goals and found himself in Italy squad and then were transferred to Juventus with his highly impressive performances.He still plays for Juventus as a bench player who produces goals in the second half when he comes onto the pitch . |
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| MARIO JARDEL |
| 1973-born Brazilian star,with lack of pace and assisting skills,has great finishing and shooting skills in short range.He starred in Gremio with a lot of goals and moved to Portuguese side Porto.Playing for several years,he took many top goalscorer awards and Golden Boot.He was transferred by Turkish club,Galatasaray and was the star of the team in their Super Cup and Champions League competitions.Due to economic situation in Galatasaray,he went to Sporting Lisbon with a 3 players+money exchange and continued to score goals despite his problems with his girlfriend.After a pause due to depression,he scored lots of goals last year,but after expiry of his contract,problematic top goalscorer moved to Premiership side,Bolton Wanderers,but started drastically this season |