The Euro 2020 was scheduled in 2020 but was postponed by a year due to the pandemic situations. Now the biggest football tournament in Europe is scheduled to kick off on 11th June 2021. The Euro is the biggest football tournament after the FIFA World Cup. Similar to the FIFA World Cup, Euro Championships are played every four years. At the moment, Portugal is the defending champion and will be looking to defend their championship. In this article, we will be discussing the list of top goal scorers in Euro history from 1960 to 2020.
List of All Time leading goal scorers at UEFA Euro Championship (1960 – 2020)
Top UEFA Euro Goal Scorers – Whenever a big tournament is approaching, all the fans start to brush up their knowledge by having a look at record books. So today we will be looking at the list of all-time leading goal scorers at the UEFA Euro Games.
Michel Platini of France leads the charge with nine goals in only 5 matches. He was part of the 1984 France squad and even after so many years, he still leads the table. His record is equalized by Cristiano Ronaldo with nine goals in 21 matches. Cristiano Ronaldo has a great chance to surpass and create the record at UEFA Euro 2021.
Antoine Griezmann is fourth in the list with 6 goals from 7 matches he has played in Euro. From the complete list, only Ronaldo and Antoine Griezmann are the active players and who are contenders to rewrite the record books at the moment.
Player | Team | Goals | Matches |
Michel Platini | France | 9 | 5 |
Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal | 9 | 21 |
Alan Shearer | England | 7 | 9 |
Antoine Griezmann | France | 6 | 7 |
Ruud van Nistelrooy | Netherlands | 6 | 8 |
Patrick Kluivert | Netherlands | 6 | 9 |
Wayne Rooney | England | 6 | 10 |
Thierry Henry | France | 6 | 11 |
Zlatan Ibrahimović | Sweden | 6 | 13 |
Nuno Gomes | Portugal | 6 | 14 |
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