We'll omit messi or CR. They are not the traditional striker i'm looking for. I'm highlighting these three strikers, any of them able to match luiz ronaldo during his prime time?

Didier drogba during his primetime, when chelsea won two consecutive titles in 2004-2006.

David villa who has been sensational for spain in euro 2008 and then world cup 2010, as well as club level for valencia and then barcelona?

Samuel Eto who won la liga for barcelona in 2004-2006, and UCL 2005-2006?

safee sali

no.
none of them hv won Ballon d'Or

All these years those midfielder who won ballon D'or. What about rooney?

Raul?
v.Nistelrooy?
Henry?
Shevchenko?
Vieri?
Del Piero?
Totti?
Inzaghi?

I think can add henry, raul and nistelrooy into the list.

Javier Hernandez

Henry, Shevchenko, Raul, Inzaghi, Etoo

Ruud Van Nistelrooy>fat ronaldo

when he has the ball,he scores a goal(or two)

https://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopic=1976700&hl=

lmao...i tot TS asking the player in his prime

adibayorrr!

Henry no doubt. Though players like Inzaghi and van Nistelrooy were as good or better in strictly 'scoring' goals. Face it, a tap in is a goal as much as a 70m dribble.

fernando torres, luis suarez, robbie fowler, michael owen, andy carrol.........

just say la. "the whole liverpool team"

Luiz Ronaldo was great for both club and country.

Henry was great for club, played out of position for country.

Nistelrooy was great for club only.

Same for Eto'o.

Edinson Cavani's chances is too limited at national level.

Therefore I would say that the person who came closest to Luiz Ronaldo and fits the bill you have described is David Villa, even though Messi is scoring twice as much as him. Next would be Mario Gomez.

Hasselbaink

This post has been edited by FLampard: Aug 31 2011, 06:28 PM

Ronaldo was unplayable in his prime. I've seen defenders fall over themselves trying to guess which way he was going. I could name strikers that were just as brilliant before his time but since his time? I think of Thierry Henry. There were other strikers who scored goals of course but Ronny could do it all on his own, just like Henry. Another name that comes to mind is Zlatan Ibrahimovic. He's big and strong but I don't think many people realise just how skillful he is on the ball.

Interesting choice Duke. Yeah Zlatan IMHO has it all. A complete striker. But somehow football fans don't give him enough credit, and worse belittle his ability.

The other striker who is worth mentioning is Adriano. Yeah now he is absolute shite. However during his prime (around 2003-2006, so yeah it was short), for me he was the ultimate striker. He was not given the nickname 'The Emperor' without justification. Too bad his fondness on nightclubs ruined him, just like what happened to 'Dinho.

Yup Adriano certainly had the talent but like you've just said, his time at the top was short-lived.

I think Zlatan would be given more noticed had he played for a stronger national side than Sweden. His goals to appearances ratio at club level is impressive and like I said earlier, he is rather skillful for a bloke his size. I never really paid much attention until I came across this Joga Bonito ad some years back.

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Added on August 31, 2011, 9:30 pmThere have been a few Zlatan vs. Ronaldo vids posted over the years. This was in 2005.



This post has been edited by Duke Red: Aug 31 2011, 09:30 PM