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.

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

Here's one of my favourite Dennis Bergkamp goals. Left Dabizas dumbfounded.

Agreed but his time was just before Ronaldo's.

Lots of great names there but if we are to keep to the thread title i.e. "The best striker u've seen after luiz ronaldo?", half these names are invalid. I imagine this mean strikers who are still playing after Fat Ron retired which is pretty recent.