Why Did 2000's Strikers Look Like That?

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[gapistan]

Honestly Adriano what a monster. If only he was able to get the help he needed when his father passed because what a player

[Karan_ftbl]

I'm not even capping there is something that every 2000s striker had that standout ability that this generation lacks

[LC_]

Kevin Phillips won the European golden boot in 99/00. This was for Sunderland, who finished 7th in the premier league and weren’t in Europe, with mostly a championship standard side. He out scored all of those in the video. That’s like Chris Wood winning it today.

[EnriqueBartulac]

Davor Šuker was quite underrated. As a Croat I remember 2018 very well, but people often take the 1998 World Cup for granted. Šuker was that guy at the World Cup with 6 goals in 6 games. At Sevilla he was putting up world class numbers for years and was so good he got a pitch invasion at his last game before transferring. There’s plenty more but those the most memorable.

[Lif_]

Serie A probably had some of world class strikers in late 90s/2000s, at least in all of each 20 teams.

[cootyisverycool]

legend has it that r9 skipped school to watch nketiah play

[goober-]

I feel like Lewandowski was (and, when at full-fitness, still is) an example of a pure-striker in the generation just before the current one we have now. A guy with insane attacking instinct, always finding himself where needed, almost always immune to the offside trap due to his insane ability to read defender's intentions. A guy who finishes in 1-3 touches most of the time, no more, no less. Haaland is definitely efficient, but he just doesn't bring the same vibe in my opinion. There's still that modern number 9 aspect in him, as well as Kane.

His absurd stats aside, BvB Lewy was a gem so few people got to see live or in-person. His 19/20 and 20/21 seasons were also so reminiscent of classic number 9s imo (although he did play a heavy role of a playmaker in those i suppose). Either way, this guy is probably gonna be one of the last pure 9's that we will see for a while. It's a shame he gets so little recognition, even the lack of mention in him in this video speaks volume of that fact.

[octazooka]

Torres- The headband. Long sleeves. Total 90s. The game was over before it started.n
Idea to help with the 2010s video: Michu. He was insane

[karewestfeltkjellgren]

van hooidonk, Henrik Larsson, Pauleta, Diego Tristan, Jardel, Andy Cole, and many more<3

[bzilla-di]

Another monster is Christian Vieri from the stretch of 97/98-04/05 he had incredible even with crippling injuries
97/98 - 32gp 29g
98/99 - 28gp 14g
99/00 - 25gp 18g
00/01 - 32gp 19g
01/02 - 28gp 25g
02/03 - 37gp 27g
03/04 - 32gp 17g
04/05 - 36gp 17g

And these were seasons where he was blighted by injury yet when he played he was monstrous for Internazionale. We essentially went to the 2006 World Cup without our best striker in Vieri and a retiring Maldini.

[sirbradfordofhousejones]

Michael Owen got me, an American, to fall in love with the game. He’s the same age as I am, so it was exciting seeing him do so well in the 1998 World Cup at just 18. I’ve supported Liverpool ever since!

[otsuwa]

He spent little time in Europe, but you should check out Martin Palermo's career. He played mainly for Boca Juniors back in Argentina and he scored over 220 goals in his time there, a freak of nature indeed, specially given the weird nature of some of his goals.

[streetscholar]

Batistuta was from an era when i used to think of footballers like him to be the modern equivalent to the ancient greek heroes. Just a magical time to watch football. Batistuta, Ronaldo, vieri, salas, shearer, van nistelrooy, and so many others. Pure magic ✨

[ayodele]

I fell in love with with Hasselbaink, Morientes, Zamorano, Salas, Adriano, Stoichkov just to name a few

[HolloVVpoint]

Batistuta never gets the love he deserves, was the golden boot winner or there about nearly every season playing in the best league in the world at the time against some of the most legendary and best defenders of all time.

Had he moved to a bigger club then fiorentina early on to say a Barca or Madrid etc… he would be talked about in the same goal scoring levels as Ronaldo.

[labestiagaming]

Even early 2010s Falcao Suarez, Lewandowski, Zlatan were incredible

[Querical]

90s strikers were always so outstanding, 2000s aswell, the long hair, the long baggy sleeves and jerseys, flowing like water on the field and being tough af

[XVRMEDIA]

Italy

Atalanta - Fausto Rossini
Bologna - Julio Ricardo Cruz
Brescia - Luca Toni
Chievo - Bernardo Corradi
Fiorentina - Gabriel Batistuta
Lecce - Davor Vugrinec
Juventus - David Trezeguet
Inter - Christian Vieri
Perugia - Zissis Vryzas
Piacenza - Dario Hubner
Milan - Filippo Inzaghi
Lazio - Hernan Crespo
Parma - Savo Milosevic
Torino - Cristiano Lucarelli
Udinese - Roberto Sosa
Verona - Alberto Gilardino
Venezia - Filippo Maniero

Spain

Alaves - Javi Moreno
Celta Vigo - Ljuboslav Penev
Deportivo - Roy Makaay
Valencia - John Carew
Real Madrid - Fernando Morientes
Barcelona - Patrick Kluyvert
Real Betis - Gaston Casas
Sevilla - Marcelo Otero
Athletic Bilbao - Ismael Urzaiz
Malaga - Manuel Canabal
Rayo Vallecano - Bolo
Real Valladolid - Turu Flores
Real Sociedad - Darko Kovacevic
Espanyol - Manel
Villarreal - Marin Palermo
Mallorca - Diego Tristan
Osasuna - John Aloisi
Las Palmas - Marcos Sequeiros
Tenerife - Rodolfo Bodipo
Real Zaragoza - Yordi
Atletico Madrid - Fernando Torres
Racing Santander - Salva Ballesta

England

Arsenal - Thierry Henry
Bolton - Rod Wallace
Blackburn - Corrado Grabbi
Chelsea - Jimmy Hasselbaink
Derby - Branko Strupar
Charlton - Jason Euell
Leicester - Brian Deane
Liverpool - Robbie Fowler
Man United - Ruud van Nistelrooy
Newcastle - Alan Shearer
Leeds - Mark Viduka
West Ham - Jermaine Defoe
Aston Villa - Dion Dublin
Tottenham - Les Ferdinand
Southampton - James Beattie
Middlesbrough - Alan Boksic
Fulham - Steve Marlet
Everton - Duncan Ferguson
Sunderland - Kevin Phillips
Ipswich - Marcus Bent

Germany

Borussia Dortmund - Stephane Chapuisat
Bayer Leverkusen - Ulf Kirsten
FC Bayern Munich - Giovanne Elber
Hertha Berlin - Michael Preetz
Schalke 04 - Ebbe Sand
Werder Bremen - Rade Bogdanovic
Kaiserslautern - Olaf Marschall
VFB Stuttgart - Fredi Bobic
1860 Munich - Markus Beierle
VFL Wolfsburg - Andrzej Juskowiak
Hamburg - Sergej Barbarez
Monchengladbach - Arie van Lent
Energie Cottbus - Antun Labak
Hansa Rostock - Bachirou Salou
FC Nurnberg - Martin Driller
SC Freiburg - Adel Sellimi
FC Koln - Markus Kurth
FC St Pauli - Nico Patschinski

Others

FC Porto - Mario Jardel
Benfica - Nuno Gomes
Sporting - Marius Niculae
Celtic - Henrik Larsson
Glasgow Rangers - Tore Andre Flo
Galatasaray - Hakan Sukur
Fenerbahce - Kennet Andersson
Besiktas - Pascal Nouma
Ajax - Zlatan Ibrahimovic
PSV - Mateja Kezman
Feyenoord - Pierre van Hoojdonk
Heerenven - Marcus Allback
PSG - Nicholas Anelka
Bordeaux - Pedro Pauleta
Marseille - Florian Maurice
AS Monaco - Florin Raducioiu
FC Nantes - Viorel Moldovan
Lyon - Sonny Andersson
Panathinaikos - Kryzstof Warzycha
AEK - Demis Nikolaidis
Olympiakos - Giovanni
Rosenborg - Sigurd Rushfeld
Steaua Bucharest - Marius Lacatus
Dinamo Bucharest - Adrian Mutu
Rapid Bucharest - Ioan Viorel Ganea
Dinamo Kiev - Andrey Shevchenko
Spartak Moscow - Valdimir Beschastnykh
Polonia Warsaw - Emmanuel Olisadebe
Club Brugge - Rune Lange
Anderlecht - Jan Koller
Standard Liege - Ole Martin Arst
Red Star Belgrade - Mikhajlo Pjanovic
NK Osjek - Robert Spehar
NK Gorica - Milan Osterc
Levski Sofia - Georgi Chilikov
Casino Salzburg - Toni Polster
Slavia Praha - Pavel Kuka
FC Kobenhavn - Peter Moller
AIK Stockholm - Pascal Simpson
Grasshopper Zurich - Kubilay Turkyilmaz
Maccabi Tel-Aviv - Meho Kodro

Late 1990s - Early 2000s

[saiga]

And the defenders back then were way way way better than today's defenders