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IranMania- The International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS) has announced the list of the best goal scorers in 2001. Ali Daei, the Iranian National Team Captain has been placed 29th with ten goals to his name.

Daei was among the  top 10 goal scorers of the world from 1996 up to 2000. Karim bagheri who was listed as 97th in 1997, has not been mentioned this year.

The World's Top Goal Scorer 2001

1. Hani Al-Dhabit Faraj Bait
   Al-Noobi
Dhofar Club Salalah Oman 22   (22/0)
2. Kiatisuk Senamuang Armed Forces FC * Thailand 16 (16/0)
  Archibald Thompson Marconi Fairfield Stallions Sydney Australia 16 (16/0)
4. Raúl González Blanco Real Madrid CF España 16 (6/10)
5. Luis Filipe Madeira Caeiro Figo Real Madrid CF Portugal 15 (9/6)
6. Michael James Owen Liverpool FC England 15 (6/9)
7. Obaid Al-Dossary Al-Ahly Jeddah Saudi Arabia 14 (14/0)
  David Allen Zdrilic Sp.Vgg.Unterhaching Australia 14 (14/0)
9. Talal Al-Meshal Al-Hilal FC Riyadh Saudi Arabia 13 (13/0)
  Yasser Salem Saleh Al-Wahda Club Abu-Dhabi UAE 13 (13/0)
11. Rolando Fonseca CF La Piedad ** Costa Rica 13 (11/2)
12. Ruud Van Nistelrooj Manchester United FC Nederland 13 (7/6)
13. David Trezeguet FC Juventus Torino France 13 (5/8)
14. Sayed Bayazid Syria 12 (12/0)
  Mohammed Husham Al-Talaba Baghdad Iraq 12 (12/0)
16. Henrik Larsson Glasgow Celtic FC Sverige 12 (8/4)
17. Pedro Miguel Pauleta FC Girondins de Bordeaux Portugal 12 (7/5)
18. Patrick Kluivert FC Barcelona Nederland 12 (4/8)
19. Rivaldo Vitor Borba Ferreira FC Barcelona Brasil 12 (3/9)
  Virgilio Ferreira Cerro Porteño FBC Asunción Paraguay 12 (3/9)
21. Thierry Henry Arsenal FC London France 12 (3/9)
22. Al-Hadj Diouf ASEC Ndiambour Sénégal 11 (11/0)
23. Sami Al-Jaber Al-Hilal FC Riyadh Saudi Arabia 11 (10/1)
24. Nuno Miguel Soãres Pereira
   Ribeiro "Nuno Gomes"
AC Fiorentina Firenze Portugal 11 (9/2)
25. Hernán Jorge Crespo SS Lazio Roma Argentina 11 (6/5)
26. Giovane Elber FC Bayern München Brasil 11 (0/11)
  Wellington Nogueira Lopes SE Palmeiras São Paulo Brasil 11 (0/11)
28. Ibrahima Bakayoko Olympique de Marseille Côte-d'Ivoire 10 (10/0)
  Ali Daei Hertha BSC Berlin Iran 10 (10/0)
  Jafer Irismetov Slavia Mozyr *** Uzbekistan 10 (10/0)
  Golman Pierre FIFA Cap Haïtien Haïti 10 (10/0)
  Paulo César Wanchope Manchester City FC Costa Rica 10 (10/0)
33. Víctor Hugo Aristizabal Asociación Deportivo Cali Colombia 10 (9/1)
  Ebbe Sand FC Schalke 04 Danmark 10 (9/1)
35. Vladimir Beschastnykh Spartak Moscow Russia 10 (6/4)
  Jared Borgetti Santos Laguna de Torreon México 10 (6/4)
  Andriy Shevshenko Milan AC Ukraina 10 (6/4)
38. Bernado Daniel Romeo CA San Lorenzo de Almagro
   Buenos Aires
Argentina 10 (0/10)
Situation: 31.12.2001
 
(scored goals in full internationals / scored goals in [inter]continental club competitions)
 
*Club from Singapore (Senamuang's birth-place is the Khonkaen Province in Thailand)
**Club from México (Segunda División)
***Club from Belarus
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