So for some reason I decided to rank my top five attacking players from Eastern Europe. There are quite a few great ones though, so this list should be interesting.
5. Dimitar Berbatov. Current club: Manchester United. Home country: Bulgaria.
If he was in better scoring form, Berbatov could top this list. But with just 12 goals last season, it's difficult to place him higher. But with that being said, Berbatov is still one of the most skilled strikers in the world. He's got an immaculate talent for finishing and a great amount of skill with the ball at his feet.
Maybe Sir Alex Ferguson has finally devised a way that Berbatov can be used to his full potential, and if he has, Man U will be hard to stop in the Premier League.
4. Andriy Schevchenko. Current club: Dynamo Kyiv. Home country: Ukraine.
Schevchenko is a legend in the truest sense of the word. If you watch any great ball skills video on youtube, he's bound to be there somewhere. He invented like four moves. He's had a career at Chelsea, AC Milan, and has decided to round out his career playing at the best club in Ukraine, the Dynamo Kyiv.
He's also been the captain of Ukraine something like six years in a row and is the current captain of the Dynamo.
3. Ivica Olic. Current club: Bayern Munich. Home country: Croatia.
Olic deserves this spot because of his hat trick in the Champions League semi-final against Lyon. But other than that, Olic has proven to be an extremely compatible strike partner to Gomez, Mueller, or Klose at Bayern. He's a great compliment to any player because of his selfless play, his top-class finishing, and his passing ability.
2. Andrei Ashravin (pictured above). Current club: Arsenal. Home country: Russia.
Ashravin is currently, in my book, the best player on Arsenal's squad. He's just the complete player. He's got everything: ball skills, shot power, pace, field vision, creativity, defensive tenacity.
He's also without question the best player on Russia's squad and could be the best player to come out of that country ever. I watch Arsenal games for Andrei first and Fabregas second, that's all I'm saying.
1. Edin Dzeko. Current club: VFL Wolfsburg. Home country: Bosnia & Herzegovinia
Dzeko was tied for the most goals last year in the Bundesliga with Kiesling. That's a massive achievement in the top scoring league in the world where over 30 players get at least 10 goals a season. Dzeko is an absolutely ruthless striker with an extremely powerful accurate shot and a real gift for finishing in the final third.
He's also been the source of a great deal of transfer buzz, garnering the attention of big name clubs like Real Madrid and reportedly Chelsea and Manchester City. But the faithful Bosniaherzegovinian was quick to shut down any speculation.
This is my list of the top five best Eastern European attacking players. Do you care at all? Comment!
No idea where you would put him b/c all of these are great picks. But I think at least you've got to create a 6th spot just for kicks for Robert Vittek of Slovakia. He beasted in the world cup, he's slovakias leading goal scorer and though he had a bad few year's at lille of france, how he played last year for ankaragucu coupled with the world cup for shows he's definitely on the rise
ReplyDeleteAh crap, I forgot all about him! Nice pick, that guy was a beast in the World Cup. I might have swapped him out for Olic, but maybe not. There is now an honarary 6th spot now and it goes to Vittek lol. I almost made a spot for Klose because he's Polish, but then I decided that'd be dumb. Especially because of all of the goals he scored in the World Cup over the years, none were outside the penalty box. Professional cherry picker lol.
ReplyDeleteReally? All 14 and none of them were?? that is truly suprising, and goes towards my hope that he does not play in the next world cup b/c I don't want to see him jump THE Ronaldo. Professional cherry picker, sounds like my exact words for Suarez haha
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