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Claudio Pizarro, Werder Bremen's Peruvian goal-getter, has announced in an interview with Welt Am Sonntag that he will be gunning for the record of most goals scored by a foreign player in the German Bundesliga. He went on to declare that "this record meant a great deal to him."
Currently, the Peruvian striker is second in the list of the highest-scoring foreign players in the Bundesliga, trailing former Stuttgart and Bayern Munich forward Giovane Elber by a mere fourteen goals.
The current top 4 of the Bundesliga's all-time foreign goalscorers looks like this:
Name Games played Goals scored Average 1. Giovane Elber (BRA) 260 133 0,51 2. Claudio Pizarro (PER) 258 119 0,46 3. Ailton (BRA) 219 106 0,48 4. Stephane Chapuisat (SWI) 228 106 0,46
Given his average of 0,46 goals a game, Pizarro should be able to beat Elber's record this season, provided he stays free of injuries or a serious loss of form. The 30 year old therefore appears destined to beat Elber's record.
As it happens, Pizarro is also the most prolific goalscorer currently playing in the Bundesliga, as he has scored the most Bundesliga goals of any forward currently active in Germany.
Name Games played Goals scored Average 1. Claudio Pizarro (PER) 258 119 0,46 2. Miroslav Klose (GER) 264 117 0,44 3. Kevin Kuranyi (GER) 232 95 0,41 4. Oliver Neuville (GER) 325 91 0,28 5. Diego Klimowicz (ARG) 202 67 0,33
With a goals-to-games ratio like this and taking into account that he has three years remaining on his contract with Werder, it appears only a matter of time before the Peruvian, who was lovingly dubbed "Der Andesbomber" by FC Bayern fans, breaks the record set by Elber.
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