On Wednesday, December 16, 2020, Bayern Munich came from behind to beat Wolfsburg 2-1 in the Bundesliga. Both goals were scored by Bayern’s Polish striker Robert Lewandowski, who claimed FIFA’s The Best prize for being the year’s top footballer the next day.
The two goals that Lewandowski scored were his 250th and 251st in Bundesliga. That makes him just the third footballer to notch up over 250 Bundesliga goals, and the first non German to achieve the milestone.
Gerd Muller
Goals scored: 365 Matches played: 427 Minutes played: 38,157 Minutes per goal: 105 Club(s) played for: Bayern Munich
Country: Germany
Gerd ‘Der Bomber Muller broke innumerable records in his Bundesliga career with Bayern. His goals tally is almost a hundred more than his nearest rival. He finished as the top scorer at the end of a season a record five times in the 14 seasons he played. He also holds the record for most goals scored in a single Bundesliga season – 40 in 1971-72.
Klaus Fischer
Goals scored: 268
Matches played: 535
Minutes played: 46,252
Minutes per goal: 173
Club(s) played for: TSV 1860 Mu nich, FC Schalke 04, FC Koln, Vfl Bochum
Country: Germany
Klaus Fischer had a long
Bundesliga career, spending his 19 seasons with four different clubs and scoring goals for all of them. He is among a handful of players to have played more than 500 Bundesliga matches. Even though he scored more than 20 goals in a season six times, he finished as the top-scorer of the league only once in 1975-76.
Robert Lewandowski
Goals scored: 253
Matches played: 333
Minutes played: 26,661
Minutes per goal: 105
Club(s) played for: Borussia Dortmund, Bayern Munich
Country: Poland
Robert Lewandowski has moved from strength to strength in his Bundesliga career since he started out with Borussia Dortmund in 2010-11. Having moved to Bayern Munich in 2014-15, Lewandowski certainly has more records within his sight in the time to come. Lewandowski has been the highest scoring non-German in the competition for some time now and the Polish forward became the first non-German to go past the 250 Bundesliga goals mark.
After Maximilian Philipp volleyed home in the fifth minute to give Wolfsburg the lead, Lewandowski headed home (top most) the equaliser in first-half stoppage time. He scored the winner (above) five minutes into the second half, following a strong run. The two goals were
Lewandowski’s 250th and 251st in Bundesliga, making him just the third to reach the landmark.
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