Christmas special: Top Five Highest Goal scorers In a Calender Year.

 A list of  top 5 soccer players with most number of goals in a given year either for club or country.

1: Lionel Messi  (Most Goal Scorers)  91 Goals

The first name in list of “Top five most goal scorers in a calendar year” is Lionel Messi. Born in Rosario on 24 June 1987 Lionel Andrés Messi is an Argentine footballer, who represents Spanish club FC Barcelona and the Argentina National team. Messi is widely hailed as the greatest football player to have ever graced the game. In the year 2012 he broke 40-year-old world record of the most goals scored in a calendar year by a player .After scoring 91 goals in all competitions in 2012, Messi won FIFA’s world player of the year award for a record fourth year in a row.In March 2012, at the age of 24, he became the all-time top scorer at Barcelona – beating the 232 goals of Cesar Rodriguez

2: Gerd Muller (Most Goal Scorers)  85 Goals

Gerhard “Gerd” Müller born 3 November 1945) is a retired German footballer and one of the most prolific goal scorers of all time. Gerd Muller was one of the most feared strikers in Europe during the 1970s. With national records of 68 goals in 62 international appearances The Bayern Munich and West Germany predator scored 365 goals in 427 Bundesliga games, he was one of the most successful goalscorers ever. He Scored 85 goals in 1972 which was a world record at that time and remained unbeaten until 2012.

3: Godfrey Chitalu  (Most Goal Scorers) 81 Goals

Godfrey Chitalu born October 22, 1947 in  Luanshya, Northern Rhodesia was a Zambian  footballer  who is widely regarded as the greatest Zambian player ever as he holds his national scoring record . Very few will have ever heard of Godfrey Chitalu but in terms of goalscoring in a single year he is up there with the very biggest names in the game. He scored 81 goals in 1968 for Kitwe United. However, Zambian researchers claim Chitalu scored more than 100 goals in all competitions in 1972. Although a FIFA spokesman declared that an official FIFA did not keep track of domestic competitions.

4: Pele  (Most Goal Scorers) 75 Goals

Edison Arantes do Nascimento better known as Pelé(born 21 October 1940 )is a retired Brazilian footballer He is regarded as the best soccer player of all time and is the only person to have won three World Cups. Pelé is the most successful league goal scorer in the world, with 541 league goals. In 1958 he scored 75goals for Santos and Brazil. n 1999, he was voted World Player of the Century by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics.

5:  Ferenc Deak  (Most Goal Scorers) 66 Goals

Ferenc Deák was a Hungarian footballer, was the key figure in the Hungarian attack of the 1940s. He scored 129 goals between 1944 and 1947 for his club side in just 72 appearances with 1946 making him one of the most prolific strikers in Europe and the world. In 1946 he scored 66 goals for Szentlorinci and Hungary.