goalscorer

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.92 in modern English

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"the top goalscorer"
"At the other end, goalscorer Krohn-Dehli's 20-yard strike brought a fine stop from Stekelenburg."
"At the age of 22, the Norwegian forward had already established himself as one of the best goalscorers in European football – first at Red Bull Salzburg, then with two prolific seasons at Borussia Dortmund."
"Ronaldo Sr., who is the record goalscorer in men’s international soccer with 136 goals for Portugal, congratulated his son on his Instagram Stories by posting a picture of his name on the squad list, saying: “Proud of you, son!”"

Etymology tree English goal Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- Proto-Germanic *skurō Old Norse skorder. Old English scoru Middle English score English score Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English scorer English goalscorer From goal + scorer.

goalscorers (plural) goal scorer (alternative) goal-scorer (alternative)