Top 5 Best Quickest Football Players To Reach 50 Goals In Bundesliga
Bundesliga, founded in 1963 is the top division of German Football, the rise of this league has helped German players and clubs reach the pinnacle of football. From the National team winning 4 World Cup and 3 Euro championships, the secrets lie in this league, which has nurtured youngsters into world-class quality, here are some of those players that were manufactured, forged by the league, and the fastest to reach the 50 goals mark.
1: Erling Halland
A player with the golden leg and is also considered to be on par with the football’s all-time greatest striker, is recognized as one the best finishers football has ever seen, He leaves his marks in every team he played, during his time in Bundesliga with Dortmund, the player reached his half-century in just 50 matches making history and becoming the youngest to do it at just 21 years old, even the great Cristiano took one match more to achieve this feat during his time at Real Madrid.
The 6 foot-four striker also won the Bundesliga Player of the Year that season, he was indeed destined for greatness, scoring most of his goals in the first touch itself, the Norwegian does have family ties to football, his dad was a Premier League midfielder and legend but I don’t think anyone in their wildest dream would have thought that he would become the player and reach this magnitude of success. Haaland might also be considered a product of the Manchester City youth program who returned to the premier league, many fans claimed that a “Farmer’s League” product would not have the same impact in the premier league but the player proved everyone wrong and is currently the highest-rated player of the league, claiming the most goals last season, he is also the front-runner to win it again this year.
Bundesliga Career:
| Games | 67 |
| Goals | 62 |
| Assists | 19 |
2: Klass Huntelaar
Huntelaar stands at the second position as he took just 85 matches to score 50 extremely good goals but it does explain Haaland’s dominance getting back to Huntelaar, his tenure in Shalke, where he also achieved the above feat was recognized as his comeback period, becoming the team’s main attacker, hitting the net almost every opportunity, also winning the Bundesliga top scorer that season (2011-12).
Huntelaar was irreplaceable for the national side, helping the team teach multiple finals of the World Cup and a winner of the under-21 euro championships, just like his name suggests, he hunted all his opponents in the game especially defenders who would find themselves completely clueless about his run and technical abilities, this saw him end his time with club up scoring a total of 126 goals in 240 matches, and although he did return to the club to finish his career becoming one of the oldest players to play in the league at 40 years old. Huntelaar hung his boots in 2021 and now has an administrative position in Ajax as the Technical Manager of the club, primarily focusing on the youth team.
Bundesliga Career:
| Games | 233 |
| Goals | 154 |
| Assists | 36 |
3: Pierre Aubemayang
The Arsenal Prodigy had a quite successful career before making his move to the England club, He played for Dortmund in the Bundesliga and achieved the 50-goal feat in just 86 matches, described as the best attacker from the Klopp academy, he went on to score 141 goals in 213 matches for the club, winning Bundesliga Player of the year and top scorer. Pierre is one of the few players who went back to their original national team, Gabon after a short stint with French U21, which made him feel excluded as claimed by him in an interview.
The player did have a successful time in Arsenal but after the club sold him due to his poor performance in the last innings of his contract, He has only scored 21 times in the last five years, moving around Chelsea and Barcelona, Aubemyang moved to Marseille hoping to get more game time in a bid to revive to his career but with many young players in the fray and 34 year old is unlikely to reach the top again.
Bundesliga Career:
| Games | 144 |
| Goals | 98 |
| Assists | 22 |
4: Arjen Robben
It is a surprise to see a winger among all the strikers stand at the 4th position in this list. Robben scored 50 goals in 90 appearances, recognized as a Netherlands legend, he got his first taste of world-class football, playing for Chelsea and scoring 15 goals. Due to his injuries, he had to leave the club for Real Madrid which many fans don’t know of as his time at Madrid was not very fruitful. Robben played well and had several decent performances for the team but was not enough to impress the management to keep him in the team and include him in any plans of the club, even the player himself has claimed that he was forced to leave by the club upper management.
Many thought that it was the beginning of the end of his career, but he proved them all wrong joining Bayern scoring 144 goals in all competitions, and having the best time of his career, in 2012 during an encounter with former club Real Madrid, he took his revenge scoring the deciding goal and advancing on to the finals. His breakaway performance was in 2010 when he and Snejder pulled off the impossible and brought the team to the final, although expectations were high, Spain won the final in a closely contested 1-0 win
Robben won 8 league titles, consisting 7 consecutive titles and also won his only Champions League title with the team and also became the VDV Bundesliga player of the season in 2009, The player decided to hang his boots on 4th July 2019 but he came out of his retirement in 2020, returning to his boyhood club, Groningen playing for a year and finally hung up his boots again in 2021.
Bundesliga Career:
| Games | 201 |
| Goals | 99 |
| Assists | 62 |
5: Robert Lewandowski
One of the greatest strikers of this generation, Lewangoalski scored 50 goals in 94 appearances at just 24 years old. In the Bundesliga, he has played for both the top teams and rivals namely Dortmund and Bayern Munich. His youth was spent in the former but the peak of his career was in Bayern, where he won 8 titles, consecutively, scoring 344 goals for the team and becoming the topscorer of the league 7 times.
The most prominent season of his career was seen in the 2020-21 season, scoring 59 goals including both the club and national team but the Balon D’or was cancelled and in the next year’s ceremony, he was given Ballon Sriker of the year, many believed that he was robbed on the night by officials who preferred the average performer, Messi.
In 2022, he joined Barcelona on a 45 million transfer fee, Lewandowski scored 33 goals in his first season and looks on his way to breaking more La Liga records In conclusion, Robert remains Poland’s all-time top scorer with a total of 82 goals in his career and a great asset to Barcelona.
Bundesliga Career:
| Games | 384 |
| Goals | 312 |
| Assists | 75 |
