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  • noun soccer A person who scores a goal, or scores goals

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Examples

  • Craig Sibbald was the provider on this occasion but the goalscorer was the same as El Allagui connected with a header in plenty of space and nodded past Alexander.

    Evening Standard - Home 2011

  • Craig Sibbald was the provider on this occasion but the goalscorer was the same as El Allagui connected with a header in plenty of space and nodded past Alexander.

    WalesOnline - Home 2011

  • "I'm not what you would call a goalscorer so I am delighted that I have scored so many - to have eight at this stage is fantastic," said Fellaini.

    icLiverpool 2009

  • Your manager spends like it's going out of fashion, yet 'we don't have a goalscorer which is where we're severely lacking'?

    TEAMtalk Football News 2010

  • Our other main strength is the speed in which we attack but the manager has yet to do anything significant about the forward positions and the fact that we don't have a goalscorer which is where we're severely lacking.

    TEAMtalk Football News 2010

  • Your manager spends like it's going out of fashion, yet 'we don't have a goalscorer which is where we're severely lacking'?

    TEAMtalk Football News 2010

  • Our other main strength is the speed in which we attack but the manager has yet to do anything significant about the forward positions and the fact that we don't have a goalscorer which is where we're severely lacking.

    TEAMtalk Football News 2010

  • "I have never been known as a goalscorer but last season I started to get into more scoring positions.

    tribalfootball.com 2010

  • The former Standard Liege star said: "I'm not what you would call a goalscorer, so I am delighted that I have scored so many.

    tribalfootball.com 2009

  • But even as England coach Fabio Capello sweats on the status of his top striker, here's something rather perplexing to consider: Rooney is England's leading active goalscorer and widely considered to be the team's best player, but the numbers suggest England may be better off without him.

    England Sweat Over Rooney Jonathan Clegg 2011

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