#1 Iain Hume (Current Team - FC Pune City)
#Career Goals in ISL – 28
The Canadian striker is the Indian Super League’s all time leading goal scorer and has played in all 4 editions of the ISL, scoring 28 goals from 59 games, with a further 7 assists to his name. Hume was Kerala Blaster’s main man in the first season of the ISL, firing them to the Finals, only to be on the losing side and finishing the season with 5 goals and 3 assists. He was adjudged the ISL’s first Hero of the League.
He then shifted to Atletico de Kolkata next season and scored 11 goals from 16 appearance and registered 4 assists, yet it was not enough to win the league. Not to be defeated, Hume turned up for ATK in the 2016 edition of ISL again, scoring 7 goals from 14 games and finally getting his hand on the prize, as Atletico de Kolkata were crowned Champions for the second time.
Hume started his professional career with Tranmere Rovers FC, where he rose through the youth set up and played for 8 seasons, before moving on to Leicester City, then in the Championship. At Leicester, he played 132 games and scored 34 goals. He then played for Barnsley, Preston North End, with loan stints at Doncaster Rovers and Fleetwood Town, before joining the Indian Super League in 2014.
Last season, Hume shifted back to Kerala Blasters in the ISL and scored 5 goals from 13 appearances in a season which ended with a knee injury. This season, Hume will be appearing for FC Pune City for the first time and is racing to be fit in time to get his hands on the ISL Trophy again.