5 Of the greatest goalscoring centre-backs in football history

#2 Daniel Passarella (182 Goals)

Clubs: Sarmiento, River Plate (twice), Fiorentina, Internazionale

El Gran Capitan was great at everything he got

Widely regarded as South America's greatest centre-back, the Argentine star set the template from which hard-tackling defenders; Nemanja Vidic, Ramos and others have copiously borrowed from.

Renowned for his tough-tackling, take-no-prisoners style, Passarella was a difficult man to beat. He was quick, brilliant in the air and blessed with a keen understanding of the art of defending.

Like Ramos, most of Passarella's goals came from set-piece situations; headers from freekicks and corner kicks as well as penalties. Like the Spanish international, El Gran Capitan (The Big Captain) wasn't the tallest centre-back.

Standing at 1.73m, he was disadvantaged height-wise. He more than made up for this by constantly working of his leaping and heading abilities. This helped him get to his amazing goals tally. 90 of these goals were scored for his beloved River Plate, the club he achieved legendary status with as a player, captain, and coach.

He led the Albiceleste to World Cup victory on home soil in 1978. He was just as prolific for Argentina as he was for his club sides with 22 goals in 70 matches.

Passarella held the record for most goals by a defender until the next man on this list came along.