Top 5 strikers of the Premier League era

#2 Alan Shearer (England, Southampton, Blackburn Rovers, and Newcastle United)

Alan Shearer

One of the greatest strikers of his generation, Alan Shearer started his career at Southampton in the old first division. He was impressive for the youth side and was promoted into the first team in the 1987/88 season, where he scored 3 goals from 5 appearances. It was clear that the young boy was destined for greater things.

Shearer played for 5 seasons in the first division before he was picked up by Blackburn Rovers at the start of the Premier League era. By then, Shearer was an established name in the footballing circuit and had scored 43 goals from 158 games for the Saints.

The Englishman took the Premier League by storm and was brilliant for Blackburn, helping them to the Premier League title in the 1994/95 season. He scored 130 times in 171 games for the Riversiders and subsequently signed for Newcastle United in the 1996/97 season.

Shearer hung up his boots at the end of the 2005/06 season, registering 206 goals in 405 appearances in all competitions during his time at St. James Park. When he retired, he had accumulated 260 goals from 441 appearances, becoming the highest scorer in the league, a record that still stands tall today.

Shearer was blessed with all the qualities of a perfect centre forward; he was strong in the air, had a physical presence in the box and was a prolific finisher in front of the goal. These attributes helped him attain great success and he is one of the greatest goalscorers of the Premier League era.

He won 3 Premier League Golden Boots during his career and was also adjudged the Premier League player of the year in the 1994/95 season.