VOTE: What are the TOP 5 goalscoring defenders in history?

It feels normal to see strikers defending, and see defenders scoring goals. But who are the defenders who went too far to become goal scorers as if they were strikers? Pick your TOP 5 goalscoring defenders in history!

Laurent Blanc

Blanc is Montpellier's all-time leading scorer after netting 77 times in 251 games between 1983 and 1991. He came through as an attacking midfielder in his early days and many of his goals came from the penalty spot, but he also took the odd free-kick.

Franz Beckenbauer

Beckenbauer wasn't a defender in the traditional sense: The former Germany and Bayern Munich man spent much of his career in an attacking sweeper role which allowed him to advance up the pitch when his side had the ball.

Sinisa Mihajlovic

Mihajlovic was an expert free-kick taker and the majority of his 105 goals for club and country came from dead-ball situations. 

Graham Alexander

The former Scunthorpe, Luton, Preston and Burnley man scored 130 goals in 981 matches at club level, including 11 in both 2002/03 (for Preston) and 2008/09 (for Burnley).

Sergio Ramos

He has scored 98 goals in his career, and he's struck twice in two separate Champions League finals against Atletico Madrid and also notched several vital efforts in crunch La Liga encounters. 

Steve Bruce

The uncapped Englishman netted 113 of them throughout a career which also included spells at Gillingham, Norwich, Birmingham and Sheffield United. The 1990/91 season was his most prolific  – 19 goals in all competitions.

Ronald Koeman

There are many strikers who would feel justifiably proud of Koeman’s career return of 253 goals in 763 professional outings. Koeman once scored 26 goals in a season for PSV, before finding the net 19 times for Barcelona in both 1989/90 and 1993/94. 

Roberto Carlos

By the end of his career the flying full-back had made the net bulge on no fewer than 113 occasions. Many of his goals came from dead-balls, including a 30-yarder on his Inter debut and a crucial free-kick on the final day of Real Madrid's title-winning campaign of 2002/03.

Daniel Passarella

Despite standing at just 5ft 8in, Passarella was excellent in the air and many of his 175 career goals were headers. 

Fernando Hierro

Hierro scored 127 goals for Real Madrid and his best individual season came at Madrid in 1991/92, when the centre-back notched an astonishing 26 goals in 53 appearances.

Paul Breitner

He's one of only four players to score in two World Cup finals, having plundered another in the 1982 showpiece against Italy. 

Ian Harte

The full-back scored 39 times in 288 appearances for Leeds, and later netted 10 goals for Levante, 21 for Carlisle, 15 for Reading and one for Bournemouth, before retiring in 2015. 

Marco Materazzi

During the 2000–01 season, Materazzi scored an outlandish 12 goals for the season— Alessandro Del Piero scored nine goals during that season. 

Gerard Pique

It's rare to see a defender with more than 50 career goals. Pique has the record of scoring every season for Barcelona. 

The result will be announced at 12:00 Nov 19th CET.