Soundoff: Who’s Your Favourite Number Nine?
By: Daryl | September 9th, 2009
It’s the 9th of September, 2009. One of those rare days when both sides of the Atlantic can agree on how to write the date: 09/09/09. So what better day to celebrate the number nine jersey?
The meaning of shirt numbers varies from culture to culture, but #9 is pretty universal. In any language it means “goalscorer”. Think (original) Ronaldo. Think Gabriel Batistuta. Think Steve Bull. Or is that last one just me?
So, we’re asking Offside readers: Who’s your favourite #9?
We’re not asking you to name the best #9 of all time. This isn’t a quest to decide who’s better than who. It’s more about hearing who everyone’s favourite #9 is (club or international) and – most importantly – why?
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Category: World Football
Tags: #9, Gabriel Batistuta, Marco van Basten, number 9, Ronaldo, steve bull, World Football, World SoccerSubscribe
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Im a juve fan but in truth the photo says it all for me, Van Basten!
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Bati goal as a past legend of the number 9 and samuel etoo as a modern number 9
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I liked Zamorano for the 1(+)8 shirt!
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Ben i was referring to him winning the world cup or champions league. With all respect to the confed’s cup, the copa america and super coppa etc. while all good acheivements nobody remembers who won every coppa italia.
The point i was making is that with all the scoring titles he won (which i agree with you about) no ‘big’ bought him to play in the champs league, and i do not consider roma a ‘big’ team.Posted from
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definitely the original ronaldo…. i remember when i was a kid reading a story about the 18 year old wonder kid on the brasil squad during the build up to wc ‘94… even though he never played a minute in that wc, i rememeberd being in awe of someone so young yet so talented… i started following his career with what little resources i had at the time and when the 96 olympics came around i finally got to see him play… i was blown away….then i followed him to barca, inter, madrid, milan, etc… during his prime he was the most dominant player to arguably ever touch a football. the perfect blend of speed, strength, athleticism and technical ability. ‘el fenomeno’ could score with both feet, his head, his back to goal,on the run, in the air, beat defenders 1-on-1, provide when needed to, set pieces, pk’s, etc… and the mark of any true goal scorer, all he needed was 1 chance… he was such a freak of nature that his knees could literally not hold him up. they said at the time his knees were not made to support someone of his size, strength, speed and movement. What could’ve been if it wasnt for the injuries… and he still dominated the world in wc 2002 after people had said his best days were long gone..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iXOMPo7cEI
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Bergkamp.
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Pippo Inzaghi!
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Samuel Eto’o of CAMEROON National team & Junior Agogo of GHANA national team. We know one will be in South Africa (as long as there are no injuries!)
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super pippo or either luca toni for la nazionale is a true number 9, cant do anythin else on the team except knock the ball in the net
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Pippo and Batistuta are probably my favorite 2. Though Ronaldo in his prime can’t be forgotten
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Bergkamp was definitely a number 10.
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Danny Dichio
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Alan Shearer, greatest number 9 the prem has ever seen
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SuperPippo
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Fernando El Nino Torres
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fat ronaldo because two bum knees and an affinity for fried chicken and tranny prostitutes can’t stop him from dribbling circles around everyone on the pitch and scoring most matches. you can’t say he isn’t entertaining.
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Ronaldo, the real one!
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Nando Torres isn’t “Liverpool number niiine” I think you’ll find he’s “Carragher’s bit on the siiide”!
Anyway, Shearer by a country mile. For me number 9 means goal scoring centre forward and no-one sums that up better.
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Do I automatically lose all respect for saying Mia Hamm?
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luca toni for la nazionale is a true number 9, cant do anythin else on the team except knock the ball in the net
Wait Luca Toni for the Nazionale? I would agree anywhere else..but he flops epicly in Azzurro.
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Hakan Sukur
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Gerd Müller
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Even as a Gooner I have to say Alan Shearer was the greatest Number 9.
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Guillaume Hoarau.
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