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Manchester City's Sergio Aguero celebrates scoring his side's second goal of the game during the Premier League match against Crystal Palace at the Etihad Stadium, Manchester. January 2020.

Can you name the highest-scoring South Americans in PL history?

The Premier League has been home to some incredible South American players over the years – but how many of the highest-scoring players from the continent can you name?

There aren’t as many famous names as you might expect, but we’ve given you the clubs they played for and their total goals as clues. You’ve got 15 minutes to name the top 20.

An asterisk denotes the player is still active in the Premier League.

“Following the goal, I was so happy, but I was sort of in shock. I don’t remember anything immediately after, but when it sank in, I realised I’d scored the best goal of my life,” said South America’s most prolific Premier League goalscorer on the most famous goal of all – for Man City against QPR in 2012.

“Normally, when I was young, when I scored a goal, I always took my shirt off and waved it around my head. So, when I scored, it was just natural and I ran towards the corner before my team-mates jumped on me and they were all saying, ‘I love you, I love you!’.

“I had to tell them, ‘leave me alone’, because I was in shock at that moment, but the celebration was still good!”

If this gives you the taste for another quiz, have a go at naming the all-time top scorer for every South American nation?

If you haven’t already, sign up for a Planet Sport account to access hints for those tricky answers and to register your score on the leaderboard.

Good luck, and don’t forget to tweet us your scores @planetfutebol. 


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