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Giroud Joins Select Group With 100 Goals

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French striker Oliver Giroud celebrated his 100th Arsenal goal in last night’s Europa League tie with BATE Borisov.

Scoring our fourth goal in the four two victory, Giroud notched up his 100th strike five years to the week where he opened his Arsenal account.

Speaking to the Official Site as he met with the media following the game to talk about his achievement, Giroud was thrilled to have broken the three figure mark and he was hoping it wouldn’t end there.

‘Yes, I`m very proud of that. It`s been a few weeks. To be honest with you I was expecting this goal, but sometimes you shoot without looking at the goal and it goes in, while sometimes you are struggling a little more with bad luck or misfortune. I`m glad and I`m happy for myself and hopefully more will come.’

Having joined the club back in the summer of 2012, Oliver opened his account in a League Cup six one victory over Coventry City and he opened his Premier League account a few games later in a three one win over West Ham.

Sitting in 19th place in the scoring list, seven more goals would see him move onto joint 16th.

No
Player
Career
Goals
1
Thierry Henry
1999-2012
228
2
Ian Wright
1991-1998
185
3
Cliff Bastin
1929-1946
178
4
John Radford
1962-1976
149
5
Jimmy Brain
1923-1931
139
Ted Drake
1934-1945
139
7
Doug Lishman
1948-1956
137
8
Robin Van Persie
2004-2012
132
9
Joe Hulme
1926-1938
125
10
David Jack
1928-1934
124
11
Dennis Bergkamp
1995-2006
120
12
Reg Lewis
1935-1953
118
13
Alan Smith
1987-1995
115
14
Jack Lambert
1926-1933
109
15
Frank Stapleton
1972-1981
108
16
Theo Walcott
2006-
107
David Baker
1954-1961
107
18
Joe Baker
1962-1966
100
Oliver Giroud
2012-
100



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