"It's less ubiquitous than it once was, but the target man remains one of football's great specialisms. They provide an attacking focal point, hold the ball up to bring others into play, and tend to be more than a little bit handy in the air."
"Runner-up to Michel Platini for the 1985 Ballon d'Or, Preben Elkjaer is undoubtedly one of Denmark's best-ever players, scoring 38 goals for his country."
"Unlike the rest of the great target men on this list, Adebayo Akinfenwa never played at the highest level but he was such a unique player that we couldn't not include him. An absolute icon of the English lower leagues, he really did have good feet for a big man and scored over 200 career goals."
"The top scorer in World Cup history with 16 goals across four tournaments, lifting the trophy in 2014, Germany legend Miroslav Klose was a well-rounded target man in his prime, finishing as the Bundesliga's leading marksmen with 124 goals in the German top flight overall."
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