Among the Premier League's all-time leading goalscorers, Les Ferdinand found the net 149 times in the competition – most notably for Newcastle, Tottenham and QPR. The 17-time England international – who holds the Premier League record for the most goals without scoring a penalty – joined QPR from Hayes for £50,000 in 1987, moving from non-League to the old First Division.
England's first-choice goalkeeper at three major tournaments, Joe Hart began his footballing journey with hometown club Shrewsbury, making his debut while they were a Conference outfit. In 2006, he made the big move to Manchester City – where he soon became number one and won two Premier League titles, claiming the Golden Glove award on four occasions.
He's scored more World Cup goals than anyone else in the history of the tournament (16 over four editions, to be precise), but Miroslav Klose started his career on a far less glamorous stage. The Polish-born striker got his break in senior football in the late 90s with FC Homburg, who were playing in the third tier of German football.
Having shown immense potential at hometown club MK Dons, Dele Alli made the big step up from the third tier to the top flight in 2015, joining Tottenham for £5m on deadline day of the winter transfer window.
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