As the Indian Super League enters the Semi-Finals, it’s a great time to look at this seasons top goal scorers. This list was determined using the following criteria: total goals, total assists, and least minutes played.

1. INDIAN SUPER LEAGUE’S
TOP GOAL SCORERS OF
2015
by Yogesh Joshee

2. 10. ELANO
BLUMER
Career Highlights
Winner, FIFA Confederations Cup 2009; Copa America 2007
(Brazil)
Winner, Ukrainian Premier League 2004/05 & 2005/06 (Shaktar
Donetsk)
Golden Boot winner in Compeonato Paulista 2011 with Santos
MATCHES 13
GOALS 4
ASSISTS 4
MINUTES PLAYED 901
Elano Blumer started out as talented
midfielder at Santos, helping take the
team all the way to the Brazilian Series A
title. When he moved to Shakhtar
Donetsk, he won back-to-back league
titles. At Manchester City, he registered
14 goals and 11 assists in 62 Premier
League appearances. He was part of the
squads that won Copa America [2007]
and FIFA Confederations Cup [2009],
and he was the top-scorer in Hero ISL
2014 with 8 goals.

3. 9. NICOLAS
LEANDRO
VELEZ
Career Highlights
Winner, 2014 S League (Warriors FC)
Winner, S Leagur Young Player of the Year Award in 2014
Winner, Singapore Charity Shield Award in 2015
MATCHES 14
GOALS 5
ASSISTS 1
MINUTES PLAYED 806
Argentinian player, Nicolas Leandro
Velez, learned the sport at the acclaimed
River Plate youth academy spending the
earlier part of his career playing with
with Atlético Huracán (Argentina),
Atlético Sanluqueño (Spain) and
Warriors FC (Singapore) before joining
the Highlanders.

4. 8. ARATA
IZUMI
Career Highlights
First foreign-born to ever play for India when he debuted in 2013
Captained Pune FC in the 2014 Federation Cup
MATCHES 9
GOALS 5
ASSISTS 1
MINUTES PLAYED 536
Arata Izumi was born in Japan, but his career
started in Singapore in 2005 with Albirex
Nigata. He returned to Japan for some time to
join Mitsubishi Motors Muzushima FC in the
2006 J-League, but his dream was always to
play for India. He came to India to play for East
Bengal in 2006, and when he moved to
Mahindra United in 2007 and later joined Pune
FC, he achieved the role of captain. In August
of 2012, he recieved Indian citizenship and
made his debut for India in 2013. Izumi also
has an Indian name: Neelkanth Khambholja.

5. 7. JEJE
LALPEKHLUA
Career Highlights
FPAI Young Player of the Year in 2011
Scored four goals in ISL 2014, the most by any Indian
Winner, I-League 2014-15 (Mohun Bagan)
MATCHES 8
GOALS 5
ASSISTS 2
MINUTES PLAYED 625
In Jeje Lalpekhlua’s first season of the
Hero ISL in 2014, he scored four goals,
the most by any Indian. In 2007 he was
signed for Pune FC before spending
2010-11 with the Indian Arrows where
he scored 13 goals in 15 games. Back in
Pune FC the following season and later
Dempo, he finally moved to Mohun
Bagan where he won the Hero I-League
in his first year with the Mariners.

6. 6. CHRIS
DAGNALL
Career Highlights
Leyton Orient top scorer 2014/15 season with 11 goals and 6 assists
Scored 4 goals in 11 FA Cup appearances
MATCHES 13
GOALS 6
ASSISTS 2
MINUTES PLAYED 1034
Chris Dagnall was born in Liverpool and
started his career playing in 414 club
appearances for clubs such as Rochdale,
Scunthorpe, and Barnsley. He scored 4
goals in 11 appearances in the FA Cup
for various teams, and his top scores
include 11 goals and 6 assist in 38
matches for Leyton Orient.

7. 5. ANTONIO
GERMAN
Career Highlights
Scored 2 goals in 16 Football League Championship for QPR
MATCHES 9
GOALS 6
ASSISTS 3
MINUTES PLAYED 544
Antonio German learned the sport
through the Queens Park Rangers youth
setup before playing on loan with
several lower tier English football
teams. He scored 2 goals in 16 Football
League Championship matches for
QPR.

8. 4. SUNIL
CHHETRI
Career Highlights
3 x Winner, I-League 2013/14 (Bengaluru FC); 2012/13
(Churchill Brothers); 2009/10 (Dempo SC)
Winner, AFC Challenge Cup 2008 (India)
2 x Winner, Nehru Cup 2009, 2012 (India)
MATCHES 11
GOALS 7
ASSISTS 1
MINUTES PLAYED 990
Sunil Chhetri has become a household
name in India and is one of a handful of
Indian players to have played
professionally outside the country,
including playing in Major League Soccer
for the Kansas City Wizards and Sporting
Clube de Portugal B team. He is India’s
all-time leading scorer with 47
international goals in 81 international
matches.

9. 3. REINALDO
DA CRUZ
OLIVEIRA
Career Highlights
Member of PSG Champions League side (2004/05)
Won the Korean FA Cup with Suwon Bluewings (2010)
MATCHES 10
GOALS 7
ASSISTS 4
MINUTES PLAYED 775
Reinaldo Da Cruz Oliveira is an
experienced player who has been
involved in the sport since 1997 playing
for various teams. He was a part of
PSG’s Champions League squad in
2004/05. He was with Brazilian club EC
Internacional when FC Goa decided to
bring him onto the Indian Super
League.

10. 2. IAIN
HUME
Career Highlights
Goal for Leicester vs Watford in 2007-2008 in the Championship
was voted goal of the season
Top scorer for Leicester City in the 2007-2008 Championship
Most Valuable Player, ISL 2014
MATCHES 14
GOALS 10
ASSISTS 4
MINUTES PLAYED 1251
Scottish-born Canadian international
striker, Iain Hume, started the sport in
the youth ranks at Tranmere Rovers and
made his way up to the senior setup. In
the 2004–05 campaign he finished top
scorer for Tranmere with 16 goals. He
then moved to Leicester City and then
Barnsley. He was instrumental in getting
Kerala Blasters FC to the finals of last
year’s Hero ISL with 5 goals and 3
assists earning him the Hero Player of
the Tournament.

11. 1. JOHN STIVEN
MENDOZA
VALENCIA
Career Highlights
Winner, Super League Colombia 2014 (Deportivo Cali)
Finished fourth in the 2009 FIFA Under-17 World Cup Colombia
Semi-finalist ISL 2014 (Chennaiyin FC)
MATCHES 13
GOALS 11
ASSISTS 2
MINUTES PLAYED 949
Columbian forward, John Stiven
Mendoza Valencia tops the list.
Mendoza rose through the ranks of local
clubs like Deportivo Cali, Envigado FC,
América de Cali and Cúcuta Deportivo
and was part of the Colombian squad
which finished fourth in the 2009
Under-17 FIFA World Cup. After
joining Chennaiyin FC last season, he
had scored four goals in nine matches
before an injury cut his season short.