"goalscorer" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: goalscorers [plural], goal scorer [alternative], goal-scorer [alternative]
Etymology: From goal + scorer. Etymology templates: {{af|en|goal|scorer}} goal + scorer Head templates: {{en-noun}} goalscorer (plural goalscorers)
  1. (soccer) A person who scores a goal, or scores goals Translations (person who scores a goal): هَدَّاف (haddāf) (Arabic), golejador [masculine] (Catalan), golejadora [feminine] (Catalan), målscorer [common-gender] (Danish), målskytte [common-gender] (Danish), doelpuntenmaker [masculine] (Dutch), málskorari [masculine] (Faroese), málskjútti [masculine] (Faroese), maalintekijä (Finnish), buteur [masculine] (French), Torschütze [masculine] (German), Torschützin [feminine] (German), målertoq (Greenlandic), góllövő (Hungarian), gólszerző (Hungarian), marcatore [masculine] (Italian), goleador [masculine] (Spanish), pichichi [masculine] (Spanish), målgörare [common-gender] (Swedish), målskytt [common-gender] (Swedish), golcü (Turkish)

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