With his goal in the 3-0 win at St. Pauli, Andrej Kramaric has also moved up the Bundesliga’s all-time scoring charts. And he has completed a special collection.
Andrej Kramaric crowned his outstanding performance at St. Pauli on Sunday with his goal to make it 2-0, and after Bazoumana Touré’s debut goal to give his side the lead, the game was as good as over. It was only the Hoffenheim striker’s second goal of the season in his seventh game, but it was remarkable in two respects.
It was his first against St. Pauli. The 34-year-old has now completed his personal “collection” and scored against all current Bundesliga teams, with the Hanseatic club being the only one missing.
He “only” scored against Fürth in the cup
But that’s not all. Kramaric has been hunting goals for TSG in the Bundesliga since winter 2016. During this period, the striker, who was signed from Leicester at the time, has faced a total of 28 different opponents with Hoffenheim in the top flight. He was successful as a goalscorer against 27 of them. Only SpVgg Greuther Fürth slipped through the striker’s fingers. The Fürth team had only been able to enjoy top-flight status for one year during Kramaric’s tenure, but Kramaric came away empty-handed in the spectacular 6-3 win in Fürth, and there were no goals at all in the return match in Sinsheim. And yet Kramaric was also successful against Fürth, not in the league, but two years earlier in the cup, when he scored the 1-0 for TSG in a narrow 7-6 victory on penalties (2-2).
With Sunday’s 2-0 win, however, Kramaric was able to overtake two renowned strikers in the all-time scoring list. With his 128th goal in the top flight, he surpassed Dieter Hoeneß and former Hoffenheim player Vedad Ibisevic.
27th place in the all-time scoring charts
Kramaric is now hot on the heels of Karl Allgöwer (129) and has his sights set on the top 25. Michael Zorc (131) currently ranks there behind Rudi Völler (132) and Giovane Elber (133). With Kramaric, that could happen very quickly. And since Hoffenheim’s star regularly scores in double digits, Horst Hrubesch (136) and Uwe Seeler (137) are also well within reach by the end of the season. However, the absolute elite remains out of reach for the 34-year-old.
To break into the top 10, Kramaric would have to add another 50 goals to overtake Dieter Müller and Klaus Allofs, who are tied for 10th place. And the giant Gerd Müller towers above them all, with 365 goals to his name, more than the two of them combined.
