FourFourTwo's 100 Best Football Players in the World 2017: No.4, Robert Lewandowski

It might be a bit difficult to fully grasp Robert Lewandowski's achievements at first, but they’re phenomenal from every angle possible.

The Pole is just 29, and this is his eighth season in Germany, but he’s already the second-highest foreign scorer in Bundesliga history and No.11 in the all-time rankings with 164 goals in 240 matches. He’ll soon leapfrog Hannes Lohr into 10th place, and by the end of the season could easily be sixth, with just Gerd Muller, Klaus Fischer, Jupp Heynckes (his current manager), Manfred Burgsmuller and Claudio Pizarro ahead of him.

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Michael Yokhin

Michael Yokhin is a European football writer. In addition to FourFourTwo, he wrote for Guardian, BBC, ESPN, Blizzard, New York Times, Independent, 11Freunde, Josimar and others. He takes keen interest in leagues, teams and players that might be a bit out of the main focus in the mainstream media, and loves football history as well.