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Serhou Guirassy: Borussia Dortmund striker in elite goal-scoring company ahead of his 100th Bundesliga appearance

As Serhou Guirassy prepares to make his 100th Bundesliga appearance, the numbers behind his goal-scoring exploits demand a moment of reflection. With 62 goals in 99 league appearances, few players have ever matched the Guinean striker in terms of impact.

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After 99 Bundesliga matches, Guirassy finds himself in enviable company. Only a handful of players have managed to produce such a prolific return at the start of their Bundesliga careers. To put his strike rate into perspective, Gerd Müller, the Bayern Munich icon and one of the most revered strikers the game has ever seen, scored the exact same number (62) in his opening 99 Bundesliga showings.

Only a select bunch have outgunned the African over their first 99 outings, including former Bayern star Roy Makaay (64), Cologne legend Dieter Müller and Hamburg great Uwe Seeler (both 66). Top of the list, however, is another Borussia Dortmund goal machine – Friedhelm ‘Timo’ Konietzka, scorer of the Bundesliga's first-ever goal, who struck an incredible 72 times across the same number of games in the 1960s.

Erling Haaland actually scored the same number of goals (62) as Guirassy, but in just 67 games, before moving to Manchester City in 2022. Meanwhile, Bayern’s Harry Kane has already scored 60 goals in just 60 Bundesliga matches – a frightening pace that could see Konietzka’s long-standing record finally fall.

Guirassy’s Bundesliga story began at Cologne, whom he joined from French side Lille in 2016. There, he scored six goals in 37 appearances before heading back to France in 2019. He later arrived at VfB Stuttgart, initially joining on loan from Rennes in the 2022/23 season before making the move permanent in the summer of 2023. He scored 11 Bundesliga goals in 22 appearances, helping Die Schwaben narrowly avoid relegation.

It was in the 2023/24 season, however, that Guirassy exploded onto the scene as one of Europe’s most lethal forwards. He scored 28 Bundesliga goals in just 28 appearances, including two hat-tricks, against Mainz and Wolfsburg. He also had a streak of scoring 10 in seven consecutive league matches to start the campaign, a feat that thrust Stuttgart into an unlikely top-four battle and ended with them finishing as runners-up to Bayer Leverkusen.

Guirassy’s total Bundesliga tally for Stuttgart stood at 39 goals in 50 appearances, a staggering return that attracted the interest of Dortmund. Last summer, the Black-Yellows got their man, and he hit the ground running at Signal Iduna Park.

At Dortmund, Guirassy has continued his clinical form, scoring 19 Bundesliga goals in 28 appearances so far. Among his standout performances were his four-goal haul against Union Berlin in a 6-0 win on Matchday 23, and a brace against Wolfsburg in a 4-0 win on Matchday 32. The 29-year-old has also impressed in Europe, scoring 13 goals in 14 UEFA Champions League appearances – a tally no other player has matched so far in this year’s competition.

His performances this season have drawn widespread praise, particulary from his head coach at Dortmund Niko Kovač. “He's like our life insurance at the moment," Kovač remarked in early March, as Guirassy's goal-scoring continued despite the added responsibility of his adhering to Ramadan. “He's the player who has scored the most goals for us in the Bundesliga, but also in the Champions League. He's a very important player.” This came after Kovač labelled his star attacker "world class" in Febuary, after the latter had surpassed the 20-goal mark.

While the debate will rage about whether Kane can eventually overhaul Konietzka’s 72-goal benchmark, Guirassy has already earned his place in that elite conversation. Matching Müller is not merely symbolic – it’s a statement. It tells the story of a striker who, despite flying under the radar for much of his early career, has evolved into one of Europe’s most dependable goal scorers.

As he prepares to notch up his 100th Bundesliga appearance, against Leverkusen on Matchday 33, Guirassy can do so knowing he has already made history – not just for the milestone itself, but for the staggering consistency and excellence that brought him there. However, the best may be yet to come.

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