The best Brazilian attackers ever

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31. Ailton

The only player on this list never capped by Brazil, Ailton was a journeyman striker whose career took him to Mexico, Germany, Turkey, Serbia, Switzerland, Ukraine, Austria and China.

But the robust frontman played his best football in the Bundesliga, scoring 102 goals in six-and-a-half years across spells with Werder Bremen and Schalke – finishing as top scorer en route to the title with Bremen in 2003/04.