Few players had the ability to make scoring goals at the highest level look as effortless as Dimitar Berbatov did during his time as one of the Premier Leagues most lethal strikers during his stints at Manchester United and Tottenham.
The forward, who FourFourTwo ranked at no.64 in a list of the 100 best Premier League players of all-time, struck 94 goals during his Premier League stints with the Red Devils, Spurs and Fulham
Berbatov won the Bulgarian Footballer of the Year seven times, twice more than his legendary countryman Hristo Stoichkov and admits that he is extremely proud of the career he was able to carve out.
Berbatov reflects on his career
Extremely, because I came from a small country, in Bulgaria, so to reach England and represent Manchester United was a great honour for me, he tells FourFourTwo. I know the way I needed to work to get there.
Some of my colleagues who I played with made it even higher than me, and some a little lower, but I was happy that I was part of the history of such a big football club, Manchester United and all of my clubs, of course, that helped me to get there.
I also had some missed opportunities to win trophies, but thats how football is sometimes it can be cruel. But you just take it on the chin and continue.
Berbatovs laid-back manner often saw him criticised by rival fans for a perceived lack of effort, but he hopes his style of play will be remembered fondly when supporters look back at his career.
I hope I entertained people, he continues. I know I entertained them, to be honest. I did my best to do that every time, even if I didnt show it, and even if sometimes it didnt work.
But if it didnt work, I was ready to try the next time, with an end result.
When someone watches my clips, my goals and assists, I want them to see poetry in motion how you improvise, how you dance with the ball, how you touch the ball, how you read the game. If I can inspire some boys or girls to try to copy what I did, great.
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