Great footballers who only scored one goal in their career

Scoring goals is the beauty of football; it dictates games and is why fans flock in their thousands to support their team on a matchday.

Unfortunately, these players experienced the ecstatic feeling of scoring a goal only once in their careers, meaning celebrating with the fans was an extremely rare ideal.

Brazilian legend Mauro Silva was a hard-working and fiercely tackling midfielder who spent the majority of his career with Deportivo La Coruña in La Liga. He won the Spanish title and the Copa del Rey twice.

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According to Transfermarkt, Silva played 59 times for Brazil and won the FIFA World Cup in 1994. Despite his heroics, Silva managed only one goal in his footballing career in over 400 appearances, scoring against Bayern Munich in the Champions League.

Des Walker is one of England's finest-ever center halves, securing 59 caps for the 'Three Lions' and helping them reach the World Cup semi-final in 1990. Walker was fast and aggressive, but he never troubled the opposition box.

In a career spanning over 800 games, Walker found the net once, scoring on New Year's Day in 1992 against Luton Town for Nottingham Forest. Walker won the League Cup twice and was inducted into the PFA Team of the Year four times.

Putting in a goalkeeper may be cheating, but Brad Friedel is a genuine Premier League legend. During his 20-year career, he played for Liverpool, Blackburn, Tottenham, and Aston Villa.

Friedel's only goal came for Blackburn Rovers against Charlton in 2004 when the ball dropped to the goalkeeper in the box, and he tucked it away first time with his left foot. It was a goal even a striker would be proud of.

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According to FourFourTwo, Irish defender Kenny Cunningham racked up 335 top-flight games in England without scoring a goal, playing for Wimbledon and Birmingham City.

In addition to his scoreless drought in the Premier League, Cunningham played 72 games for Ireland without scoring. His only goal came for his first club, Millwall, before he played over 500 games without scoring again and retired in 2007.

The club captain and voted Hammer of the Year twice, Steve Potts is a West Ham United legend, making 505 appearances for the club in the Premier League and second division.

Potts is a West Ham youth academy product and spent over 20 years at the club. His only goal came against Hull City during a 7-1 drubbing in 1990.

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