Europe: Top Goal Scoring Defenders 2010/2011

Defenders with 5 goals or more in the top 20 European leagues in 2010/2011.


England
6 - Brede Hangeland (Fulham)
6 - Robert Huth (Stoke City)
5 - Nemanja Vidic (Manchester United)

Germany
5 - Georg Niedermeier (VfB Stuttgart)
5 - Mats Hummels (Borussia Dortmund)

Spain
None

France
5 - Damien Perquis (FC Sochaux)
5 - André Luiz (AS Nancy)

Italy
6 - Matías Silvestre (Catania)

Portugal
5 - Nicolás Otamendi (FC Porto)

Netherlands
11 - Andreas Granqvist (FC Groningen)
6 - Daan Bovenberg (Excelsior Rotterdam)
6 - Jan Vertonghen (Ajax)
5 - Jimmy Hempte (Roda JC)

Greece
8 - Neto (Aris Thessaloniki)

Turkey
8 - Diego Lugano (Fenerbahçe)
5 - André Santos (Fenerbahçe)

Belgium
None

Denmark
6 - Remco van der Schaaf (Bröndby IF)
6 - Daniel Wass (Bröndby IF)

Scotland
8 - Jamie Hamill (Kilmarnock FC)

Switzerland
5 - Ammar Jemal (BSC Young Boys)
5 - Tomislav Puljic (FC Luzern)
5 - David Abraham (FC Basel)
5 - Vilmos Vanczák (FC Sion)

Austria
6 - René Aufhauser (LASK Linz)

Cyprus
6 - Boban Grncarov (APOEL)
5 - Kevin Hofland (AEK Larnaca)

Israel
None

Croatia
None

Czech Republic
None

Ukraine
None

Russia (2010)
None


NOTE: A few of these players may have swapped between midfield and defence for a portion (or all) of last season. I've only included players in this list if their position is listed as "defence" at transfermarkt.co.uk.