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Has a striker scored more goals for their country than in club football?

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Christine Sinclair's 190 goals for Canada are a record for any country.

Christine Sinclair scored 127 goals for her country and 127 for various clubs.

In Serie A , Torino scored 125 goals in their 40 games 91 of them at home and finished with a goal difference of +92.

In 2011-12 , Barcelona were runners-up to Real Madrid’s relentless Real Madrid , scoring 70 goals ahead of third -place Valencia .

The Knowledge inbox has been bulging (if an inbox can bulge) with bids for this particular crown.

Here’s our top 10 : Yokohama Marinos 51,207 , Juventus 68,763 , Juventus ' Coppa Italia home match against Sampdoria in the 2001-02 season was the highest attendance at a major league or cup match.

It’s exceedingly rare for European clubs to play competitive football in mid-June , as they are now at the Club World Cup .

If a match has been played on that date in any year it doesn’t count. Can anyone come up with one?” asks George Jones .