The best header in Europe

"Today If I'm seen as a number 9 it's because we play in a system in which I am the one who is closer to the box and goal area, I don't need to drop back to touch the ball" said the french forward after his game agaisnt Athletic Bilbao, where he scored an impressive hat-trick. 

Karim Benzema is playing better than ever, and he is doing exactly what his critics have always demanded of him. After Lionel Messi, who currently stands as La Liga top scorer with 33 goals, Benzema is leading the way with 21 goals. 

Aditionally, the Real Madrid striker has a total of 30 goals in all competitions, of which, as 'AS' noticed, 11 have been scored as headers. This curious statistic makes him the leader in header goals in all European competitions, as no one has scored as many header goals in the continent. He demonstrated his affinity for this type of goal against Athletic Bilbao, as two of his goals were scored using this technique.

The Madrid player leads this list with the eleven goals mentioned, two more than Pavoletti, the player from Cagliari, who has nine, four more than Benzema's former team-mate Cristiano Ronaldo, who has scored seven headers. 

In addition to this absurdly high number of headers, he has also achieved something that many thought would never happen, and something that Cristiano never managed to achieve. Indeed, Benzema has now scored more than six consecutive goals, a number that Cristiano never managed to reach.