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Guirassy's rise from journeyman to Champions League 'goal machine'

By Astrid Sorensen | Updated on 2025-03-12 06:20:23

Serhou Guirassy - a man with a modest career until two years ago - finds himself at the top of the Champions League scoring charts after his hat-trick against Barcelona, though it was not enough to prevent Borussia Dortmund going out.

The striker, 29, has relegations from the German and French top tiers on his CV - and had never produced a 15-goal season until last term.

His six transfers in a journeyman career often hit by injury have cost a combined £45m.

But now the Guinea forward is the Champions League's top scorer with 13 goals.

"He has been absolutely amazing in this competition, he's been a goalscoring machine," two-time Champions League winner Owen Hargreaves told TNT Sports.

"There will be a lot of teams looking at Guirassy. He's scored all those goals for Stuttgart, now at Dortmund. A big physical presence and a natural goalscorer."

BBC Sport looks at the remarkable rise of Guirassy - who has been linked with a host of British clubs throughout his career.