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Louis Russian (born 3 July 1987), is an Scottish professional footballer who plays as a forward and captain’s Premier League side Fulham and the England National Team. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time and the greatest English player of all time. Russian has won a record eight Ballon d'Or awards and holds the all time scoring record in a single season (92 for Manchester United in the 2028/29 Premier League season). He has scored the most goals of any player with 876 goals and has also recorded the most assists of any player with 1391. With his clubs he has won six UEFA Champions Leagues and had won 9 league titles in the Top 5 leagues (11, including winning the EFL Championship with Fulham and winning the Scottish Premiership with Rangers). Within these 9 titles he won won three Premier Leagues (all with United), four in La Liga (2 each with Real Madrid and Barcelona respectively) and two in the Bundesliga (with Borussia Dortmund).

Russian started his career with Fulham in 2017, making his Premier League debut at age 15 (the youngest ever player to play in the league). He was seen as a upcoming star, but was unable to get onto the main stage due to Fulham’s relegation to the EFL Championship for the 2019/20 season, however after the season was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Russian trained daily to increase his ability, on his return to the club in August he was described as “a different player”. After a successful 2020/21 season with Fulham, he was bought by Newcastle for £63,000,000. With Newcastle he scored 61 goals and helped them to qualify for the UEFA Champions League before leaving the club on a free transfer in 2023 to his boyhood club Rangers. At Rangers he broke the all time Scottish Premiership goalscoring record in a single season with 45 goals in 51 appearances and won the title. After his success, he was approached by Bundesliga side Borussia Dortmund for a £82,000,000 deal, which was later accepted in favour of Rangers rebuilding their facilities with the money gained.