Serhou Guirassy's 100 Matches and Record Goals for Dortmund
Serhou Guirassy walked off the pitch to a roar and a statistic he hadn’t even realised he’d hit.
"I'm very, very happy to have played 100 matches for Dortmund. I didn't even know that," said the 30-year-old striker, who arrived from VfB Stuttgart in the summer of 2024. One hundred competitive games for Borussia Dortmund in just over two years – it speaks of durability, of a body that holds up under pressure, and of a striker who simply does not stop scoring.
Against Villarreal CF, in a wild 3-2 home win, Guirassy added another layer to his rapidly growing legend. Two more goals. Numbers 63 and 64 in a BVB shirt. The numbers are starting to look ridiculous.
Only one man sits above him in that regard: Erling Haaland. The Norwegian phenomenon plundered 86 goals in just 89 competitive appearances for the Black and Yellows, setting a benchmark that felt untouchable at the time. Guirassy is not at that level yet, but his start is forcing his name into the same breath.
The historical echoes stretch back further. Lothar Emmerich, another Dortmund great, scored 64 times in his first 100 Bundesliga matches for the club. Guirassy has now matched that figure across his first 100 competitive games. Different eras, different football, same ruthless outcome.
Climbing the Champions League ladder
The night did more than pad his overall tally. It rewrote part of the club’s Champions League history.
With his brace against Villarreal, Guirassy moved past Robert Lewandowski in Dortmund’s internal ranking of top scorers in Europe’s premier competition. Lewandowski, one of the most prolific strikers of his generation, had hit 17 goals in 28 Champions League outings for BVB. Guirassy has now gone beyond that.
In his 25th Champions League match for Dortmund, he scored his 18th and 19th goals in the competition. Only Marco Reus remains ahead of him. The club icon has 24 Champions League goals from 72 matches, a mark that suddenly looks within reach if Guirassy maintains anything close to this pace.
"Of course, it's something very special to break Lewandowski's record, because he is a great striker," Guirassy told Prime. Coming from a forward who has quietly, almost stealthily, climbed the rankings, it sounded less like boasting and more like a man taking in the scale of what he has just done.
A crazy game, a decisive striker
The match itself mirrored Dortmund’s season in miniature: chaotic, open, and fuelled by attacking instinct. Villarreal refused to go away, and the game swung back and forth before BVB finally dragged it over the line.
"It was a strange match tonight," Guirassy admitted after the 3-2 win. "A crazy game. We could have done better, but we're happy with the win."
Happy – and aware of what nights like this mean. For Guirassy, the numbers keep climbing. For Dortmund, the question is simple: just how far can this partnership go if he continues to score at this rate?
