Vincenzo Grifo overtakes Nils Petersen to become Freiburg's all-time top scorer
Vincenzo Grifo set a new club record for Freiburg on Saturday with his goal in a thrilling 4-3 win over Wolfsburg.
Grifo's effort from the penalty spot was the second of four for Julian Schuster's side, meaning he has now dethroned club hero Nils Petersen as Freiburg's all-time top scorer in the Bundesliga, with 70 goals to his name.
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It was a typically cool and calm finish from the attacking midfielder, as he slotted past Kamil Grabara to notch his fifth league goal of the season.
In addition this latest scoring record, Grifo also finds himself fourth on the club's all-time appearances list with 331; team-mate Christian Günter is top with 448.
Freiburg are ninth going into the winter break and primed for a battle for the European spots, whilst balancing current European committments of their own in the Europa League this season.
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