The first of many

Harry's goalscoring story begins 4,070 days ago in the homeland of his father - the Republic of Ireland - as we travelled to Dublin to take on Shamrock Rovers in the UEFA Europa League in December, 2011.

Then just 18-years-old, Academy graduate Harry was a supporting member of a squad that boasted the attacking talents of Jermain Defoe, Gareth Bale, Rafael van der Vaart and Emmanuel Adebayor to name but a few so, for him to get his chance to impress in lilywhite, the youngster had to wait for his opportunity. That chance ultimately came on the European stage.

Making his debut in our Europa League qualifying round tie with Scottish side Hearts in the August, Harry impressed that night and his bright showing saw him go onto play his part in all bar one of our group stage games that campaign - the most important of those being our clash with Shamrock in the Republic's capital.

On that freezing December night, 'H' started among our substitutes at the Tallaght Stadium and it was a game, in truth, that we cruised through. As we headed in from the cold at half-time, we were three to the good, which meant the then number 37 was afforded his opportunity to impress once more in the competition.

Coming off the bench in the 76th minute adorning our lilac third kit, it took Harry just 14 minutes to find the target - and it was a typical number nine finish that got him off the mark.

Scoring in the town where our legendary striker Robbie Keane was born and who had departed our doors for the final time just a few months earlier, the teenager was alive in the six yard box, creating space between two defenders before burying Andros Townsend's knockdown between the legs of the goalkeeper.

He reeled away to celebrate that maiden strike but, as our Europa League journey ended that night following Rubin Kazan's draw away at PAOK, celebrations were perhaps a tad subdued. Yet, for Harry, this was a truly special night as his duck was broken and, as he tweeted later that night, this was the 'first of many'.

Played: 6 | Goals: 1

Making an impact

While Harry was indeed right that his strike in Dublin was the first of many, he would have to wait almost two years for his next.

Spending the next season and a half away from the Club as he gained first team experience on loan at Millwall, Norwich City and Leicester City respectively, he returned to our fold at the start of 2013/14 as he bid to make his mark in lilywhite.

Continuing to shine for our Under-21s while appearing in our first team matchday squads, more senior minutes began to arrive for Harry in the Europa League and the Premier League, but it was in the League Cup where his next goal would come.

Having enjoyed his first domestic start for the Club in the third round of the competition as we defeated Aston Villa 4-0, he then came off the bench in the next round at home to Hull City and, with us trailing 2-1 in extra-time, he delivered with a strike that would soon become one of his trademarks.

Making a yard of space for himself on the edge of the box, he moved slightly to his left before drilling the ball back across the goal and into the opposite corner - notably, with his 'weaker' foot. He then converted his penalty in the shootout that followed as we edged the Tigers 8-7.

But the best was yet to come that season for Harry as with a change of manager came greater opportunities for the forward - and he certainly took his chance.

With Tim Sherwood taking over from Andre-Villas Boas midway through the campaign, there was a greater emphasis placed on our youth products; a move which saw 'H' become a regular member of first-team matchday squads before he was granted his first Premier League start at home to Sunderland in April, 2014.

With the scores level at 1-1, just before the hour mark, the forward showed a clean pair of heels to get away from Wes Brown in the box and get a touch on Christian Eriksen's wicked in-swinger from the left to put us ahead. We went on to win the game 5-1.

And that goal started a run of them for Harry as, in the next two games, he also found the target, first heading home as we came from 3-0 down to draw 3-3 at West Brom before he scored another header, this time in a 3-1 win over Fulham. Those goals put his name on the lips of all Spurs fans over the summer break with intrigue to what sort of impact he could make the following term.

Played: 19 | Goals: 4

The breakthrough

While his exploits towards the end of the 2013/14 season had certainly helped Harry make his name known, his position in the team was not yet secured.

As a new season dawned, so did a change in coach as Mauricio Pochettino arrived in north London in May, 2014. With Pochettino's arrival would come the transformation of Harry Kane into the world-class player that we see today, but it was by no means an instantaneous progression. The striker still had much to prove to his new mentor.

That certainly showed in Harry's early season outings as he did not start a single one of our first 10 league matches. However, he was making his presence known when he was being named on the team sheet in our various cup campaigns, scoring 10 times in nine appearances across the Europa League and League Cup at the start of that season - a run which included his first professional hat-trick coming against Asteras Tripolis.

It was an impressive and potent run of form for the striker but, ultimately, it was not those cup goals that revised the opinions of Pochettino. Instead, it was a certain free-kick at Villa Park.

Staring down the barrel of a third straight Premier League defeat as we trailed 1-0 against Aston Villa in November, 2014, Harry was brought on with 32 minutes remaining in the West Midlands, tasked with providing some sort of spark to improve our fortunes - and he did just that.

With us equalising through Nacer Chadli on 84 minutes, we then went in search of a winner and, in the final minute of the game, Harry's moment came.

As we won a free-kick 25 yards out from goal and Harry lined up to strike it, the commentator intimated, "now here is a chance to really make a name for him for himself', and boy, did he take the opportunity!

It might have come with a bit of luck as his strike took a deflection off the wall but, after his years of hard work, it was just rewards for the forward and you could see just how much that meant to him in the wild celebrations that followed.

We held on to win that game 2-1 and Harry's crucial goal in that game prompted Pochettino to back his match-winner from then on as he started each of our remaining 28 league games. And with the backing of his coach, H went from strength to strength, blowing all expectation out of the water with a stunning campaign.

In fairness, he wasn't an immediate hit as he scored just once in our next five leagues games but, with more and more minutes, the confidence grew and the goals began to rain for Kane, most notably on New Year's Day in 2015 as a brace of goals and assists from the forward saw us defeat Chelsea 5-3 at White Hart Lane.

That day will forever be regarded by Harry as one of the most important matches of his career as, for him, it showed that he could not just compete, but thrive and dominate at the highest level.

And that gave him the confidence he needed to continue to excel in lilywhite. Key milestones quickly followed such as his first north London derby goals as he scored both of our goals as we came from behind to defeat Arsenal 2-1 at the Lane in February, 2015. He then scored his first Premier League hat-trick the following month as we edged Leicester 4-3 in N17. And amid those, he also earned his first England call-up, and went on to score within 79 seconds of his debut against Lithuania.

In the April, Harry also took on the responsibility of captaining the team for the first time, leading us out against Burnley and Stoke in the league.

Those moments were the icing on the cake on what was a remarkable breakthrough campaign for the youngster. Finishing the term with 31 goals to his name, he became the first player in a generation to reach the 30-goal milestone in a single season after Gary Lineker's tally of 35 in 1991/92.

Played: 51 | Goals: 31

The leading man

Despite having demonstrated his commanding talent and ability in the top flight of English football for near-enough an entire season , as we headed into the 2015/16 season, questions in the football world somehow still remained of Harry - most notably, 'could he do it again?'

His tally of 31 goals in 2014/15 was such a bolt from the blue, especially considering it was mid-November before he earned himself a league start, that doubts continued to be cast over H as the start of a new campaign dawned. None more so when he started the season without a goal in his first six Premier League outings. A run that prompted pundits to label him 'a one season wonder'.

But, one thing that the world has learned not do to Harry Kane across the years is doubt him because, if there is one thing that drives on the man from Chingford, it is the opportunity to prove people wrong.

And with that suggestion of his 2014/15 exploits being something of a one off firmly imprinted in his mind, he set off once more to show just what he was capable of - and then some.

Kick starting his season with a strike against the reigning champions Manchester City in a 4-1 win at White Hart Lane in September, 2015, he then scored seven in four games, including a hat-trick away at Bournemouth to really silence his critics.

He did endure something of a quiet Christmas - albeit that included a brace at Norwich on Boxing Day - but, come the start of the new year, he reached a half century of Spurs strikes with a goal in our FA Cup third round tie at Leicester.

And as his goalscoring form continued to pick up as we moved further and further into 2016, so did our performances in the league with expectations moving from potential Champions League qualification to title challengers.

In that time, we enjoyed a run of 13 wins in just 18 games, and that period included 16 goals for Harry. Our form did drop off in the final few matchdays of the season but our efforts were enough to secure us our best-ever campaign in the Premier League as we finished third in the table. That also saw us qualify for the Champions League for the first time in six years.

We might have missed out on the title but Harry's relentless fire in front of goal in the second half of the season saw him claim his maiden Premier League Golden Boot. That award was a symbol to the world that he was no 'one season wonder', he was an elite centre forward and that, at only 22-years-old, we should only expect more from him in the coming seasons.

Played: 50 | Goals: 28

The final word

The 2016/17 season was an emotional one for all concerned with Tottenham Hotspur as we said goodbye to our historic former home, White Hart Lane. On the horizon was the dawning of a new era as our new home, Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, began to emerge from the soil on the High Road.

Something that was no longer emerging though was the talent of Harry Kane. Fresh off appearing in his first major international tournament for England, Harry came into the new season with the bit between his teeth to go on and further cement his status as one of the most dangerous marksmen in world football and that certainly showed as we went onto better our best-ever Premier League finish.

Despite enduring a disjointed start to the season as an ankle injury kept him out of 10 of our first 16 matches, including half of our Champions League group stage campaign, when he returned from the sidelines, he enjoyed a quite scintillating run of form.

Marking his return to action with a goal at Arsenal in November, 2016, he then struck braces in back-to-back home wins over West Ham and Swansea City, while he also notched his first Champions League goals with strikes against AS Monaco and CSKA Moscow.

It was a strong showing from Harry but the best was still to come from the forward in the campaign as, after the turn of the year, his goal output went through the roof.

In the first two months of 2017, Harry scored not one, not two but three hat-tricks, hitting trebles in the Premier League against West Bromwich Albion and Stoke City, which included his 50th top-flight strike, while he also recorded one away at Fulham in the FA Cup.

Unfortunately, a second injury of the season then disrupted his momentum as we approached the end of the campaign, only for Harry to return just in time to play his part in the final north London derby at the Lane - and yes, of course he scored.

He then registered in the final ever game at our former home as he poked home against Manchester United at the Lane in May, 2017. And he wasn't done there for the campaign as, while the Premier League title might have been just out reach, Harry could still claim the Golden Boot.

Heading into the final fixtures, Harry sat on 22 goals, trailing Everton's Romelu Lukaku by two. It would take some effort from our number 10 to turn it around but, as afore stated, you should never doubt Harry Kane.

Thus, naturally, Harry hit SEVEN goals across our final two outings to win the accolade by four clear goals, finishing the campaign with an incredible 29 league goals.

Played: 38 | Goals: 35

A new home

After a season on the road in our temporary home of Wembley, 2018/19 was the season we returned to N17 and into our new home, the world-class Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

Beginning the season at the national stadium with our tenancy continuing as the finishing touches were being put on our new home, Harry shook off an old 'hoodoo' as he fired home his first August goals in the Premier League, first getting the monkey off his back with a goal in our 3-1 home win over Fulham before driving home the point with a fine header in our 3-0 win over Manchester United at Old Trafford.

The following month, he added three more league goals while, with the commencement of our Champions League campaign, he picked up where he had left off from on the European stage with a goal against Barcelona and three against PSV Eindhoven - the final of which was his 150th for the Club while also putting him 23 European goals for us, levelling Jermain Defoe's all-time record.

Back on the domestic scene and H really found a groove as we moved into the winter, scoring nine in 11 matches which included a goal in a 3-0 win at Cardiff City on New Year's Day, a goal which saw him become the only Premier League player to have scored against every club he's faced.

Disaster struck in our next outing though as the forward picked up an ankle injury against Manchester United that would see him out of action until late February. On his return though, it was like he hadn't been away as he quickly found the back of the net once more, firing home against Burnley before scoring the only goal of the game as we defeated Borussia Dortmund 1-0 in the second leg of our Champions League round of 16 clash (4-0 on aggregate).

That strike, his 24th on the continent, saw him become our outright all-time top European goalscorer, however it would be his last goal in the Champions League that season though as, despite us going onto reach the final of the competition for the first time that term, in the first leg of our quarter-final tie with Manchester City, Harry suffered his second ankle injury of the season which ended his domestic campaign.

Played: 40 | Goals: 24

A game of change

As we undertook our first full campaign at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, it was strange and disjointed season, and that was something Harry experienced on a personal level.

Despite starting the season in fine style by once again scoring in August and getting his first goals at our new home, striking twice on opening day against Aston Villa as we came from behind to win 3-1, it was a difficult first few months for us as, by mid November, we had fallen as low as 14th in the table with a frustrating run of results.

That run prompted a managerial change which saw Mauricio Pochettino depart after five years at the helm and Jose Mourinho take charge.

The Portuguese coach's arrival sparked a turn around in our form though which saw us rise back into Champions League contention by Christmas. We also managed to turn around our form on the European stage as, despite suffering a 7-2 defeat to eventual champions Bayern Munich in the group phase, we managed to progress to the knockout phase of the Champions League.

Despite the turbulence of the first few months of that season, Harry appeared to suffer no ill effects as he continued to find the back of the net, which included a haul of six in just five Champions League appearances. Those goals saw him reach 20 goals in the European Cup in just 24 appearances, making him the quickest player to reach that milestone. They also saw him hit the landmark of 30 European goals for the Club.

Despite his fine form, his season looked to be in great doubt on New Year's Day as he suffered a muscular injury in our 1-0 defeat to Southampton. Needing surgery, his ruptured hamstring tendon would see him out until at least April.

However, as circumstances would have it, the injury ultimately saw him miss just eight league games as, with the onset of the COVID-19 outbreak, English football was suspended in early March.

By the time the season resumed in June, Harry was back fit and feeling sharp. In our final nine games of the campaign, H scored six times to see him still manage to finish the term with an admirable return of 0.7 goals per game.

Played: 34 | Goals: 24

A man for all seasons

In 2020/21, we saw a rather new side of Harry Kane come to the fore.

For years Harry had developed and cultivated his status as one of the most proficient marksman in world football but, as he turned 27, it was made clear just how much more he had to his game.

Beginning the season under the direction of Mourinho, H kick-started the campaign in the most remarkable of fashions as, in our 5-2 win over Southampton on matchday two, he provided four assists - all for Heung-Min Son - before also finding the target himself. It was the most incredible of performances, especially considering he had never provided more than two assists in a single game before. And, despite just being two games into the season, it was already his third-highest return of assists for an entire 38-campaign.

And that was just the start of his creative output for the season as he then went onto provide an assist in each of his next four games - a run which saw him set a new personal record for assists in a single season (8). And we were only six games into the campaign...

By the turn of the year, that tally had risen into double figures (11) as he dominated the Premier League assists charts. Yet, while he was obviously showing a different side of games, that didn't mean he had slowed down in front of goal; not by any sense of the imagination.

Having opened his goalscoring account for the league campaign at St Mary's, he then struck braces against Manchester United and West Ham United. By mid-January, he had 12 league goals to his name - one of which was a late winner at West Brom in October, his 150th in the top flight. He also had six in the Europa League which included a goal at Ludogorets which was his 200th in lilywhite.

Midway through January, an ankle injury slightly disrupted his campaign as he missed a couple of games but, on his return, he was immediately back amongst the goals as we defeated West Brom 2-0 at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

In the final months of the campaign, 10 more goals followed for our number 10, while he also provided three more assists. Four of those goal involvements came in a 4-1 win over Crystal Palace in N17 as Harry again controlled a game while he also made Premier League history with Heung-Min Son.

Throughout the season, Harry and Sonny had formed quite the partnership and, heading into that meeting with Palace, were tied for the league record for goal combinations in a single season. Against the Eagles, the dynamic duo combined once more, Son supplying Kane to make it 13 goal combinations for the term, a new Premier League record.

But the best was yet to come for Harry as, on the final day of the season, he achieved what only two others players in Premier League history have achieved - finishing the season as top goalscorer as well as the highest assist provider. Only Andy Cole in 1993/94 and Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink in 1998/99 have managed the feat.

So, despite it having been a rather frustrating campaign for us as we finished seventh in the top flight - our lowest finish for 12 years - Harry did pick up both his third Golden boot as well as his first Playmaker award. Only one player in Premier League history has won more Golden Boots than Harry.

Played: 49 | Goals: 33

The Maestro

Despite the personal highs of 2020/21, his seventh season as a regular first-team player with us was a rather mixed one for Harry.

Having enjoyed such an exceptional campaign for both goals and assists the previous term, H endured a slow start to the new year as he managed just one Premier League goal between August and late December. In saying that, on the continental stage, as we took part in the maiden edition of the Europa Conference League, the forward was firing on all cylinders, hitting five goals across just four starts, including a 20-minute hat-trick in a 5-1 group stage win over NS Mura.

That treble is currently his latest hat-trick for the Club while it also made him the first player to score a hat-trick in three major European tournaments (UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League and UEFA Europa Conference League).

At the turn of the year though, Harry really came into his own as the Antonio Conte era really took flight in north London. Scoring in three consecutive Premier League games in the December, including a fine finish against Liverpool, our number 10 really began to find his groove once more.

Moving into the new year, he again showed his ability to control games as he scored before assisting Steven Bergwijn’s late, late, late winner in a dramatic 3-2 win at Leicester City. His best performance though was to come at Manchester City a month later where he took the role of conductor at the Etihad, orchestrating another magnificent 3-2 win in which he also scored twice, one of which being the winner in the fifth minute of stoppage time.

Much like our season, Harry’s had ebbed and flowed. Having stuttered at the start, we grew into the season and, after showing just exactly what we were capable of in that win against the reigning champions in Manchester, we went on a truly remarkable run to secure a return to the Champions League.

That run was spearheaded by our number 10's brilliance as, in the final 14 games of the season, he was directly involved in 17 goals, scoring 10 and assisting seven, as we picked up 10 wins.

That run began in earnest away at Leeds United in the February as we dominated proceedings at Elland Road and ran out 4-0 winners. Harry got on the scoresheet that day before he assisted Heung-Min Son for our fourth – a goal which saw the duo break the all-time record for goal combinations in the Premier League.

The following month, H was breaking another record as, in our 2-0 win at Brighton, he became the Premier League’s highest scorer of away goals with his 95^th effort on the road. The goal also saw him move into the Premier League's top five goalscorers of all-time with 178 goals to his name.

His next goals all came in our final five outings of the campaign as we won four games, including a comprehensive and critical 3-0 triumph over Arsenal at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, ultimately pipping our local rivals to the post and securing fourth spot.

Played: 50 | Goals: 27

267

Since that fine end to 2021/22, the forward has simply not looked back and is enjoying one of, if not his best season to date.

He might not have registered in his first outing of the campaign as we defeated Southampton 4-1 at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, but he then scored four goals in his next three games, including the winner in our 1-0 triumph over Wolves. That was his 185^th for us in the Premier League – the most goals any player has scored for a single club in the competition.

Then, after failing to hit the target in our 1-1 draw away at West Ham, the forward scored in each of our next five league games – his best ever such run in his professional career. Goals which saw him move into the Premier League's top three goalscorers of all time.

Those efforts also put him within single figures of Jimmy Greaves’ Club record with him moving up to 258 in lilywhite.

When such huge and significant milestones are on the horizons, there can come a certain pressure. With the whole footballing world aware of just how close Harry was coming to Greaves’ incredible tally, naturally, there was added weight on the shoulders of our number 10. For any player, it would only be natural if that heaviness had began to affect performances but, for Harry, there were no such ill effects. If anything, he got sharper and more potent.

In just 16 matches since hitting that 258^th strike for the Club, H had bagged another eight goals to level the record. The 266^th goal coming in our 1-0 win over Fulham on 23 January.

Then, after sitting out of our 3-0 win over Preston in the FA Cup fourth round as he recovered from illness, it took him just 15 minutes of our Premier League clash with Manchester City to make the record his own.

Coming in N17 at our world-class home, Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, on his 416^th outing for the Club, Harry delivered the historic goal in the exact style that he feels is his trademark finish. Receiving the ball to the right of the target after great persistence from Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg to dispossess City’s Rico Lewis, our number 10 side footed the ball back across the goal and the sprawling Ederson into the corner of the net to cement his name in the history books forever. That goal was also his 200th in the Premier League - he is just one of three players to ever reach that milestone.

One of the greatest goalscorers of all time and one of our own. A wonder for the ages and a man for all seasons, he is a true Tottenham Hotspur legend. However, he is not done yet. This is just one prize he has had his sights on and he is still only 29-years-old. As has always been the case with Harry, we can always expect more.

Played: 30 | Goals: 19