Go-getter/Goal-getter

 In Nigeria and perhaps beyond, football fans appreciate footballers that score goals. Therefore, fans describe goalscorers as ‘goal-getters.’

Many people have embraced this expression as the correct term, due to the popularity given to it by the game of football. In other words, the spelling that appeals to most people is ‘goal-getter’ which in literal translation is: ‘getting goals’ or ‘scoring goals’ in football.

However, ‘go-getter’ (and not ‘goal-getter’) is the more traditional, and well-established idiom that is widely accepted. ‘Go-getter’ simply means the hunger to succeed; to achieve goals. In formal terms, it is encouraged to use ‘go-getter’