18.01.2010 12:01
www.fcbarcelona.cat
Leo Messi is having a great season in front of goal. Apart from being top scorer in the Spanish league, along David Villa (14 goals), he is among the leading scorers in Europe.
After a fabulous 2009, possibly the only individual award that Messi still lacks is the Golden
Boot for Europe’s top goal scorer. In the Spanish league he’s scored 14 goals in 18
matches, making him the top scorer along with David Villa. He currently stands in 3rd place in the
Golden Boot ranking.
Rooney, first
The two players who are ahead of Messi in the race for the Golden Boot have both
played more matches than him. In first place is Wayne Rooney (Manchester United) with 15 goals in
22 matches. Next comes Kris Boyd (Glasgow Rangers) with 19 goals in 20 matches. However, the
coefficient of the Scottish league is lower than that of the Spanish league so Boyd only leads
Messi by half a point.
It is important to remember that there are two players, Welliton (Spartak Moscow) and
Kristaps Grebis (Liepajas Metalurg), have better figures. However, both the Russian and Lithuanian
Leagues have now finished meaning that neither player will be able to improve their current rating
(31.5 and 30 respectively).
Breaking all records
Leo Messi, who won the Golden Ball and the FIFA World Player in 2009,
wrote a new page in the history of FC Barcelona on Saturday when he became the youngest ever player
to score his 100th competitive Barça goal. Now he has a fresh challenge – to become the
second Barça player to win the Golden Boot. The only Barça player to have won the award was
Ronaldo, thanks to his 34 goals in the 1996/97 season.
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PLAYER | G | W | P |
Welliton (Spartak) | 21 | 30 | 31,5 |
Rooney (Man. Utd) | 15 | 22 | 30 |
Boyd (Rangers) | 19 | 20 | 28,5 |
Grebis (Liepajas) | 30 | 28 | 30 |
Messi (FCB) | 14 | 18 | 28 |
Villa (FCB) | 14 | 18 | 28 |
Defoe (Tottenham) | 14 | 21 | 28 |
Bent (Sunderland) | 14 | 21 | 28 |
Drogba (Chelsea) | 14 | 21 | 28 |
L.Suárez (Ajax) | 18 | 18 | 27 |