European Golden Shoe Ranking : Osimhen Top Rated Nigerian Player; Level With Tammy Abraham , 6 Players
Published: March 15, 2020
In the race for the European Golden Shoe, awarded to the top
goalscorer in the European Leagues at the end of each season, Lille
striker Victor Osimhen is ranked joint-thirtieth and is the highest
rated player of Nigerian descent, allnigeriasoccer.com reports.
Osimhen
has plundered 13 goals and with the French Ligue 1 having a coefficient
of 2 points per goal, the Lille number 7 has accumulated 26 points.
The
Nigeria international is level on 26 points with six other players
namely Neymar (PSG), Luis Muriel (Atalanta), Francesco Caputo
(Sassuolo), Tammy Abraham (Chelsea), Dominic Calvert-Lewin (Everton) and
Raúl Jiménez (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
And
they are far behind Ciro Immobile who leads the way with 27 goals and 54
points, followed by Robert Lewandowski (25 goals, 50 points), Timo
Werner (21 goals, 42 points), Cristiano Ronaldo (21 goals, 42 points)
and Erling Haaland (25 goals, 42 points).
Only
one other Nigerian player is inside the top 50, Heracles Almelo's Cyriel
Dessers, who has accumulated 22.5 points and is ranked joint 49th.
Barcelona
captain Lionel Messi has won the Golden Shoe award a record six times,
followed by Juventus striker Cristiano Ronaldo with four.
Ifeanyi Emmanuel
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