LONDON: Lionel Messi has been confirmed as winner of the ESM Golden Shoe for the 2011-12 league season after the final rounds of matches this past weekend. He scored a record 50 goals in league games for Spanish championship runners-up Barcelona to finish ahead of Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo with Arsenal’s Dutch captain Robin Van Persie third.

ESM Golden Shoe final rankings

Points system based on UEFA coefficient ratings

1. LIONEL MESSI  (FC Barcelona) 50 x 2 = 100
2. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) 46 x 2 = 92
3. Robin van Persie (Arsenal) 30 x 2 = 60

4. Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (Schalke 04) 29 x 2 = 58
5. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (AC Milan) 28 x 2 = 56
6. Wayne Rooney (Manchester United) 27 x 2 = 54
7. Mario Gomez (Bayern München) 26 x 2 = 52
8. Bas Dost (sc Heerenveen) 32 x 1,5 = 48
Radamel Falcao (Atlético Madrid) 24 x 2 = 48
Diego Milito (Internazionale) 24 x 2 = 48
Burak Yilmaz (Trabzonspor) 32 x 1,5 = 48
12. Sergio ‘Kun’ Agüero (Manchester City) 23 x 2 = 46
Edinson Cavani (SSC Napoli) 23 x 2 = 46
Aleksandrs Cekulajevs (JK Trans Narva) 46 x 1 = 46
Antonio Di Natale (Udinese Calcio) 23 x 2 = 46
16. Papiss Demba Cissé (SC Freiburg/Newcastle United) 22 x 2 = 44
Gonzalo Higuain (Real Madrid) 22 x 2 = 44
Robert Lewandowski (Borussia Dortmund) 22 x 2 = 44
19. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) 21 x 2 = 42
Seydou Doumbia (CSKA Moscow) 28 x 1,5 = 42
Olivier Giroud (SC Montpellier) 21 x 2 = 42
‘Nenê’ Anderson Luiz de Carvalho (Paris Saint-Germain) 21 x 2 = 42
23. ‘Wésley’ Lopes (FC Vaslui) 27 x 1,5 = 40,5
24. Eden Hazard (OSC Lille) 20 x 2 = 40
25. Nikica Jelavic (Glasgow Rangers/Everton) 14 x 1,5 + 9 x 2 = 39
26. Rodrigo Palacio (Genoa CFC) 19 x 2 = 38
27. Luuk de Jong (FC Twente) 25 x 1,5 = 37,5
David Lafata (FK Jablonec) 25 x 1,5 = 37,5
Sanharib Malki (Roda JC Kerkrade) 25 x 1,5 = 37,5
30. Alexander Frei (FC Basel) 24 x 1,5 = 36
Gary Hooper (Celtic FC) 24 x 1,5 = 36
Claudio Pizarro (Werder Bremen) 18 x 2 = 36
Lukas Podolski (1.FC Köln) 18 x 2 = 36
Marco Reus (Borussia Mönchengladbach) 18 x 2 = 36
35. Aleksandr Kerzhakov (Zenit St.Petersburg) 23 x 1,5 = 34,5
36. Emmanuel Adebayor (Tottenham Hotspur) 17 x 2 = 34
Clint Dempsey (Fulham FC) 17 x 2 = 34
Martin Harnik (VfB Stuttgart) 17 x 2 = 34
Fernando Llorente (Athletic de Bilbao) 17 x 2 = 34
Polycarp Obinna Obiefule (Mosta FC) 34 x 1 = 34
Roberto Soldado (Valencia CF) 17 x 2 = 34
Aiyegbeni Yakubu (Blackburn Rovers) 17 x 2 = 34
43. Jérémy Perbet (RAEC Mons) 22 x 1,5 = 33
Artjoms Rudnevs (KSS Lech Poznán) 22 x 1,5 = 33
45. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (AS Saint-Etienne) 16 x 2 = 32
Demba Ba (Newcastle United) 16 x 2 = 32
Lisandro López (Olympique Lyonnais) 16 x 2 = 32
‘Rubén Castro’ Martín (Real Betis Sevilla) 16 x 2 = 32
Gérman Gustavo Denis (Atalanta Bergamo) 16 x 2 = 32
Stefan Kießling (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) 16 x 2 = 32
Fabrizio Miccoli (US Palermo) 16 x 2 = 32
52. Dries Mertens (PSV Eindhoven) 21 x 1,5 = 30,5
53. Óscar René Cardozo (Benfica SL) 20 x 1,5 = 30
Sebastian Giovinco (FC Parma) 15 x 2 = 30
John Guidetti (Feyenoord) 20 x 1,5 = 30
Grant Holt (Norwich City) 15 x 2 = 30
Arouna Koné (UD Levante) 15 x 2 = 30
Rodrigo José ‘Lima’ dos Santos (Sporting Braga) 20 x 1,5 = 30
Miguel Pérez Cuesta ‘Michu’ (Rayo Vallecano) 15 x 2 = 30
‘Raúl’ González Blanco (Schalke 04) 15 x 2 = 30

** The Golden Shoe is administered, computed and formulated by the European Sports Media group whose members comprise: A Bola (Portugal), ElfVoetbal (Netherlands), Fanatik (Turkey), Foot Magazine (Belgium), Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (Germany), Guerin Sportivo (Italy), Kicker (Germany), Marca (Spain), Sport Express (Russia), Telegraaf/Telesport (Netherlands), Tipsbladet (Denmark), World Soccer (England). Affiliated members: Kick Off (South Africa), Titan Sport (China), Netease (China), SportalKorea (South-Korea).

 

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