Messi makes it a hat-trick in final rankings for ESM Golden Shoe
LONDON: Barcelona’s Leo Messi won the ESM Golden Shoe again as the leading marksmen in European league football in the long-running contest run and co-ordinated by the European Sports Media association of leading football magazines.
Messi was the top scorer in the Spanish league with 45 goals followed by Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo who was also the Golden Shoe runner-up again with 34 goals. This was Messi’s third success in four years. He topped with 34 goals in 2010 and with 50 last year, a Golden Shoe record.
Messi is the only player to have won the Golden Shoe three times and only the third to win two years in a row after Ally McCoist (1991–92 plus 1992–93) and Thierry Henry (2003–04 plus 2004–05).
Ronaldo, the winner in 2011, remains the only player to have won the trophy in two different leagues with Manchester United and Real Madrid
Third this year was Napoli’s coveted Edison Cavani with 29 goals, one more than Atletico de Madrid’s Radamel Falcao who will be hoping to maintain his own scoring feats next season in France with Monaco after his surprise E45m move
Robin Van Persie, third last year in Arsenal’s colours, slipped down to fifth equal while remaining the Premier League’s top scorer on 26 goals with champions Manchester United.
Golden Shoe final standings
(Ranking multiplication based on UEFA coefficient status)
2. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) 34 x 2 = 68
3. Edinson Cavani (Napoli) 29 x 2 = 58
Robin van Persie (Manchester United) 26 x 2 = 52
7. Stefan Kiessling (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) 25 x 2 = 50
Alvaro Negredo (Sevilla FC) 25 x 2 = 50
9. Philipp Hosiner (Austria Wien) 32 x 1,5 = 48
Robert Lewandowski (Borussia Dortmund) 24 x 2 = 48
Roberto Soldado (Valencia CF) 24 x 2 = 48
12. Wilfried Bony (Vitesse) 31 x 1,5 = 46,5
13. Antonio Di Natale (Udinese Calcio) 23 x 2 = 46
Luis Suarez (Liverpool FC) 23 x 2 = 46
15. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Paris Saint-Germain) 30 x 1,5 = 45
16. Gareth Bale (Tottenham Hotspur) 21 x 2 = 42
17. Graziano Pellè (Feyenoord) 27 x 1,5 = 40,5
18. Rodrigo Lima (SL Benfica) 20 x 2 = 40
19. Michael Higdon (Motherwell FC) 26 x 1,5 = 39
Jonathan Soriano (Red Bull Salzburg) 26 x 1,5 = 39
21. Christian Benteke (Aston Villa) 19 x 2 = 38
22. Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Shakhtar Donetsk) 25 x 1,5 = 37,5
23. Rubén Castro (Real Betis Sevilla) 18 x 2 = 36
Alfred Finnbogason (sc Heerenveen) 24 x 1,5 = 36
Miguel Pérez Cuesta ‘Michu’ (Swansea City) 18 x 2 = 36
Francisco Medina Luna ‘Piti’ (Rayo Vallecano) 18 x 2 = 36
Burak Yilmaz (Galatasaray SK) 24 x 1,5 = 36
28. Arturas Rimkevicius (FK Siauliai) 35 x 1 = 35
29. Jozy Altidore (AZ) 23 x 1,5 = 34,5
Leigh Griffiths (Hibernian FC) 23 x 1,5 = 34,5
Billy McKay (Inverness Caledonian Thistle) 23 x 1,5 = 34,5
32. Romelu Lukaku (West Bromwich Albion) 17 x 2 = 34
33. Eliran Atar (Maccabi Tel Aviv) 22 x 1,5 = 33
Carlos Bacca (Club Brugge) 22 x 1,5 = 33
35. Oscar Cardozo (SL Benfica) 16 x 2 = 32
Gonzalo Higuaín (Real Madrid) 16 x 2 = 32
Alexander Meier (Eintracht Frankfurt) 16 x 2 = 32
Pablo Osvaldo (AS Roma) 16 x 2 = 32
Stephan El Shaarawy (AC Milan) 16 x 2 = 32
40. Raul Rusescu (Steaua Boekarest) 21 x 1,5 = 31,5
Ezequiel Scarione (FC Sankt Gallen) 21 x 1,5 = 31,5
42. Demba Ba (Newcastle United/Chelsea) 15 x 2 = 30
Dimitar Berbatov (Fulham FC) 15 x 2 = 30
German Gustavo Denis (Atalanta Bergamo) 15 x 2 = 30
Rafik Djebbour (Olympiakos Piraeus) 20 x 1,5 = 30
Vedad Ibisevic (VfB Stuttgart) 15 x 2 = 30
David Lafata (AH Sparta Praha) 20 x 1,5 = 30
Miroslav Klose (SS Lazio Roma) 15 x 2 = 30
Rickie Lambert (Southampton) 15 x 2 = 30
Erik Lamela (AS Roma) 15 x 2 = 30
Frank Lampard (Chelsea FC) 15 x 2 = 30
Mario Mandzukic (FC Bayern München) 15 x 2 = 30
Niall McGinn (Aberdeen FC) 20 x 1,5 = 30
Giampaolo Pazzini (AC Milan) 15 x 2 = 30
55. Liam Boyce (Cliftonville FC) 29 x 1 = 29
56. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (AS Saint-Etienne) 19 x 1,5 = 28,5
Dario Cvitanich (OGC Nice) 19 x 1,5 = 28,5
Gary Hooper (Celtic FC) 19 x 1,5 = 28,5
Kalu Uche (Kasimpasa SK) 19 x 1,5 = 28,5
60. Aritz Aduriz (Athletic de Bilbao) 14 x 2 = 28
Edin Dzeko (Manchester City) 14 x 2 = 28
Hélder Manuel Postiga (Real Zaragoza) 14 x 2 = 28
Marco Reus (Borussia Dortmund) 14 x 2 = 28
Carlos Vela (Real Sociedad) 14 x 2 = 28
Theo Walcott (Arsenal FC) 14 x 2 = 28
Ricky van Wolfswinkel (Sporting CP Lisbao) 14 x 2 = 28
67. Deyvison Rogério da Silva ‘Bobô’ (Kayserispor) 18 x 1,5 = 27
Andreas Cornelius (FC Kobenhavn) 18 x 1,5 = 27
69. Imanol ‘Agirretxe’ Arruti (Real Sociedad) 13 x 2 = 26
Gonzalo Bergessio (Catania Calcio) 13 x 2 = 26
‘Éder’zito António Macedo Lopes (Sporting Braga) 13 x 2 = 26
Arnaldo Edi Lopes da Silva ‘Edinho’ (Académica de Coimbra) 13 x 2 = 26
Nabil Ghilas (Moreirense FC) 13 x 2 = 26
Alberto Gilardino (FC Bologna) 13 x 2 = 26
‘Jonas’ Gonçalves Oliveira (Valencia CF) 13 x 2 = 26
Stevan Jovetic (AFC Fiorentina) 13 x 2 = 26
Albert Meyong (Vitoria Setúbal) 13 x 2 = 26
‘Jorge Molina’ Vidal (Real Betis Sevilla) 13 x 2 = 26
Thomas Müller (FC Bayern München) 13 x 2 = 26
‘Riki’ Ivan Sanchez-Rico Soto (Deportivo La Coruña) 13 x 2 = 26
Adám Szalai (FSV Mainz 05) 13 x 2 = 26
** 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), SoFoot (France), 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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