Confirmed: Cristiano Ronaldo wins ESM Golden Shoe for the fourth time
LONDON: Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo has been confirmed formally as the winner of the ESM Golden Boot as Europe’s leading league marksman.
The Portugal captain ended the Spanish season with 48 league goals, five clear of Lionel Messi, his only top-scoring contender. They were among four players from La Liga to finish term in the top 10.
Ronaldo thus won for the second successive season and the fourth time in all.
Manchester City’s Sergio Aguero was third with his 26 goals in the Premier League.
Only goals in domestic regular season league competition count for the Golden Shoe.
Players’ goals totals are multiplied by a 1-2-3 ranking of the countries according to the UEFA Ranking of last July 1. That means the goals from numbers one (Spain) to five (Portugal) are doubled, goals from places six (France) to 22 (Croatia) are multiplied by 1.5.
Goals in league tournament playoffs do not count.
Golden Shoe standings
(Ranking multiplication based on UEFA coefficient status)
2. Lionel Messi (FC Barcelona) 43 x 2 = 86
3. Sergio Agüero (Manchester City) 26 x 2 = 52
4. Jonatan Soriano (Red Bull Salzburg) 31 x 1,5 = 46,5
5. Antoine Griezmann (Atlético Madrid) 22 x 2 = 44
Mauro Icardi (Internazionale) 22 x 2 = 44
‘Neymar’ da Silva (FC Barcelona) 22 x 2 = 44
Luca Toni (Hellas Verona) 22 x 2 = 44
9. Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur) 21 x 2 = 42
Jackson Martinez (FC Porto) 21 x 2 = 42
11. Robert Beric (SK Rapid Wien) 27 x 1,5 = 40,5
Alexandre Lacazette (Olympique Lyon) 27 x 1,5 = 40,5
Eran Zahavi (Maccabi Tel Aviv) 27 x 1,5 = 40,5
14. Carlos Bacca (Sevilla FC) 20 x 2 = 40
Diego Costa (Chelsea) 20 x 2 = 40
‘Jonas’ Gonçalves Oliveira (SL Benfica) 20 x 2 = 40
Carlos Tevez (Juventus) 20 x 2 = 40
18. Rodrigo José ‘Lima’ dos Santos (SL Benfica) 19 x 2 = 38
Alexander Meier (Eintracht Frankfurt) 19 x 2 = 38
20. Aritz Aduriz (Athletic de Bilbao) 18 x 2 = 36
Charlie Austin (Queens Park Rangers) 18 x 2 = 36
Gonzalo Higuaín (SSC Napoli) 18 x 2 = 36
Evgeni Kabaev (Sillamäe Kalev) 36 x 1 = 36
24. Andrej Kramaric (HNK Rijeka/Leicester City) 21 x 1,5 + 2 x 2 = 35,5
25. Alberto Bueno (Rayo Vallecano) 17 x 2 = 34
Robert Lewandowski (FC Bayern München) 17 x 2 = 34
‘Marco Matías’ da Silva Lopes (CD Nacional) 17 x 2 = 34
Arjen Robben (FC Bayern München) 17 x 2 = 34
29. Memphis Depay (PSV) 22 x 1,5 = 33
José ‘Fernandão’ Viana de Santana (Bursaspor) 22 x 1,5 = 33
Shkelzen Gashi (FC Basel) 22 x 1,5 = 33
32. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Borussia Dortmund) 16 x 2 = 32
Bas Dost (VfL Wolfsburg) 16 x 2 = 32
Jérémy Menez (AC Milan) 16 x 2 = 32
Alexis Sánchez (Arsenal) 16 x 2 = 32
Luis Suárez (FC Barcelona) 16 x 2 = 32
Igor Subbotin (Levadia Tallinn) 32 x 1 = 32
38. André-Pierre Gignac (Olympique Marseille) 21 x 1,5 = 31,5
Ángelo Henríquez (NK Dinamo Zagreb) 21 x 1,5 = 31,5
40. Joe Gormley (Cliftonville FC) 31 x 1 = 31
Pero Pejic (FK Kukësi) 31 x 1 = 31
42. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) 15 x 2 = 30
Domenico Berardi (US Sassuolo) 15 x 2 = 30
Manolo Gabbiadini (UC Sampdoria/SSC Napoli) 15 x 2 = 30
Luuk de Jong (PSV) 20 x 1,5 = 30
David Lafata (AH Sparta Praha) 20 x 1,5 = 30
Fabrice Kouadio ‘Manucho’ (FC Infonet) 30 x 1 = 30
48. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Paris Saint-Germain) 19 x 1,5 = 28,5
Marcel Sabitzer (Red Bull Salzburg) 19 x 1,5 = 28,5
Milan Skoda (SK Slavia Praha) 19 x 1,5 = 28,5
51. Saido Berahino (West Bromwich Albion) 14 x 2 = 28
‘Sergio García’ de la Fuente (RCD Espanyol) 14 x 2 = 28
Olivier Giroud (Arsenal) 14 x 2 = 28
Vladislavs Gutkovskis (Skonto Riga) 28 x 1 = 28
Eden Hazard (Chelsea) 14 x 2 = 28
‘Jonathas’ Cristian de Jesus (Elche CF) 14 x 2 = 28
Antonio Di Natale (Udinese Calcio) 14 x 2 = 28
Chris Venables (Aberystwyth Town) 28 x 1 = 28
59. Demba Ba (Besiktas JK) 18 x 1,5 = 27
Edinson Cavani (Paris Saint-Germain) 18 x 1,5 = 27
Paul Heatley (Crusaders FC) 27 x 1 = 27
Grégory Tadé (CFR Cluj) 18 x 1,5 = 27
