Two-goal Dost keeps hot on Messi’s heels in latest Golden Shoe rankings
LONDON: Bas Dost is the surprise character among the leaders in pursuit of the ESM Golden Shoe which recognises the European leagues’ leading marksman every year.
Dost, 27, is leading the way for Sporting Clube in the Portuguese league after battling his way up the career ladder from FC Emmen to Heracles Almelo, Heerenveen and Wolfsburg in the Bundesliga.
He joined Sporting last summer and found an explosive goalscoring vein though it will not lift his club to the Portuguese league title: they beat Nacional 2-0 at the weekend but sit 10 points behind leaders Benfica. Dost scored both goals but remained second in the Golden Shoe rankings because Lionel Messi struck twice himself at the weekend for Barcelona.
At least Dost is now on his own in second slot after sharing the placing last week with Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang of Borussia Dortmund and Andrea Belotti of Torino.
This season’s race appears to be seeing the eclipse of Cristiano Ronaldo. The Real Madrid superstar, four times a winner of the Golden Shoe, is in joint 13th place with 19 goals – but nothing that a characteristic hat-trick could not put right.
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 (Denmark) are multiplied by 1.5.
As in previous years the Golden Shoe does not consider goals in play-off competitions.
Golden Shoe standings
(Ranking multiplication based on UEFA coefficient status)
1. Lionel Messi (FC Barcelona) 25 x 2 = 50
2. Bas Dost (Sporting Clube de Portugal) 24 x 2 = 48
3. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Borussia Dortmund) 23 x 2 = 46
4. Andrea Belotti (Torino FC) 22 x 2 = 44
Anthony Modeste (1.FC Köln) 22 x 2 = 44
Luis Suárez (FC Barcelona) 22 x 2 = 44
7. Edin Džeko (AS Roma) 21 x 2 = 42
Robert Lewandowski (FC Bayern München) 21 x 2 = 42
Romelu Lukaku (Everton FC) 21 x 2 = 42
10. Edinson Cavani (Paris Saint-Germain) 27 x 1,5 = 40,5
11. Mauro Icardi (Internazionale) 20 x 2 = 40
Dries Mertens (SSC Napoli) 20 x 2 = 40
13. Gonzalo Higuaín (Juventus) 19 x 2 = 38
Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur) 19 x 2 = 38
Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) 19 x 2 = 38
16. Alexis Sánchez (Arsenal) 18 x 2 = 36
17. Alexandre Lacazette (Olympique Lyonnais) 23 x 1,5 = 34,5
18. Diego Costa (Chelsea) 17 x 2 = 34
Ciro Immobile (Lazio Roma) 17 x 2 = 34
20. Francisco Soares ‘Tiquinho’ (Vitória Guimarães SC/FC Porto) 16 x 2 = 32
21. Iago Aspas (RC Celta de Vigo) 15 x 2 = 30
Matt Derbyshire (AC Omonia Nicosia) 20 x 1,5 = 30
Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Manchester United) 15 x 2 = 30
André Silva (FC Porto) 15 x 2 = 30
Łukasz Teodorczyk (RSC Anderlecht) 20 x 1,5 = 30
26. Christian Gytkjaer (Rosenborg BK) 19 x 1,5 = 28,5
Nicolai Jørgensen (Feyenoord) 19 x 1,5 = 28,5
28. Dele Alli (Tottenham Hotspur) 14 x 2 = 28
Jermaine Defoe (Sunderland AFC) 14 x 2 = 28
Antoine Griezmann (Atlético Madrid) 14 x 2 = 28
Nikola Kalinić (ACF Fiorentina) 14 x 2 = 28
Konstantinos Mitroglou (SL Benfica) 14 x 2 = 28
Timo Werner (RasenBallsport Leipzig) 14 x 2 = 28
34. Marcus Berg (Panathinaikos) 18 x 1,5 = 27
35. Sergio Agüero (Manchester City) 13 x 2 = 26
36. Guillaume Hoarau (BSC Young Boys) 17 x 1,5 = 25,5
John Owoeri (BK Häcken) 17 x 1,5 = 25,5
38. Evgeni Kabaev (Sillamäe Kalev) 25 x 1 = 25
39. Carlos Bacca (AC Milan) 12 x 2 = 24
Marco Borriello (US Cagliari Calcio) 12 x 2 = 24
Radamel Falcao (AS Monaco) 16 x 1,5 = 24
Bafétimbi Gomis (Olympique Marseille) 16 x 1,5 = 24
Lorenzo Insigne (SSC Napoli) 12 x 2 = 24
Azdren Llullaku (CS Gaz Metan Mediaş) 16 x 1,5 = 24
Sadio Mané (Liverpool FC) 12 x 2 = 24
Moussa Marega (Vitória Guimarães SC) 12 x 2 = 24
Pieros Sotirou (APOEL Nicosia FC) 16 x 1,5 = 24
Cenk Tosun (Besiktas JK) 16 x 1,5 = 24
49. Gerard Gohou (FC Kairat Almaty) 23 x 1 = 23
Klæmint Olsen (NSÍ Runavik) 23 x 1 = 23
51. Sebastian Andersson (IFK Norrköping) 15 x 1,5 = 22,5
Reza Ghoochannejhad (sc Heerenveen) 15 x 1,5 = 22,5
Younés Hamza (Xanthi FC) 15 x 1,5 = 22,5
Mikhail Gordeichuk (BATE Borisov) 15 x 1,5 = 22,5
Vitali Rodionov (BATE Borisov) 15 x 1,5 = 22,5
Jelle Vossen (KRC Genk) 15 x 1,5 = 22,5
57. Alejandro Gómez (Atalanta Bergamo) 11 x 2 = 22
Eden Hazard (Chelsea) 11 x 2 = 22
Vedad Ibišević (Hertha BSC Berlin) 11 x 2 = 22
Joshua King (Bournemouth AFC) 11 x 2 = 22
Fernando Llorente (Swansea City) 11 x 2 = 22
Andrew Mitchell (Dungannon Swifts FC) 22 x 1 = 22
Gerard Moreno (RCD Espanyol) 11 x 2 = 22
Cyril Théréau (Udinese Calcio) 11 x 2 = 22
Sandro Wagner (SV Darmstadt 98) 11 x 2 = 22
‘Welthon’ Fiel Sampaio (Paços de Ferreira) 11 x 2 = 22
67. Deni Alar (SK Sturm Graz) 14 x 1,5 = 21
Vidar Orn Kjartansson (Malmö FF) 14 x 1,5 = 21
Páll Klettskard (KÍ Klaksvik) 21 x 1 = 21
Orlando Sá (Standard Liège) 14 x 1,5 = 21
Idriss Saadi (KV Kortrijk) 14 x 1,5 = 21
Ivan Trickovski (AEK Larnaca) 14 x 1,5 = 21
73. Federico Bernardeschi (ACF Fiorentina) 10 x 2 = 20
Sergi Enrich (SD Eibar) 10 x 2 = 20
Iago Falqué (Torino FC) 10 x 2 = 20
Kevin Gameiro (Atlético Madrid) 10 x 2 = 20
Serge Gnabry (SV Werder Bremen) 10 x 2 = 20
Marek Hamsik (SSC Napoli) 10 x 2 = 20
Javier ‘Chicharito’ Hernández (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) 10 x 2 = 20
Bojan Kaljević (Balzan FC) 20 x 1 = 20
Andrija Kaludjerović (FK Žalgiris Vilnius) 20 x 1 = 20
Luis Muriel (UC Sampdoria) 10 x 2 = 20
Ilija Nestorovski (US Città di Palermo) 10 x 2 = 20
Mohamed Salah (AS Roma) 10 x 2 = 20
Giovanni Simeone (Genoa CFC) 10 x 2 = 20
