LONDON: Lazio’s Ciro Immobile is the new lone leader of the ranking for the ESM European Golden Shoe which rewards the continent’s leading league marksman.

Immobile lifted his tally to 20 goals with the late winner against Napoli on Saturday.

No player from Serie A has won the Golden Shoe since Roma’s Francesco Totti with 26 goals in 2006-07.

Ciro Immobile . . . another winner at the weekend

The Golden Shoe is based on a ranking computed according to UEFA’s July rankings.  Thus marksmen from among the top five nations benefit from a mu ltiple of 2.0, the next batch (places six to 22) a factor of 1.5 and the remainder 1.0.

As in previous years the Golden Shoe does not consider goals in play-off competitions.

Last season’s winner was Lionel Messi who collected the prize as the continent’s leading league marksman for a record-extending sixth time.

Messi finished Barcelona’s Spanish league title-winning campaign with 36 goals, three clear of Paris Saint-Germain’s Kylian Mbappe (33) and a massive 10 clear of Sampdoria’s Fabio Quagliarella (26).

Golden Shoe standings

(Ranking multiplication based on UEFA coefficient status)

1. Ciro Immobile (SS Lazio Roma) 20 x 2 = 40

2. Robert Lewandowski (FC Bayern München) 19 x 2 = 38

3. Timo Werner (RasenBallsport Leipzig) 18 x 2 = 36

4. Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) 17 x 2 = 34
5. Erik Sorga (Flora Tallinn) 31 x 1 = 31
6. Ilia Shkurin (FC Zvezda-BGU Minsk) 19 x 1,5 = 28,5
7. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal) 14 x 2 = 28
Danny Ings (Southampton FC) 14 x 2 = 28
Romelu Lukaku (FC Internazionale Milano) 14 x 2 = 28
Marcus Rashford (Manchester United) 14 x 2 = 28
Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus) 14 x 2 = 28
Wissam Ben Yedder (AS Monaco) 14 x 2 = 28
13. Sergio Agüero (Manchester City) 13 x 2 = 26
Tammy Abraham (Chelsea FC) 13 x 2 = 26
Lionel Messi (FC Barcelona) 13 x 2 = 26
16. Shon Weissman (Wolfsberger AC) 17 x 1,5 = 25,5
Kamil Wilczek (Bröndby IF) 17 x 1,5 = 25,5
18. Klaemint Olsen (NSÍ Runavik) 25 x 1 = 25
19. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) 12 x 2 = 24
Erling Braut Haaland (Red Bull Salzburg/Borussia Dortmund) 16 x 1,5 = 24
21. Mohamed Buya Turay (Djurgärdens IF) 15 x 1,5 = 22,5
Aluísio ‘Júnior Moraes’ (FC Shakhtar Donetsk) 15 x 1,5 = 22,5
Jean-Pierre Nsame (BSC Young Boys) 15 x 1,5 = 22,5
24. Moussa Dembélé (Olympique Lyonnais) 11 x 2 = 22
Rouwen Hennings (Fortuna Düsseldorf) 11 x 2 = 22
Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur) 11 x 2 = 22
Tomislav Kis (FK Zalgiris Vilnius) 22 x 1 = 22
Sadio Mané (Liverpool FC) 11 x 2 = 22
Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint-Germain) 11 x 2 = 22
‘João Pedro’ Galvão (Cagliari Calcio) 11 x 2 = 22
Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) 11 x 2 = 22
Luis Suárez (FC Barcelona) 11 x 2 = 22
33. Torgeir Børven (Odds BK) 21 x 1 = 21
Patson Daka (Red Bull Salzburg) 14 x 1,5 = 21
Stanislav Dragun (FC BATE Borisov) 14 x 1,5 = 21
Vitaly Kvashuk (FC Gomel) 14 x 1,5 = 21
Mirko Maric (NK Osijek) 14 x 1,5 = 21
Dieumerci Mbokani (Royal Antwerp FC) 14 x 1,5 = 21
Rubén Rayos Serna ‘Rayo’ (Anorthosis Famagusta) 14 x 1,5 = 21
Robin Söder (IFK Göteborg) 14 x 1,5 = 21
Muamer Tankovic (Hammarby IF) 14 x 1,5 = 21
Ivan Tričkovski (AEK Larnaca) 14 x 1,5 = 21
43. Habib Diallo (FC Metz) 10 x 2 = 20
Levani Kutalia (FC Dinamo Tblisi) 20 x 1 = 20
Lautaro Martínez (FC Internazionale Milano) 10 x 2 = 20
Luis Muriel Fruto (Atalanta Bergamo) 10 x 2 = 20
‘Neymar’ da Silva Santos Júnior (Paris Saint-Germain) 10 x 2 = 20
Victor Osimhen (Lille OSC) 10 x 2 = 20
Mohamad Salah (Liverpool FC) 10 x 2 = 20
50. Youssef El Arabi (Olympiakos Piraeus FC) 13 x 1,5 = 19,5
Nikola Djurdjic (Hammarby IF) 13 x 1,5 = 19,5
Odsonne Édouard (Celtic FC) 13 x 1,5 = 19,5
Christoph Monschein (FK Austria Wien) 13 x 1,5 = 19,5
Markus Rosenberg (Malmö FF) 13 x 1,5 = 19,5
55. Aderinsola Habib Eseola (FC Kairat Almaty) 19 x 1 = 19
Marin Tomasov (FC Astana) 19 x 1 = 19
57. Luis Ezequiel ‘Chimy’ Ávila (CA Osasuna) 9 x 2 = 18
Andrea Belotti (Torino FC) 9 x 2 = 18
Jóannis Bjartalid (KÍ Klaksvík) 18 x 1 = 18
Papiss Demba Cissé (Alanyaspor) 12 x 1,5 = 18
Memphis Depay (Olympique Lyonnais) 9 x 2 = 18
Cyriel Dessers (Heracles Almelo) 12 x 1,5 = 18
Greg Draper (The New Saints FC) 18 x 1 = 18
Juan Francisco García Peña (St Joseph’s FC) 18 x 1 = 18
Mauro Icardi (Paris Saint-Germain) 9 x 2 = 18
Josip Iličić (Atalanta Bergamo) 9 x 2 = 18
Gabriel Fernando de Jesus (Manchester City) 9 x 2 = 18
Denis Laptev (FC Dinamo Brest) 12 x 1,5 = 18
Alfredo José Morelos Aviléz (Rangers FC) 12 x 1,5 = 18
Pavel Nekhaychik (FC Dinamo Brest) 12 x 1,5 = 18
Luís Miguel Afonso Fernandes ‘Pizzi’ (SL Benfica) 12 x 1,5 = 18
Teemu Pukki (Norwich City) 9 x 2 = 18
Marco Reus (Borussia Dortmund) 9 x 2 = 18
‘Roger’ Martí Salvador (Levante UD) 9 x 2 = 18
Jadon Sancho (Borussia Dortmund) 9 x 2 = 18
Ronnie Schwartz (Silkeborg IF) 12 x 1,5 = 18
Alexander Sørloth (Trabzonspor AŞ) 12 x 1,5 = 18
Chris Venables (Bala Town FC) 18 x 1 = 18

** 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), Gazzetta dello Sport (Italy), GoalNews/Sentragoal (Greece), Guerin Sportivo (Italy), Kicker (Germany), Marca (Spain), Nemzeti Sport (Hungary), 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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