Two-goal Vardy in late run to join chase for European Golden Shoe
KEIR RADNEDGE REPORTING —- Leicester City’s ex-England striker Jamie Vardy moved up into the top six of the ESM European Golden Shoe rankings with his two goals in Leicester City’s 4-0 beating of relegation-threatened Aston Villa in the English Premier League on Monday.
Vardy took his tally to 19 goals, level with Barcelona’s Lionel Messi in the Golden Shoe and two more than his nearest Premier challenger in Pierre-Emerick of Arsenal.
Jamie Vardy . . . on target twice against Aston Villa
Lazio’s Ciro Immobile remains out in front but the virus-enforced suspension of football in Italy could see him overtaken in the next few weeks.
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 multiple of 2.0, the next batch including Austria (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 for a record-extending sixth time.
Golden Shoe standings
(Ranking multiplication based on UEFA coefficient status)
1. Ciro Immobile (SS Lazio Roma) 27 x 2 = 54
2. Robert Lewandowski (FC Bayern München) 25 x 2 = 50
3. Erling Braut Haaland (Red Bull Salzburg/Borussia Dortmund) 16 x 1,5 + 9 x 2 = 42
— Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus) 21 x 2 = 42
— Timo Werner (RasenBallsport Leipzig) 21 x 2 = 42
6. Lionel Messi (FC Barcelona) 19 x 2 = 38
— Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) 19 x 2 = 38
8. Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint-Germain) 18 x 2 = 36
— Wissam Ben Yedder (AS Monaco) 18 x 2 = 36
10. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal) 17 x 2 = 34
Romelu Lukaku (FC Internazionale Milano) 17 x 2 = 34
12. Odsonne Édouard (Celtic FC) 22 x 1,5 = 33
Shon Weissman (Wolfsberger AC) 22 x 1,5 = 33
14. Sergio Agüero (Manchester City) 16 x 2 = 32
Moussa Dembélé (Olympique Lyonnais) 16 x 2 = 32
‘João Pedro’ Galvão (Cagliari Calcio) 16 x 2 = 32
Mohamed Salah (Liverpool FC) 16 x 2 = 32
18. Erik Sorga (Flora Tallinn) 31 x 1 = 31
19. Josip Iličić (Atalanta Bergamo) 15 x 2 = 30
Danny Ings (Southampton FC) 15 x 2 = 30
Ivan Tričkovski (AEK Larnaca) 20 x 1,5 = 30
22. Ilia Shkurin (FC Zvezda-BGU Minsk) 19 x 1,5 = 28,5
Alexander Sørloth (Trabzonspor AŞ) 19 x 1,5 = 28,5
24. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) 14 x 2 = 28
Sadio Mané (Liverpool FC) 14 x 2 = 28
Marcus Rashford (Manchester United) 14 x 2 = 28
Jadon Sancho (Borussia Dortmund) 14 x 2 = 28
28. Jonathan David (KAA Gent) 18 x 1,5 = 27
Dieumerci Mbokani (Royal Antwerp FC) 18 x 1,5 = 27
Aluísio ‘Júnior Moraes’ (FC Shakhtar Donetsk) 18 x 1,5 = 27
Jean-Pierre Nsame (BSC Young Boys) 18 x 1,5 = 27
32. Tammy Abraham (Chelsea FC) 13 x 2 = 26
Dominic Calvert-Lewin (Everton FC) 13 x 2 = 26
Francesco Caputo (US Sassuolo Calcio) 13 x 2 = 26
Raúl Alonso Jiménez (Wolverhampton Wanderers) 13 x 2 = 26
Luis Muriel Fruto (Atalanta Bergamo) 13 x 2 = 26
‘Neymar’ da Silva Santos Júnior (Paris Saint-Germain) 13 x 2 = 26
Victor Osimhen (Lille OSC) 13 x 2 = 26
39. Youssef El Arabi (Olympiakos Piraeus FC) 17 x 1,5 = 25,5
Patson Daka (Red Bull Salzburg) 17 x 1,5 = 25,5
Mirko Maric (NK Osijek) 17 x 1,5 = 25,5
Kamil Wilczek (Bröndby IF) 17 x 1,5 = 25,5
43. Klaemint Olsen (NSÍ Runavik) 25 x 1 = 25
44. Papiss Demba Cissé (Alanyaspor) 16 x 1,5 = 24
Habib Diallo (FC Metz) 12 x 2 = 24
Edin Dzeko (AS Roma) 12 x 2 = 24
Mauro Icardi (Paris Saint-Germain) 12 x 2 = 24
Robin Quaison (1. FSV Mainz 05) 12 x 2 = 24
‘Carlos Vinícius’ Alves Morais (SL Benfica) 16 x 1,5 = 24
50. Steven Berghuis (Feyenoord) 15 x 1,5 = 22.5
Mohamed Buya Turay (Djurgärdens IF) 15 x 1,5 = 22,5
Cyriel Dessers (Heracles Almelo) 15 x 1,5 = 22,5
Christoph Monschein (FK Austria Wien) 15 x 1,5 = 22,5
54. Sebastian Andersson (1. FC Union Berlin) 11 x 2 = 22
Darío Benedetto (Olympique Marseille) 11 x 2 = 22
Kasper Dolberg (OGC Nice) 11 x 2 = 22
‘Gerard’ Moreno Balagueró (Villarreal CF) 11 x 2 = 22
Serge Gnabry (FC Bayern München) 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
Anthony Martial (Manchester United) 11 x 2 = 22
Lautaro Martínez (FC Internazionale Milano) 11 x 2 = 22
Florian Niederlechner (FC Augsburg) 11 x 2 = 22
‘Lucas Pérez’ Martínez (Deportivo Alavés) 11 x 2 = 22
Andrea Petagna (SPAL) 11 x 2 = 22
Teemu Pukki (Norwich City) 11 x 2 = 22
Marco Reus (Borussia Dortmund) 11 x 2 = 22
‘Roger’ Martí Salvador (Levante UD) 11 x 2 = 22
Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) 11 x 2 = 22
Luis Suárez (FC Barcelona) 11 x 2 = 22
Chris Venables (Bala Town FC) 22 x 1 = 22
Wout Weghorst (VfL Wolfsburg) 11 x 2 = 22
Chris Wood (Burnley FC) 11 x 2 = 22
Duván Zapata (Atalanta Bergamo) 11 x 2 = 22
** 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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