Balogun, David and Mbappe keep French league flag flying in European Golden Shoe chase
LONDON: France is the only country with a multiple entry in the current rankings for the ESM Golden Shoe for European football’s leading league marksman.
Folarin Balogun from Reims, Jonathan David from Lille and Kylian Mbappe from champions Paris Saint-Germain all have 15 goals and thus rank joint fifth.
They are a full 11 goals adrift of Erling Haaland who extended his Manchester City tally in the English Premier League to 26 after scoring in last midweek’s victory at Arsenal.
Balogun, born in the United States but an England under-21 international, is on loan to Reims from Arsenal.
Mbappe scored his 14th and 15th goals of the season in PSG’s dramatic 4-3 victory over Lille for whom Canadian David converted a penalty.
Marksmen from the Big Five benefit from a points multiplier of two. Players in leagues between places six and 22 of the UEFA national ranking 2022 receive a 1.5 coëfficiënt. As in former years the ranking does not include play-offs or cup matches in the official ranking.
Golden Shoe – latest standings
- Erling Braut Haaland (Manchester City) 26 x 2 = 52
- Amahl Pellegrino (FK Bodö/Glimt) 25 x 1,5 = 37,5
- Victor Osimhen (SSC Napoli) 18 x 2 = 36
- Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur) 17 x 2 = 34
- Folarin Balogun (Stade de Reims) 15 x 2 = 30
Jonathan David (Lille OSC) 15 x 2 = 30
Robert Lewandowski (FC Barcelona) 15 x 2 = 30
Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint-Germain) 15 x 2 = 30
Enner Valencia (Fenerbahçe SK) 20 x 1,5 = 30 - Kyogo Furuhashi (Celtic FC) 19 x 1,5 = 28,5
- Alexandre Lacazette (Olympique Lyonnais) 14 x 2 = 28
Marcus Rashford (Manchester United) 14 x 2 = 28
Ivan Toney (Brentford FC) 14 x 2 = 28
Wissam Ben Yedder (AS Monaco) 14 x 2 = 28 - Bobur Abdikholikov (FK Energetik-BGU Minsk) 26 x 1 = 26
Niclas Füllkrug (SV Werder Bremen) 13 x 2 = 26
Lautaro Martínez (Internazionale Milano) 13 x 2 = 26
‘Neymar’ da Silva Santos Júnior (Paris Saint-Germain) 13 x 2 = 26 - Lawrence Shankland (Heart of Midlothian) 17 x 1,5 = 25,5
- Habibou ‘Habib’ Mouhamadou Diallo (Racing Strasbourg) 12 x 2 = 24
Breel Embolo (AS Monaco) 12 x 2 = 24
‘Jairo’ de Macedo da Silva (Pafos FC) 16 x 1,5 = 24
Raimonds Krollis (Valmiera FC) 24 x 1 = 24
Ademola Lookman (Atalanta Bergamo) 12 x 2 = 24
Terem Moffi (FC Lorient/OGC Nice) 12 x 2 = 24
Christopher Nkunku (RasenBallsport Leipzig) 12 x 2 = 24
Ebere Paul Onuachu (KRC Genk/Southampton) 16 x 1,5 = 24
Hugo Vetlesen (FK Bodö/Glimt) 16 x 1,5 = 24 - Hugo Cuypers (KAA Gent) 15 x 1,5 = 22,5
David Datro Fofana (FK Molde) 15 x 1,5 = 22,5
Tobias Heintz (Sarpsborg 08) 15 x 1,5 = 22,5
Vincent Janssen (Royal Antwerp FC) 15 x 1,5 = 22,5
Marko Livaja (HNK Hajduk Split) 15 x 1,5 = 22,5
Casper Tengstedt (Rosenborg BK) 15 x 1,5 = 22,5 - Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) 11 x 2 = 22
Vincenzo Grifo (SC Freiburg) 11 x 2 = 22
Alexander Jeremejeff (BK Häcken) 22 x 1 = 22
‘Joselu’ José Luis Mato Sanmartín (RCD Espanyol) 11 x 2 = 22
Lionel Messi (Paris Saint-Germain) 11 x 2 = 22
Aleksandar Mitrovic (Fulham FC) 11 x 2 = 22
Marcus Thuram (Borussia Mönchengladbach) 11 x 2 = 22 - Zakaria Beglarishvili (FCI Levadia Tallinn) 21 x 1 = 21
Bojan Miovski (Aberdeen FC) 14 x 1,5 = 21
Ion Nicolaescu (Beitar Jerusalem) 14 x 1,5 = 21
Quincy Promes (FC Spartak Moscow) 14 x 1,5 = 21
Ole Christian Saeter (Rosenborg BK) 14 x 1,5 = 21
Matthew Shevlin (Coleraine FC) 21 x 1 = 21
Vladimir Pisarskiy Sychevoi (FC Orenburg/Krylya Sovetov Samara) 14 x 1,5 = 21
Eran Zahavi (Maccabi Tel Aviv) 14 x 1,5 = 21 - Miguel Almirón (Newcastle United) 10 x 2 = 20
Marcus Antonsson (IFK Värnamo) 20 x 1 = 20
Vladimir Khvaschinksy (FK Minsk) 20 x 1 = 20
Randal Kolo Muani (SG Eintracht Frankfurt) 10 x 2 = 20
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (SSC Napoli) 10 x 2 = 20
Jamal Musiala (FC Bayern München) 10 x 2 = 20
‘Rodrigo’ Moreno (Leeds United) 10 x 2 = 20
Sölvi Vatnhamar (Víkingur Gøta) 20 x 1 = 20 - Fabio Borini (Fatih Karagümrük) 13 x 1,5 = 19,5
Mario González Gutiérrez (Oud-Heverlee Leuven) 13 x 1,5 = 19,5
‘Ricardo Jorge’ Pires Gomes (FK Partizan Belgrade) 13 x 1,5 = 19,5
Eric Kitolano (Tromsö IL) 13 x 1,5 = 19,5
Jean-Pierre Nsamé (BSC Young Boys) 13 x 1,5 = 19,5
Gonçalo Matias Ramos (SL Benfica) 13 x 1,5 = 19,5
Jakub Reznícek (FC Zbrojovka Brno) 13 x 1,5 = 19,5 - ‘Flamarion’ Jovinho Filho (Dinamo Batumi) 19 x 1 = 19
Declan McManus (The New Saints) 19 x 1 = 19
Rayan Philippe (FC Swift Hesperange) 19 x 1 = 19 - Iago Aspas Juncal (RC Celta de Vigo) 9 x 2 = 18
Danilo Moreno Asprilla (Beitar Jerusalem) 12 x 1,5 = 18
Omer Atzili (Maccabi Haifa) 12 x 1,5 = 18
Mama Baldé (ESTAC Troyes) 9 x 2 = 18
Thijs Dallinga (Toulouse FC) 9 x 2 = 18
Runar Espejord (FC Bodö/Glimt) 12 x 1,5 = 18
Pedro Miguel Eugénio (FK Astana) 18 x 1 = 18
Amine Gouiri (OGC Nice) 9 x 2 = 18
Serge Gnabry (FC Bayern München) 9 x 2 = 18
Borja Iglesias Quintás (Real Betis Sevilla) 9 x 2 = 18
Ciro Immobile (SS Lazio Roma) 9 x 2 = 18
Aleksandar Katai (Crvena Zvezda) 12 x 1,5 = 18
Aidan Keena (Sligo Rovers) 18 x 1 = 18
Páll Klettskard (KÍ Klaksvík) 18 x 1 = 18
James Maddison (Leicester City) 9 x 2 = 18
‘Malcom’ Filipe Silva de Oliveira (FC Zenit St. Petersburg) 12 x 1,5 = 18
Francisco José ‘Fran’ Navarro (Gil Vicente FC) 12 x 1,5 = 18
‘João Mário’ Naval (SL Benfica) 12 x 1,5 = 18
Vedat Muriqi (RCD Mallorca) 9 x 2 = 18
M’Bala Nzola (Spezia Calcio 1906) 9 x 2 = 18
Mohamed Ofkir (Sandefjord Fotball) 12 x 1,5 = 18
Loïs Openda (RC Lens) 9 x 2 = 18
Markus Pink (SK Austria Klagenfurt) 12 x 1,5 = 18
Pedro António Pereira Gonçalves ‘Pote’ (Sporting CP) 12 x 1,5 = 18
Bukayo Saka (Arsenal) 9 x 2 = 18
Alexis Sánchez (Olympique Marseille) 9 x 2 = 18
Alexander Sörloth (Real Sociedad de Fútbol) 9 x 2 = 18
Martin Terrier (Stade Rennais) 9 x 2 = 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), 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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