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Trio share scoring honours

Friday 11 February 2005
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(l-r) Karim Benzema, Senes Erzik, Levent Bicakci, Ergin Keles, Jérémy Menez and Baba Sakho at the presentation(l-r) Karim Benzema, Senes Erzik, Levent Bicakci, Ergin Keles, Jérémy Menez and Baba Sakho at the presentation (©uefa.com)

By Andrew Haslam in Kusadasi

Ergin Keles and Karim Benzema both scored twice on the final matchday of the fifth UEFA-CAF Meridian Cup to share the tournament's top scorers' award with France's Jérémy Menez.

Five goals each
Menez had led the rankings since the opening day when he scored a hat-trick in France's 7-0 win against Cameroon. He also found the net against Nigeria on Matchday 3, and ended his campaign on Friday with France's first goal in their 4-1 success against Egypt, who themselves boasted Africa's top scorer Sherif Ashraf Okily.

Double delights
However, in the same game Benzema also struck twice, in the 55th and 74th minutes, to join his international team-mate on five goals. Meanwhile in Kusadasi, Ergin found the net in either half in Turkey's 3-1 win against Cameroon to get his fourth and fifth goals of the tournament and earn a share of the limelight.

2005 UEFA-CAF Meridian Cup top scorers:

Player Country Goals
Karim Benzema France 5
Jérémy Menez France 5
Ergin Keles Turkey 5
Carlos Carmona Spain 3
Sherif Ashraf Okily Egypt 2
Elliot Grandin France 2
Franck Songo'o France 2
Mülayim Erdem Turkey 2
Jean Baptiste Dalle Cameroon 1
Guy Toindouba Cameroon 1
Ahmed El-Mohamdy Essa Egypt 1
Israel Bascon Spain 1
Rayco Garcia Spain 1
Francisco Javier García Spain 1
David Mateos Ramajo Spain 1
David Rodríguez Lombán Spain 1
Mario Suárez Spain 1
Benjamin Laurant France 1
João Pedro Portugal 1
Julien Araújo Portugal 1
António Ferreira Portugal 1
Bruno Gama Portugal 1
Mustapha Bangura Sierra Leone 1
Serdar Kurtulus Turkey 1
Oguz Sabankay Turkey 1
Volkan Zemen Turkey 1

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