Eto'o claims pole position in scoring race
Monday, March 23, 2009
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ESM Golden Shoe: Samuel Eto'o is the new leader despite previous incumbent Marc Janko finding the net for FC Salzburg on a weekend in which Lionel Messi and Zlatan Ibrahimović also rose up the rankings.
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Samuel Eto'o is the new leader of the ESM Golden Shoe standings despite previous incumbent Marc Janko also finding the net for FC Salzburg at the weekend.
On the rise
Eto'o scored twice in FC Barcelona's 6-0 victory against Málaga CF to take his Liga tally to 25 for the season. Although Janko has struck 33 times in the Austrian top flight, the latest in Sunday's 1-1 draw at FK Austria Wien, he trails the Cameroonian by half a point as goals in Spain have a higher multiplier. Eto'o's team-mate Lionel Messi and FC Internazionale Milano forward Zlatan Ibrahimović were also on the rise following weekend goals, joining a stellar group of players including David Villa, Diego Forlán and Marco Di Vaio on 19 for the season.
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The leading five countries (Spain, Italy, Germany, France and England) on the UEFA Ranking have two as their multiplier. This is to emphasise the difference in (international) performance level between the clubs from those countries and those from the other nations.
A player cannot first play in a summer league (eg Norway) and then in a winter league (eg Spain) and combine the points total for each season.
Figures from Voetbal International