Who is the most efficient goalscorer in Europe?
Wednesday, November 18, 2015
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Zlatan Ibrahimović and Neymar are great, but they cannot match APOEL's Fernando Cavenaghi; UEFA.com meets the goals-per-game kings in this season's top divisions.
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Zlatan Ibrahimović and Neymar are among 11 players who have been scoring at a rate of over a goal a game in their domestic leagues this season*, but – as UEFA.com discovers – none can match APOEL's Fernando Cavenaghi.
1.56 Fernando Cavenaghi (APOEL, CYP) – 14 goals in nine games
1.46 Alex Teixiera (Shakhtar Donetsk, UKR) – 19 goals in 13 games
1.33 Michele Simoncelli (Tre Penne, SMR) – eight goals in six games
1.27 Robert Lewandowski (Bayern München, GER) – 14 goals in 11 games
1.22 Feran Hasani (Shkëndija, MKD) – 11 goals in nine games
1.17 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Borussia Dortmund, GER) – 14 goals in 12 games
1.17 José Antonio Aguilar (Lusitans, AND) – seven goals in six games
1.12 Zlatan Ibrahimović (Paris Saint-Germain, FRA) – nine goals in eight games
1.10 Neymar (Barcelona, ESP) – 11 goals in ten games
1.09 Julien Jahier (Racing Union, LUX) – 12 goals in 11 games
1.07 Nemanja Nikolić (Legia Warszawa, POL) – 16 goals in 15 games
Six more players are scoring at a rate of exactly one goal a game:
1.00 Andraž Šporar (Olimpija, SVN) – 15 goals in 15 games
1.00 Jamie Vardy (Leicester City, ENG) – 12 goals in 12 games
1.00 Dario Lezcano (Luzern, SUI) – nine goals in nine games
1.00 Hamdi Salihi (Skënderbeu, ALB) – eight goals eight games
1.00 Cristian Toncheff (Manchester 62, GIB) – seven goals in seven games
1.00 Karim Benzema (Real Madrid, ESP) – six goals in six games
*only players who have scored more than five goals this season are included in UEFA.com's tally