ESM Golden Shoe: Sonck on song

Monday, November 25, 2002

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KRC Genk's Wesley Sonck stated his intent for the 2002/03 ESM Golden Shoe with a six-goal haul.

KRC Genk's Wesley Sonck stated his intent for the 2002/03 ESM Golden Shoe with a six-goal haul at the weekend.

Moving up
The Belgium striker scored a double hat-trick as his side crushed Eerste Klasse opponents KV Mechelen 9-0 on Sunday to move up to fourth in Belgium. Sonck also has two UEFA Champions League goals this season but could not stop Genk being eliminated in the first group stage.

Larsson in third
Sonck is joint 13th in the table of Europe's leading marksmen because most of those at the top have already played full seasons in either Scandinavia or eastern Europe. An exception to this rule is prolific Celtic FC striker Henrik Larsson who is in third spot with 18 goals already in Scotland.

Delayed start
Last season's ESM Golden Shoe winner Mario Jardel had a delayed start to the season with Sporting Clube de Portugal after personal problems kept him away from the pitch until last month. He has hit two league goals so far, after finding the net 42 times last season.

Latest standings (only league goals count):

Pos	Name	Club (Country)	Gls	Val	Pts
1	Andrei Krõlov	FC TVMK Tallinn (EST)	37	1	37
2	Arman Karamyan	FC Pyunik (ARM)	36	1	36
3	Henrik Larsson	Celtic FC (SCO)	18	1.5	27
4	Harald Brattbakk	Rosenborg BK (NOR)	17	1.5	25.5
5	Maksim Gruznov	JK Trans Narva (EST)	24	1	24
5	Peter Ijeh	Malmö FF (SWE)	24	1	24
7	Tor Henning Hamre	FC Flora (EST)	23	1	23
7	Mihails Miholaps	FC Skonto (LAT)	23	1	23
9	Maciej Zurawski	Wisla Kraków (POL)	15	1.5	22.5
9	Tryggvi Gudmundsson	Stabæk IF (NOR)	15	1.5	22.5
9	Rolan Gusev	PFC CSKA Moskva (RUS)	15	1.5	22.5
9	Dmitri Kirichenko	PFC CSKA Moskva (RUS)	15	1.5	22.5
13	Wesley Sonck	KRC Genk (BEL)	14	1.5	21
13	Mateja Kezman	PSV Eindhoven (HOL)	14	1.5	21
13	Andrzej Niedzielan	KS Górnik Zabrze (POL)	14	1.5	21
13	Aleksandr Kerzhakov	FC Zenit St. Petersburg (RUS)	14	1.5	21
13	Ara Hakobyan	FC Spartak Yerevan (ARM)	21	1	21
18	Ailton	SV Werder Bremen (GER)	10	2	20
18	Giovane Elber	FC Bayern Munchen (GER)	10	2	20
18	Vjatsesjav Zahovaiko	JK Tulevik Viljandi (EST)	20	1	20
18	Thomas Christiansen	VfL Bochum (GER)	10	2	20
22	Christian Giménez	FC Basel (SUI)	13	1.5	19.5
22	Axel Lawaree	Schwarz-Weiss Bregenz (AUT)	13	1.5	19.5
22	Milaim Rama	FC Thun (SUI)	13	1.5	19.5
23	Ara Hakobyan	FC Spartak Yerevan (ARM)	19	1	19

Last updated: 25 November 2002

Only the leading five countries (Spain, Italy, Germany, France and England) on the UEFA Ranking have 2 as their multiplier. This is to emphasise the difference in (international) performance level between the clubs from those countries and those from the other countries.

A player cannot first play in a summer league (e.g. Norway) and then in a winter league (e.g. Spain) and combine the points total for each season.

Figures from Voetbal International

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