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"Hand of God goal", which Maradona scored by using his hand. His second, four minutes after his first, saw him dribble past five England players, Beardsley, Reid, Butcher, Fenwick, Butcher (again), and finally goalkeeper Peter Shilton, and became known as the "Goal of the Century". Argentina won the game 2–1 and went on to win the 1986 World Cup with a victory over West Germany in the final match. Maradona won the golden ball for player of the tournament; England's goalscorer on the day, Gary Lineker, won the golden boot for being the tournament's top scorer. British expatriates brought football
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the team's all-time top goalscorers list. At international level, he represented England at youth levels, playing for the under-17, under-19, under-20 and under-21 levels. He scored on his senior international debut on 27 March 2015 and was selected for UEFA Euro 2016. In 2017, "The Guardian" ranked Kane the fifth-best footballer in the world. Kane played at the 2018 FIFA World Cup where he won the Golden Boot finishing as the top goalscorer, becoming only the second English player to do so, after Gary Lineker in 1986. Harry Edward Kane was born in Walthamstow, London to Kim and Patrick Kane
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"Hand of God goal", which Maradona scored by using his hand. His second, four minutes after his first, saw him dribble past five England players, Beardsley, Reid, Butcher, Fenwick, Butcher (again), and finally goalkeeper Peter Shilton, and became known as the "Goal of the Century". Argentina won the game 2–1 and went on to win the 1986 World Cup with a victory over West Germany in the final match. Maradona won the golden ball for player of the tournament; England's goalscorer on the day, Gary Lineker, won the golden boot for being the tournament's top scorer. British expatriates brought football
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where they finished third. Argentina beat West Germany for the first time and won their second World Cup. Gary Lineker received the Golden Boot for scoring six goals. In total, 132 goals were scored by 82 players, with two of them credited as own goals. Eight players received a red card during the tournament: In 1986, FIFA published a report that ranked all teams in each World Cup up to and including 1986, based on progress in the competition, overall results and quality of the opposition. The rankings for the 1986 tournament were as follows: 1986 FIFA World Cup The
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Thomas Hlongwane Thomas "Who's Fooling Who" Hlongwane (17 March 1962 – 14 October 2006) was a South African footballer who played striker. He joined the Arcs in the late 70s and became their Footballer of the Year in 1981 He joined Swallows for a record breaking R22 000 in 1982. Hlongwane scored 59 goals for the Birds between 1985 and 1986 scoring hat tricks against Bush Bucks, Klerksdorp City and Orlando Pirates. He won the NSL Golden Boot in 1986, catching the eye of Olympiakos. By the time of his death in 2006, he was the coach at Mamelodi Sundowns
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Valuable Player award. The award was given starting the 2012 season after the league's expansion to two divisions. Spanish–Filipino footballer Carli de Murga of Global was awarded the inaugural Golden Ball for the first division. Freddy Gonzalez of Pachanga, on the other hand, won it the same year for the second division. The UFL Golden Boot was awarded to the footballer who has scored the most goals in a single season. , while playing for Kaya FC, was given the league's first golden boot at the end of the 2010 season. The UFL Golden Glove was an annual association football
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Luis Suárez Luis Alberto Suárez Díaz (; born 24 January 1987) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a striker for Spanish club Barcelona and the Uruguay national team. Often regarded as one of the best players in the world, Suárez has won 17 trophies in his career, including five league titles and a UEFA Champions League title at club level, and a Copa América with Uruguay. A prolific goalscorer, Suárez has won two European Golden Shoes, an Eredivisie Golden Boot, a Premier League Golden Boot, as well as ending the six-year dominance of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo
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Stéphane Guivarc'h Stéphane Pierre Yves Guivarc'h (, and erroneously or or ; born 6 September 1970) is a retired French footballer who played as striker. He featured in the France squad that won the 1998 FIFA World Cup on home soil. His early career was spent in France with the Breton clubs Stade Brestois and En Avant Guingamp before moving to AJ Auxerre, where he won Ligue 1 in 1996. He returned to Brittany with Stade Rennais with whom he won Ligue 1's Golden Boot. At a second spell at Auxerre he retained the Golden Boot in Ligue 1 and
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Mandjou Keita Mandjou Keita (born 28 November 1986) is a Guinean international footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or forward. Keita began his professional career in Malaysia with Perak, making his debut on 12 September 2004 against PKNS FC. He impressed Perak FA's fans so much that he was carried off the pitch by two jubilant fans after the match He went on to play a key role in Perak FA's Malaysian FA Cup winning team, which led to his contract being renewed for the 2005 season. Keita won the Golden Boot award for the 2006 season, scoring 17
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Darko Pančev Darko Pančev (, , born 7 September 1965) is a retired Yugoslav and Macedonian footballer, who played as a forward, and who was the winner of the European Golden Boot award in 1991. Pančev was the highest scorer in top-division European football in the 1990–91 season with 34 goals, and should have won the European Golden Boot award. However, UEFA decided to make the competition unofficial for the season because of suspect scoring sprees in Cyprus. Pančev did not get the prize at the time, but received it fifteen years later on 3 August 2006 in Skopje. The
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the most by any nation. Lesley Manyathela Golden Boot The Lesley Manyathela Golden Boot is an annual association football award presented by the Premier Soccer League to the leading goalscorer in the South African Premier Division. The award, colloquially known as the golden boot or PSL Golden Boot, has been presented since the inception of the post-apartheid format of the league in 1996. It was named in 2003 in honour of Lesley Manyathela, a South African international footballer and former recipient of the award who died in a motor vehicle collision in August of that year. Wilfred Mugeyi was the
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Lesley Manyathela Golden Boot The Lesley Manyathela Golden Boot is an annual association football award presented by the Premier Soccer League to the leading goalscorer in the South African Premier Division. The award, colloquially known as the golden boot or PSL Golden Boot, has been presented since the inception of the post-apartheid format of the league in 1996. It was named in 2003 in honour of Lesley Manyathela, a South African international footballer and former recipient of the award who died in a motor vehicle collision in August of that year. Wilfred Mugeyi was the first recipient of the award
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Tanju Çolak Tanju Çolak (born 10 November 1963 in Samsun) is a retired Turkish footballer, who played as a striker. He made his debut for Samsun Yolspor. From there he was transferred to Samsunspor in 1981 where he was the top scorer in both the 1985–86 and 1986–87 seasons. Çolak then moved to Galatasaray in the end of 1986–87 season. He was the top scorer in Europe with 39 goals in the 1987–88 season. At the same time, he was awarded the European Golden Boot given by France Football. He is the only Turkish footballer to date to win this
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Enner Valencia Enner Remberto Valencia Lastra (born 4 November 1989) is an Ecuadorian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga MX club Tigres UANL, and the Ecuador national team. He has previously played for Emelec in Ecuador, where he won Serie A and was awarded the Copa Sudamericana Golden Boot in 2013. He also played for Pachuca in Mexico, being awarded the Liga MX Golden Boot in the 2014 Clausura tournament. He joined West Ham for an estimated £12 million in July 2014. At international level, Valencia has over 40 caps for Ecuador since his debut in 2012.
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European Golden Boot and to date represents the highest award ever won by a Cypriot footballer. He was also voted "Cypriot Sportsman of the Year" in 1976 and 1978 by the Cyprus Journalists Association. "Winning the Golden Boot was one of the happiest days of my life," he said. "It is a very special honour for any European footballer." On 7 November 1979, Kaiafas enjoyed one of his best games in an Omonia shirt, scoring twice as they defeated Dutch giants Ajax 4–0 in the second round of the European Cup (a partial explanation for the shock scoreline is that
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Argentina's 1978 World Cup win where he scored twice in the final, and received the Golden Boot as top goalscorer. He also won the Golden Ball for the player of the tournament, making him one of only three players to have won all three awards at a single World Cup, along with Garrincha in 1962, and Paolo Rossi in 1982. Kempes won South American Footballer of the Year, Onze d'Or European footballer of the Year, and World Cup Golden Ball in 1978. In 2004, he was named as one of the Top 125 greatest living footballers as part of FIFA's
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Paolo Rossi Paolo Rossi (; born 23 September 1956) is an Italian former professional footballer, who played as a forward. In 1982, he led Italy to the 1982 FIFA World Cup title, scoring six goals to win the Golden Boot as top goalscorer, and the Golden Ball for the player of the tournament. Rossi is one of only three players to have won all three awards at a World Cup, along with Garrincha in 1962, and Mario Kempes in 1978. Rossi was also awarded the 1982 Ballon d'Or as the European Footballer of the Year for his performances. Along with
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goal was scored by Andrés Iniesta, a right foot strike from inside the box after an assist by Cesc Fàbregas. Iker Casillas has captained Spain to their World Cup title in 2010 and won the Golden Glove award for best keeper at the same tournament. No Spanish player has ever won the Golden Boot, but Emilio Butragueño and Spain's record World Cup scorer David Villa have each won the Silver Boot after scoring five goals in 1986 and 2010 respectively. Spain at the FIFA World Cup This is a record of Spain's results at the FIFA World Cup. Spain is
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Footballer of the Year was awarded to Eden Hazard. The Premier League Golden Boot was won by Sergio Agüero who scored 26 goals. The Premier League Golden Glove was won by Joe Hart who kept 14 clean sheets. West Ham United finished top of the Premier League Fair Play League and therefore qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round after England finished in the top three in the UEFA Fair Play table. 2014–15 Premier League The 2014–15 Premier League (known as the Barclays Premier League for sponsorship reasons) was the 23rd season of the Premier League, the top English
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FIFA Internet Award in the FIFA Female Player of the Century voting. While the overall award was won by American Michelle Akers, Sun received the most internet votes on the FIFA-website. Match reports Sun Wen (footballer) Sun Wen (; born April 6, 1973 in Shanghai) is a retired Chinese professional football (soccer) player. She previously captained the China women's national football team and the Atlanta Beat of the Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA). In 2000, she won the FIFA Female Player of the Century along with Michelle Akers. Sun won both the Golden Ball (top player) and Golden Boot (top
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won by Ashley Young of Aston Villa. The shortlist for the award was as follows: The FWA Footballer of the Year award for 2009 was won by Steven Gerrard for the first time. The Liverpool captain saw off the challenges of Manchester United winger Ryan Giggs and forward Wayne Rooney, who finished second and third respectively. Chelsea striker Nicolas Anelka won the Premier League Golden Boot award for the first time. He scored 19 goals in 35 appearances, which ensured he finished as the season's top scorer. Manchester United goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar collected the Premier League Golden Glove
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won two Brasileirão for Flamengo and Corinthians. Making his Brazil debut at 18, Adriano was considered the long-term successor to Ronaldo. In the absence of Ronaldo he led Brazil to the 2004 Copa América, receiving the Golden Boot as the competition's leading scorer with seven goals. He also won the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup with Brazil, receiving the Golden Boot Award as the competition's leading scorer with five goals. Prior to the 2006 World Cup he was part of Brazil's much-vaunted "magic quartet" of offensive players alongside Ronaldo, Ronaldinho and Kaká, which ultimately wasn't successful at the finals. Adriano started
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until June 2014, the last occupant of the shirt had been Michael Brown. "The following have played for Leeds United and been a recipient of a Footballer of the Year award, including the Ballon d'Or, African Footballer of the Year, Asian Footballer of the Year, South American Footballer of the Year, Oceania Footballer of the Year and CONCAF Player Of The Year" "Note: "The following have won the Goal of the Season award whilst playing for Leeds :" "The following have won the Golden Boot award whilst playing for Leeds :" "The following have won the EFL Championship Top Scorer
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Algeria, and was chosen for the 1990 World Cup squad. He won 56 caps in total, the last in 1991, and scored 10 goals. Dorin Mateuț Dorin Mateuț (born 5 August 1965) is a retired Romanian footballer. He currently works as an assistant manager for Dinamo Bucharest. He was born in Bogata-Curtuiuş, Cluj County and debuted in Divizia A with Corvinul Hunedoara in 1981. In the 1986–87 season, he earned a transfer to Dinamo București. He scored an astounding 43 goals to take the top goalscorer title and even the European Golden Boot in 1988–89, and the following year Dinamo
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Dorin Mateuț Dorin Mateuț (born 5 August 1965) is a retired Romanian footballer. He currently works as an assistant manager for Dinamo Bucharest. He was born in Bogata-Curtuiuş, Cluj County and debuted in Divizia A with Corvinul Hunedoara in 1981. In the 1986–87 season, he earned a transfer to Dinamo București. He scored an astounding 43 goals to take the top goalscorer title and even the European Golden Boot in 1988–89, and the following year Dinamo won the league championship. He later played abroad with mixed success, in Spain and Italy. Mateuț made his debut for Romania in 1984 against
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a footballer who played for Tomori Berat during the 1980s and his younger brother Klodian have also played for Tomori Berat amongst other teams in Albania, while he also briefly played in Slovenia with NK Maribor. His nephews Gersi and Polizoi are also footballers who currently play for Tomori Berat and Flamurtari Vlorë respectively. Arben Arbëri Arben Arbëri (born 6 January 1964) is an Albanian retired football player who is known for winning the Albanian Golden Boot for being the top goalscorer of the 1986-87 Albanian Superliga with 14 goals. Arbëri played primarily as a striker for Tomori Berat in
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Sun Wen (footballer) Sun Wen (; born April 6, 1973 in Shanghai) is a retired Chinese professional football (soccer) player. She previously captained the China women's national football team and the Atlanta Beat of the Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA). In 2000, she won the FIFA Female Player of the Century along with Michelle Akers. Sun won both the Golden Ball (top player) and Golden Boot (top scorer) for her performance at the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup. She is considered one of the all-time greats of the women's game. Sun began playing football around the age of ten. Her
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CSL Golden Boot The Canadian Soccer League Golden Boot is an annual Canadian soccer award given to the top goalscorer for each season in the Canadian Soccer League. The Golden Boot has been awarded since 1998 when the league debuted as the Canadian Professional Soccer League. The highest ranked CSL Golden Boot goalscorer is Gus Kouzmanis with 33 goals during the league's inaugural season. Kouzmanis has also won the award the most times (2) during the 1998, and 2000 seasons. Players from nine countries, other than Canada, have won the Golden Boot including Croatia (Tihomir Maletic, 2010, Dražen Vuković, 2012,
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thrice while playing for Churchill Brothers. Aser Pierrick Dipanda of Mohun Bagan is the latest winner of the Golden Boot, his consecutive second. During the 2017–18 season, he scored 13 goals in 18 matches. As of the March 2018 six players have won the golden boot award. Only three player has won the award more than once with Ranti winning the award most times with five wins. Winning the golden boot though might not translate into league success as thrice once in eleven I-League seasons as the team which has the golden boot winner won the league as well and
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Amy McCann (footballer) Amy McCann (born 26 October 1983 in Walsall) is an English–born Northern Irish footballer, who has represented clubs including Wolverhampton Wanderers Women, Everton and Birmingham City Ladies as a striker. McCann has played for Northern Ireland at senior international level. McCann's 21 goals for Wolves won the golden boot in 2004–05, as the club finished runners–up to Sunderland Women in the FA Women's Premier League Northern Division. After a season with Everton, McCann signed for Birmingham City in 2006. During 2009–10 she returned to Wolves on dual–signing terms, to regain fitness after the birth of her child.
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only Italian club that has contributed players to every Italy national team since the 2nd FIFA World Cup. Juventus have contributed numerous players to Italy's World Cup campaigns, these successful periods principally have coincided with two golden ages of the Turin club's history, referred as "Quinquennio d'Oro" (The Golden Quinquennium), from 1931 until 1935, and "Ciclo Leggendario" (The Legendary Cycle), from 1972 to 1986. Below are a list of Juventus players who represented the Italy national team during World Cup winning tournaments. Two Juventus players have won the golden boot award at the World Cup with Italy, Paolo Rossi in
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in the Southern Premier League on 4 October 2013. Watson scored twice on his debut the following day as Truro lost 7–3 at home to St Albans City. He won Truro City's 'Golden Boot' award for 2013–14 with 13 goals in all competitions, but after a poor start to the following season he was placed on the transfer list by manager Steve Tully. He was later brought to Bideford by general manager Steve Massey, formerly manager at Truro City. Ben Watson (footballer, born December 1985) Benjamin Charles Watson (born 6 December 1985) is an English footballer, who plays for Bideford
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Marcelinho (footballer, born 1987) Marcelo Leite Pereira known as Marcelinho (born 22 June 1987) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for Indian club Pune City as a winger. Having started his professional career with Spanish club Atlético Madrid B, Marcelinho has played for Brazilian, Spanish, Greek, Emirati and Indian clubs. He amassed more than 100 caps with Greek club Skoda Xanthi. While playing for Delhi Dynamos, he became the top scorer of 2016 Indian Super League season and won the Golden Boot. Born in Rio de Janeiro, Marcelinho started his senior professional career at the age of 18 with
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the first to win four Golden Boots in 2008, 2010–11, 2012–13, and 2014–15. No player has won the award in consecutive years. TT Pro League Golden Boot The TT Pro League Golden Boot is an annual Trinidad and Tobago football award given at the beginning of each TT Pro League calendar year to the top goalscorer for the previous season. The Golden Boot has been awarded since the establishment of the Pro League in 1999. The top-scoring Pro League Golden Boot winner is Arnold Dwarika with 45 goals in 28 games during the league's inaugural season. Devorn Jorsling has won
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Defence: Kyle Walker (Tottenham Hotspur), Vincent Kompany (Manchester City), Fabricio Coloccini (Newcastle United), Leighton Baines (Everton) Midfield: David Silva, Yaya Touré (both Manchester City), Scott Parker, Gareth Bale (both Tottenham Hotspur) Attack: Robin van Persie (Arsenal), Wayne Rooney (Manchester United) The PFA Young Player of the Year was awarded to Kyle Walker. The FWA Footballer of the Year was also awarded to Robin van Persie. The Premier League Golden Boot award went to Robin van Persie, who scored 30 goals throughout the season. The Premier League Golden Glove award was won by Joe Hart of Manchester City, who achieved 17
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Aiki Larnaca in the Cypriot Second Division. Sotiris Kaiafas Sotirios "Sotiris" Kaiafas (Greek: Σωτήριος "Σωτήρης" Καϊάφας; born 17 December 1949 in Mia Milia, Nicosia) is a retired Cypriot footballer, who played for Omonia and Cyprus. During his career at Omonia, he won the European Golden Boot. He is considered the best footballer that Cyprus has ever produced and also one of the two best Cypriot sportpeople in the 20th century. Kaiafas played for a local club in Mia Milia, called Proodos. In 1965, he joined Omonia and in 1967, he debuted for Omonia senior team joining the youth team at
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Sotiris Kaiafas Sotirios "Sotiris" Kaiafas (Greek: Σωτήριος "Σωτήρης" Καϊάφας; born 17 December 1949 in Mia Milia, Nicosia) is a retired Cypriot footballer, who played for Omonia and Cyprus. During his career at Omonia, he won the European Golden Boot. He is considered the best footballer that Cyprus has ever produced and also one of the two best Cypriot sportpeople in the 20th century. Kaiafas played for a local club in Mia Milia, called Proodos. In 1965, he joined Omonia and in 1967, he debuted for Omonia senior team joining the youth team at the age of 16 because he was
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incredulous that the striker is perceived as a flop. Stéphane Guivarc'h Stéphane Pierre Yves Guivarc'h (, and erroneously or or ; born 6 September 1970) is a retired French footballer who played as striker. He featured in the France squad that won the 1998 FIFA World Cup on home soil. His early career was spent in France with the Breton clubs Stade Brestois and En Avant Guingamp before moving to AJ Auxerre, where he won Ligue 1 in 1996. He returned to Brittany with Stade Rennais with whom he won Ligue 1's Golden Boot. At a second spell at Auxerre
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five of them being consecutive, from 2006 and 2010, and the latest one coming in 2018. She was a member of the Brazilian national teams that won the silver medal at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics. She was also awarded the Golden Ball (MVP) at the 2004 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship, and won both the Golden Ball award as the best player and the Golden Boot award as the top scorer in the 2007 Women's World Cup after leading Brazil to the final of the tournament. In January 2013 she was named as one of the six Ambassadors
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Devorn Jorsling Devorn Jorsling (born 27 December 1983 in Morvant) is a Trinidadian footballer who currently plays for Defence Force. Jorsling played extensively in the TT Pro League, initially with W Connection and Caledonia AIA, but most prominently Defence Force, with whom he played for 8 seasons. He was part of the Defence Force squad which won T&T Pro League title in 2010/2011, won a First Citizens Cup winner's medal in 2009, won the Trinidad and Tobago Cup in 2005, and won the T&T Pro League Golden Boot Award in 2008, tallying 21 goals. He also played for the team
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boot for scoring 17 goals with strike partner Adolf Hitler assisting 15 of them. Mike Lester (footballer) Michael Lester (born 4 August 1954) is an English former professional footballer who played as a defender/midfielder. He made 381 appearances most at Scunthorpe from 1983 to 1986 with 106 appearances. Lester played in the North American Soccer League with the Washington Diplomats, and was involved in an altercation with Pelé during his last appearance for the New York Cosmos in Washington. Big balls once won the award for super head kick of the month whilst training with Azerbaijan in the Asian cup
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for National Premier Leagues NSW 2 club Mounties Wanderers for the 2015 season. However, he has expressed interest in playing in Uruguay, as his cultural heritage is Uruguayan. Mayora was born to Uruguayan Immigrants. Mayora is engaged to Kathleen Kalithas with 2 young children Aleirah Rita Mayora and Brooklyn KJ Mayora. With Sydney Olympic: Matthew Mayora Matthew Mayora (born 10 March 1986 in Sydney) is an Australian footballer who plays for Mounties Wanderers in the National Premier Leagues NSW 2. He was crowned the 2009 NSWPL Golden Boot winner with a haul of 15 goals in 20 matches by Sydney
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Oleg Salenko Oleg Anatolyevich Salenko (; ) (born 25 October 1969) is a retired Russian-Ukrainian footballer who played as a forward. He scored a record five goals in a group-stage match in the 1994 World Cup, helping him earn the Golden Boot as joint-top tournament goalscorer. Salenko was born in Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. Salenko played at Zenit Leningrad, Dynamo Kyiv, Logroñés, Córdoba, Valencia, Rangers and İstanbulspor in a club career that lasted from 1986 to 2000. Eventually, he faded from the international soccer scene and finally had to end his career prematurely, at the age of 31, for
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each season. Mehmood won the award for most number of times with 5 wins, all of them with WAPDA. Muhammad Rasool of K-Electric is the latest winner of the Golden Boot, his second. During the 2014–15 season, he scored 22 goals in 22 matches. As of the December 2018 six players have won the golden boot award. Only two player has won the award more than once with Mehmood winning the award most times with five wins. The following table is a list of winners of the I-League Golden Boot per season, detailing their club, goal tally, actual games played,
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Golden Boot panel to come up with winners in the existing categories used by the RLIF. In 2011, Rugby League World magazine began to award retrospective Golden Boots to fill in "the missing years" starting with Garry Schofield who was adjudged to have won the 1990 Golden Boot. Schofield was due to receive the award at the time, until the sponsors, Adidas, withdrew their backing. Likely winners from 1991 - 1998 are as follows :- 1991 - Greg Alexander (Penrith Panthers) 1992 - Alan Langer (Brisbane Broncos) 1993- Steve Renouf ( Brisbane Broncos) 1994 - Brett Mullins (Canberra Raiders) 1995
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Matthew Mayora Matthew Mayora (born 10 March 1986 in Sydney) is an Australian footballer who plays for Mounties Wanderers in the National Premier Leagues NSW 2. He was crowned the 2009 NSWPL Golden Boot winner with a haul of 15 goals in 20 matches by Sydney Olympic On 13 August 2009 Mayora signed a six-week injury cover contract with Perth Glory after impressing in a trial. On 16 August 2009 he made his A-League debut for Glory against Wellington Phoenix, coming on in the 88th minute. It was reported he would sign with Indonesian Super League club Persipura Jayapura on
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Hellenic. Jimmy Joubert Jimmy "Brixton Towers" Joubert (21 October 1952) was a South African footballer who played in the FPL, NPSL and NSL as a defender and then a striker later in his career. Joubert was signed from Southern Suburbs in the 1970s. He helped Swaraj United win the FPL in 1977 winning the Golden Boot with 23 goals. At Dion Highlands Park Joubert and his team won the NPSL in 1980 only, beating Kaizer Chiefs by five points. In 1981, he joined the Chiefs under experienced coach Joe Frickleton, and they won the quadruple. His son, Mark Joubert played
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Jimmy Joubert Jimmy "Brixton Towers" Joubert (21 October 1952) was a South African footballer who played in the FPL, NPSL and NSL as a defender and then a striker later in his career. Joubert was signed from Southern Suburbs in the 1970s. He helped Swaraj United win the FPL in 1977 winning the Golden Boot with 23 goals. At Dion Highlands Park Joubert and his team won the NPSL in 1980 only, beating Kaizer Chiefs by five points. In 1981, he joined the Chiefs under experienced coach Joe Frickleton, and they won the quadruple. His son, Mark Joubert played for
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Anthony Minichiello Anthony Minichiello (born 24 May 1980) is a former professional rugby league footballer who captained the Sydney Roosters in the National Rugby League, and retired having set records for most games and most tries in the club's history. An Australian and Italian international as well as a New South Wales State of Origin representative turned , he played his entire career with the Roosters, with whom he won the 2002 and 2013 NRL Premierships, before retiring at the conclusion of the club's 2014 campaign. Minichiello also won the Golden Boot Award for international player of the year in
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1–1 draw with Honduras. Gerson Mayen Gerson Levi Mayen Villavicencio (born February 9, 1989) is a Salvadoran professional footballer, who plays for Santa Tecla in the Salvadoran Primera División and El Salvador national team. Mayen attended Manual Arts High School, and started playing soccer when he was young with a club named Gilbert Lindsay Youth Soccer Club, then with the club soccer with Alta Loma Arsenal where he won four Cal South State Cups, four Regional Championships and three National Championships. Mayen also won two Golden Boot awards. Rather than opting to play collegiate soccer, Mayen joined the Chivas USA
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Gerson Mayen Gerson Levi Mayen Villavicencio (born February 9, 1989) is a Salvadoran professional footballer, who plays for Santa Tecla in the Salvadoran Primera División and El Salvador national team. Mayen attended Manual Arts High School, and started playing soccer when he was young with a club named Gilbert Lindsay Youth Soccer Club, then with the club soccer with Alta Loma Arsenal where he won four Cal South State Cups, four Regional Championships and three National Championships. Mayen also won two Golden Boot awards. Rather than opting to play collegiate soccer, Mayen joined the Chivas USA U-18 team. Mayen was
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I-League Golden Boot The I-League Golden Boot is an annual Indian association football award given to the top goalscorer at the end of the I-League season, the top domestic league competition in club Football in India, since its creation in 2007. The top-scoring I-League Golden Boot winner is Ranty Martins Soleye with 32 goals in a 26-game season with Odafe Onyeka Okolie holding the record when the league was an 18-game season with 22 goals. Ranti won the award for most number of times with 5 wins however Odafe has won the award most times for a single club, winning
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only Pelé. At age 17, Ronaldo was the youngest member of the Brazilian squad that won the 1994 FIFA World Cup. At the 1998 World Cup, he received the Golden Ball for player of the tournament, helping Brazil reach the final where he suffered a convulsive fit hours before the defeat to France. He won a second World Cup in 2002 where he starred in a front three with Ronaldinho and Rivaldo. Ronaldo scored twice in the final, and received the Golden Boot as the tournament's top goalscorer. During the 2006 World Cup, Ronaldo scored his 15th World Cup goal,
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season, being included in the Super League Dream Team and playing a starring role in England's 2-1 series victory over New Zealand. This included a hat-trick in the second Test at Anfield. In November 2018 he won the Rugby League World Golden Boot Award over James Tedesco, Dallin Watene-Zelezniak and Elliot Whitehead. Thomas Makinson Tommy Makinson (born 10 October 1991) is an English professional rugby league footballer who plays as a or for St Helens in the European Super League. Makinson has played his entire career to date for St Helens, with whom he won the 2014 Super League championship.
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2 Olympics: China 1991, Sweden 1995, Atlanta 1996, USA 1999, Sydney 2000, USA 2003; she played and started every match for China. Sun Wen, with her China teams, won a silver medal at Atlanta 1996 Olympics, and finished second at USA 1999 world cup. A strong striker with great skills and passing abilities, Sun won both the Golden Boot (which she shared with Sissi, of Brazil) and the Golden Ball for the 1999 Women's World Cup, and became the first woman to be nominated for the Asian Football Confederation player of the year award. In 2002, she was received the
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Steven Gerrard (Liverpool), Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United), Cesc Fàbregas (Arsenal), Ashley Young (Aston Villa) Attack: Emmanuel Adebayor (Arsenal), Fernando Torres (Liverpool) The PFA Young Player of the Year award was won by Cesc Fàbregas of Arsenal. The shortlist for the award was as follows: The FWA Footballer of the Year award for 2008 was won by Cristiano Ronaldo for a second successive season. The Manchester United winger saw off the challenges of Liverpool striker Fernando Torres and Portsmouth goalkeeper David James, who finished second and third respectively. Cristiano Ronaldo was named the winner of the Premier League Golden Boot award.
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been an increasing presence of foreign players in the Pro League, there has not been a foreign-born player to win the Golden Boot since 2008. Since the 2009 season, Trinidad and Tobago international players Kerry Baptiste, Marcus Joseph, Devorn Jorsling, and Richard Roy have won the award. Although Arnold Dwarika has the highest number of goals scored to win the Golden Boot with 45, Jerren Nixon has the highest strike rate of 1.76 (37 goals in 21 games) in winning the Golden Boot during North East Stars' championship winning season in 2004. Every winner of the Golden Boot has thus
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TT Pro League Golden Boot The TT Pro League Golden Boot is an annual Trinidad and Tobago football award given at the beginning of each TT Pro League calendar year to the top goalscorer for the previous season. The Golden Boot has been awarded since the establishment of the Pro League in 1999. The top-scoring Pro League Golden Boot winner is Arnold Dwarika with 45 goals in 28 games during the league's inaugural season. Devorn Jorsling has won the award the most times (4) having scored the most league goals during the 2008, 2010–11, 2012–13, and 2014–15 seasons, all when
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I-League in the league's opening season and he has the most I-League championships at three. Mariano Dias and Khalid Jamil the only other Indian coach to win the I-League. The current head coaches in the I-League are: Season after season, players in the I-League compete for the golden boot title, which is awarded at the end of each season to the top scorer throughout the entire season. The most recent winners of the golden boot are Sunil Chhetri, Darryl Duffy, and Cornell Glenn, who all won the golden boot at the end of the 2013–14 season after scoring 14 goals
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Dimitar Berbatov (Manchester United) The PFA Young Player of the Year was awarded to Jack Wilshere. The FWA Footballer of the Year was awarded to Scott Parker. Dimitar Berbatov of Manchester United and Carlos Tevez of Manchester City shared the Premier League Golden Boot this season, both finishing with 20 goals. Berbatov's 20 goals came in 32 appearances, with Tevez's 20 goals coming in 31 appearances. This was the first time either player had won the award, and the first time it had been shared since the 1998–99 season. The Premier League Golden Glove award was won by Joe Hart
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with the Danish Superliga team. In 2008 Arnbjørn Hansen scored 20 goals in the Faroe Islands Premier League, the top Faroese division, for EB/Streymur. In 2006, he won the title "Best young player of the year". He was chosen as player of the year 2008. Hansen won the Faroese Golden Boot 2008 for being the top scorer in the top Faroese division, Vodafonedeildin. He scored 20 goals, which was 5 goals more than number two on the top scoring list, Andrew av Fløtum from HB Tórshavn, who scored 15. He also won the golden boot in 2010 together with Christian
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Deyna Castellanos Deyna Cristina Castellanos Naujenis (born 18 April 1999) is a Venezuelan footballer who plays for the Florida State Seminoles, the Santa Clarita Blue Heat in the United Women's Soccer and the Venezuela national team. In 2014, she was a member of the Venezuela national under-17 team who finished fourth in the 2014 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup and runners-up in the 2014 Women's Youth Olympic football. She won the Golden Boot of the 2014 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup with six goals, equalling her teammate Gabriela García and was also a goalscorer of the 2014 Women's Youth Olympic
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Mike Lester (footballer) Michael Lester (born 4 August 1954) is an English former professional footballer who played as a defender/midfielder. He made 381 appearances most at Scunthorpe from 1983 to 1986 with 106 appearances. Lester played in the North American Soccer League with the Washington Diplomats, and was involved in an altercation with Pelé during his last appearance for the New York Cosmos in Washington. Big balls once won the award for super head kick of the month whilst training with Azerbaijan in the Asian cup quarterfinals in 1906.He Won the World Cup with Germany in 1940 receiving the golden
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as the three players contributed 18 of the United States' 26 goals that year, in six undefeated games. At the 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup, Jennings-Gabarra won the Golden Ball as the tournament's outstanding player and the Silver Boot as second top–goalscorer. Akers' 10 goals won the Golden Boot and she collected the Silver Ball as runner–up to Jennings-Gabarra. It was the media in host country China who bestowed the nickname "Triple-Edged Sword". After the 1991 World Cup win, team captain Heinrichs retired from playing due to a knee injury and focused on her coaching career. Mia Hamm, who had
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career in non-League football, playing for Worksop Town, Stocksbridge Park Steels, Gainsborough Trinity, Belper Town, Hednesford Town, and Matlock Town. At Matlock, Hannah won the Northern Premier League Golden Boot award during the 2009–10 season, scoring 37 goals in all competitions. Hannah signed a new one-year contract with Matlock in May 2010. He won both the Evo-Stik League Golden Boot and the Non-League Golden Boot awards for the 2010–11 season, having scored 52 goals in all competitions, in a season which saw him beat Matlock's club goal-scoring record. Hannah won Matlock's Player of the Year award in all three seasons
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have won the award. Khamis scored the fewest to win with seven. W-League Golden Boot The W-League Golden Boot is an annual association football award presented to the leading goalscorer in the Australian W-League. The W-League was established in 2008 as the top tier of women's football in Australia. There have always been between seven and nine teams in the league (currently nine). The award is given to the top-scorer over the regular season (not including the finals series). The inaugural award was won by Leena Khamis of Sydney FC. Michelle Heyman has won the award twice, the only player
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Month and Player of the Season awards were only first bestowed during the 1994–95 season. The first Player of the Season award was given to Blackburn Rovers striker Alan Shearer, who won the Premier League title with his team and the Golden Boot that season. Thierry Henry, Cristiano Ronaldo and Nemanja Vidić have been Player of the Season on two occasions each and are the only players to have won the award more than once, with Ronaldo having achieved this in consecutive years (2007 and 2008). Eight players were the Premier League's leading goalscorer and won the Golden Boot alongside
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Gunnar Heiðar Þorvaldsson Gunnar Heiðar Þorvaldsson, commonly anglicised as Gunnar Heidar Thorvaldsson (born 1 April 1982 in Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland), is an Icelandic footballer who currently plays as a striker. His cousin is former Reading defender Ivar Ingimarsson. Gunnar started his career at ÍBV in his hometown of Vestmannaeyjar. After establishing himself as the best striker in the Icelandic Premier League, he was transferred to Halmstads BK in Sweden in 2004. Here, he only narrowly missed out on the league title in his first year and won the Swedish golden boot in the following season (with 16 goals). He also featured
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UEFA Women's Euro 2013 in Sweden. She scored the Netherlands' first ever World Cup goal at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada. Martens scored three goals in The Netherlands victorious 2017 UEFA Women's Euro campaign. For her performances in the tournament, Martens was included in the 2017 UEFA Team of the Tournament and won the Bronze Boot (third top scorer) and the Golden Ball (best player of the tournament). Lieke Martens Lieke Elisabeth Petronella Martens (; born 16 December 1992) is a Dutch footballer who plays for FC Barcelona in the Primera División and the Netherlands national team.
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World Golden Boot Award, which was won by Storm teammate Cameron Smith. On 16 February 2018, Vunivalu played in the 2018 World Club Challenge victory over the Leeds Rhinos, scoring a try. Vunivalu repainted Fiji Bati in the 2018 Pacific Rugby League Tests. He played in the 2018 NRL Grand Final. Individual Club Suliasi Vunivalu Suliasi Vunivalu (born 27 November 1995) is a Fijian professional rugby league footballer who plays for the Melbourne Storm in the National Rugby League. A Fiji international representative, he plays on the . Born in Suva, Fiji, Vunivalu grew up in the province of Bua
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retired from football in 2006. Zviad Endeladze Zviad Endeladze (; born 7 April 1966 in Adigeni) is a retired Georgian footballer who played as a forward. He has played for clubs such as Guria Lanchkhuti and Margveti, scoring 40 goals during the 1995–96 season, which made him the top scorer in European domestic competitions and would have won the European Golden Boot had it not been suspended in 1991. The award was reinstated a season after Endeladze's feat under new rules that would count goals scored in the Georgian Top League as one point while goals scored in Europe's top
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World Cup qualifying victory over Malta on 8 June 2005. Gunnar Heiðar Þorvaldsson Gunnar Heiðar Þorvaldsson, commonly anglicised as Gunnar Heidar Thorvaldsson (born 1 April 1982 in Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland), is an Icelandic footballer who currently plays as a striker. His cousin is former Reading defender Ivar Ingimarsson. Gunnar started his career at ÍBV in his hometown of Vestmannaeyjar. After establishing himself as the best striker in the Icelandic Premier League, he was transferred to Halmstads BK in Sweden in 2004. Here, he only narrowly missed out on the league title in his first year and won the Swedish golden boot
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in the UEFA Cup. In the island, the most noted footballer is Salvatore Schillaci, who won the Golden Boot at the 1990 FIFA World Cup with Italy. Other noted players include Giuseppe Furino, Pietro Anastasi, Francesco Coco, Christian Riganò, and Roberto Galia. There have also been some noted managers from the island, such as Carmelo Di Bella and Franco Scoglio. Although football is the most popular sport in Sicily, the island also has participants in other fields. Amatori Catania have competed in the top Italian national rugby union league called National Championship of Excellence. They have even participated at European
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Zviad Endeladze Zviad Endeladze (; born 7 April 1966 in Adigeni) is a retired Georgian footballer who played as a forward. He has played for clubs such as Guria Lanchkhuti and Margveti, scoring 40 goals during the 1995–96 season, which made him the top scorer in European domestic competitions and would have won the European Golden Boot had it not been suspended in 1991. The award was reinstated a season after Endeladze's feat under new rules that would count goals scored in the Georgian Top League as one point while goals scored in Europe's top leagues are counted double. He
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Greg Inglis Gregory Paul Inglis (born 15 January 1987) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays for the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the National Rugby League. A Queensland State of Origin and Australian international representative outside back, he previously played for the Melbourne Storm, with whom he won two grand finals, a Clive Churchill Medal and the Golden Boot Award; he is an indigenous Australian. Inglis is a versatile back, having played in several positions during his career. He originally played on the or in the s for the Storm, occasionally filling in at when injuries demanded. Between
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Evans Chikwaikwai Evans Chikwaikwai (born 14 August 1985 in Rusape's Vengere Township) is a Zimbabwean footballer who plays as striker for Bidvest Wits in the South African Premier Soccer League. In 2008, he was named Zimbabwean Soccer Star of the Year. Chikwaikwai also won the golden boot award.He attended Vengere Primary School from 1990 to 1997 and proceeded to Vengere High School for his 'O' and 'A' levels.There he became a key utility player for the school team and earned himself the nickname 'Morocco' for his love of the Moroccan national soccer team,especially striker Mustapha Hadji. Chikwaikwai's strength lies in
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Habib Kyombo Habib Kyombo (born 21 December 2000) is a Tanzanian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Singida United of the Tanzania Premier League. Kyombo was born in Dar es Salaam and played youth football with BQ Academy, Kinondoni FC and Simba B before starting his professional career with Lipuli FC in the Tanzanian First Division. After moving to Mbao FC in the 2017/2018 season, he had a good season under the guidance of Coach Ettiene Ndayiragije where he won FA Azam Federation cup's Golden Boot with 6 goals in 3 games. He was also shortlisted to challenge
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Khairul Nizam Mohammad Khairul Nizam bin Mohammad Kamal (born 25 June 1991) is a Singapore international footballer who plays as a forward for Warriors FC in the S League. He was first spotted when he was playing for his alma mater Serangoon Secondary School where he won the Golden Boot Award in the 2007 National ‘B’ Division Football Championship, scoring all of his nine goals from open play. He went on to represent an adidas squad from Singapore that played in a regional football tournament in Hong Kong later that year. Nizam began his professional football career with Under-23 side
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area of Rusape. Bidvest Wits manager Roger de Sa described Chikwaikwai as 'an exceptional striker' On 17 February 2010, Chikwaikwai is loaned to Liga Muçulmana de Maputo in Mozambique until 30 June 2010. On 16 June 2011, Zimbabwe international and former Warriors forward Evans Chikwaikwai has joined Premiership newcomers Chicken Inn. Evans Chikwaikwai Evans Chikwaikwai (born 14 August 1985 in Rusape's Vengere Township) is a Zimbabwean footballer who plays as striker for Bidvest Wits in the South African Premier Soccer League. In 2008, he was named Zimbabwean Soccer Star of the Year. Chikwaikwai also won the golden boot award.He attended
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in the Premier League. For the 2013 season, Puaneswaran joined Terengganu FA. Melaka United G.Puaneswaran Profile G. Puaneswaran Puaneswaran a/l Gunasekaran (born 27 May 1983 in Selangor) is a Malaysian footballer who plays and for Malaysia Super League club Melaka United. Puaneswaran plays mainly as a right winger but can also plays as a right back. Puaneswaran played for Pos Malaysia FC from 2009, and helped the team won the 2009 Malaysia FAM League and promotion to 2010 Malaysia Premier League. He scored 19 goals in 2010, one less between the Golden Boot winner Zamri Hassan. Puaneswaran played with the
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Fandi Ahmad Fandi bin Ahmad, (born 29 May 1962) is a Singaporean former footballer who is currently head coach of the Young Lions in the S.League, and also the current interim head coach of Singapore. He mainly played as a striker, but also played as a midfielder. He played for Malaysia Cup state sides Singapore FA, Kuala Lumpur FA and Pahang FA, and won titles with all three, including two Doubles in 1992 and 1994, and the Golden Boot in 1988. Fandi also played for Niac Mitra (Indonesia), Groningen (Netherlands), Geylang United (Singapore) and SAFFC (Singapore). With the Singapore national
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Stiven Mendoza John Stiven Mendoza Valencia (born 27 June 1992) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a striker for French club Amiens. Formed at Envigado and loaned to América Cali and Cúcuta Deportivo, he joined América Cali in 2013. In 2014, he was signed by Chennaiyin for the inaugural Indian Super League season, after which he joined Corinthians, being loaned back for the second installment of the ISL. He won the Golden Boot that season, helping Chennaiyin win the ISL. Following further loans at New York City FC and Bahia he signed for Amiens in January 2018. Born
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Shaun Johnson Shaun Johnson (born 9 September 1990) is a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who plays as a or for the Cronulla Sharks in the NRL. He has played previously for the New Zealand Warriors. In 2014 Johnson won the Golden Boot Award for the world's best player. Johnson's mother is Laotian and his father is a Pākehā New Zealander (possibly Anglo-Saxon or Scandanavian New Zealander). From Whangaparaoa, Johnson attended Orewa College and played many sports, including basketball and rugby union, but made his name playing touch and Australian rules football. He represented New Zealand in both touch
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Peguero Jean Philippe Peguero Jean Philippe (born 29 September 1981), also known as Jean Philippe Peguero and by the nicknames "JPP" and "Pedro", is a Haitian professional footballer who is currently playing for Real du Cap. Peguero began his career with Haitian club Don Bosco FC, with whom he won the 2003 Ligue Haïtienne, and was named MVP and received the Golden Boot Award with 13 goals. He moved to Major League Soccer in March 2004 to play for Colorado Rapids. Peguero finished his first season with the Rapids with seven goals and four assists in only 18 games. In
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Cup. Pierce Waring Pierce Waring (born 18 November 1998) is an Australian professional footballer who plays as a forward for J1 League club Cerezo Osaka. Born in Melbourne to an Australian father and a Japanese mother, Waring moved to Shanghai when he was just two years old, as his parents were working in China, before moving to Japan for another four years. Waring subsequently moved back to Melbourne at the age of eight. Waring made his youth debut in 2015 after gaining promotion from the under 20 team under John Aloisi. Waring won the 2016/2017 National Youth League Golden Boot.
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Pierce Waring Pierce Waring (born 18 November 1998) is an Australian professional footballer who plays as a forward for J1 League club Cerezo Osaka. Born in Melbourne to an Australian father and a Japanese mother, Waring moved to Shanghai when he was just two years old, as his parents were working in China, before moving to Japan for another four years. Waring subsequently moved back to Melbourne at the age of eight. Waring made his youth debut in 2015 after gaining promotion from the under 20 team under John Aloisi. Waring won the 2016/2017 National Youth League Golden Boot. Pierce
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Bruno Gomes Bruno Gomes de Oliveira Conceição (born 19 July 1996), known as Bruno Gomes or simply Bruno, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Aves, on loan from Estoril. Following a string of impressive performances at youth level with Desportivo Brasil, during which time he scored more than 130 goals and won three consecutive age-group Golden Boot awards, Gomes was signed by Internacional in 2013. Prior to signing for the Brazilian Série A side he had previously undergone a trial at Premier League club Manchester United in 2012. In 2014, he was part of the
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Rhian Brewster Rhian Joel Brewster (born 1 April 2000) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Liverpool and the England U17 national football team. In 2017, he was part of the England squad which won the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup and achieved the Golden Boot award as the tournament's top scorer. Born and raised in the London area, Brewster attended school at Chadwell Heath Primary School before joining the Chadwell Heath and Shield Football academies. At the age of seven, he was spotted by scouts from Chelsea, Arsenal, West Ham and Charlton.
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Rhian Brewster Rhian Joel Brewster (born 1 April 2000) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Liverpool and the England U17 national football team. In 2017, he was part of the England squad which won the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup and achieved the Golden Boot award as the tournament's top scorer. Born and raised in the London area, Brewster attended school at Chadwell Heath Primary School before joining the Chadwell Heath and Shield Football academies. At the age of seven, he was spotted by scouts from Chelsea, Arsenal, West Ham and Charlton.
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in August 2008. Sarfraz Rasool Sarfraz Rasool (born July 10, 1975) is a former Pakistani international footballer, who played for KRL FC. The goal scoring midfielder had been playing for KRL FC from between 1999 and 2003, and was constantly in the goals for the national team. Sarfraz won the Golden boot at the 2003 SAFF Cup with 4 goals, and was named Asian Football Confederation Player of the Month. However, he controversially left Pakistan soon after and moved to England, which effectively ended his international career, but remained with KRL for some seasons, before eventually joining the renamed PMC
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win a premiership and if they don't see me as worthy of what they were paying me that's fine. If it was all about the money I would have stayed there. I would have stayed and played my contract out. I'm here to win a premiership at Cronulla". Shaun Johnson Shaun Johnson (born 9 September 1990) is a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who plays as a or for the Cronulla Sharks in the NRL. He has played previously for the New Zealand Warriors. In 2014 Johnson won the Golden Boot Award for the world's best player. Johnson's mother
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Gary Lavery Gary Lavery (born 4 May 1997) is a Northern Irish footballer who has recently retired from football to take up a career in mma Born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Lavery progressed through the academy at Glenavon F.C.. He was a devastating goalscorer at youth team level playing for various teams across the north. From an early age, it has been apparent that Lavery was a frequent goalscorer coming through the ranks of the South Belfast Youth League, and Northern Ireland National League respectively. At Aquinas F.C, a local South Belfast club, he won the golden boot at Under
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G. Puaneswaran Puaneswaran a/l Gunasekaran (born 27 May 1983 in Selangor) is a Malaysian footballer who plays and for Malaysia Super League club Melaka United. Puaneswaran plays mainly as a right winger but can also plays as a right back. Puaneswaran played for Pos Malaysia FC from 2009, and helped the team won the 2009 Malaysia FAM League and promotion to 2010 Malaysia Premier League. He scored 19 goals in 2010, one less between the Golden Boot winner Zamri Hassan. Puaneswaran played with the team until 2012, sometimes as skipper of the team, as Pos Malaysia FC consolidated their place
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lead within the first ten minutes. Quinn represented Great Britain at the 2017 World University Games where she won the Golden Boot award for most goals scored. The same year, she represented England at the 2017 Women's Euro Beach Soccer Cup, where she earned the Best Goalkeeper award. Lucy Quinn Lucy Quinn (born 29 September 1993} is an English footballer who plays as a forward for Birmingham City. She previously played for Yeovil Town and Portsmouth. Growing up, Quinn studied at Itchen College in Southampton. Quinn signed with FA WSL 2 side Yeovil Town during the summer of 2016. She
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Sarfraz Rasool Sarfraz Rasool (born July 10, 1975) is a former Pakistani international footballer, who played for KRL FC. The goal scoring midfielder had been playing for KRL FC from between 1999 and 2003, and was constantly in the goals for the national team. Sarfraz won the Golden boot at the 2003 SAFF Cup with 4 goals, and was named Asian Football Confederation Player of the Month. However, he controversially left Pakistan soon after and moved to England, which effectively ended his international career, but remained with KRL for some seasons, before eventually joining the renamed PMC Club Athletico Faisalabad
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the Silver Ball prize. The Player of the Year award is named after former player Francisco Stromp, and was instituted from 1992. The list below is a list of winners of the award. Awards received while playing for Sporting CP European Golden Boot African Footballer of the Year Bulgarian Footballer of the Year Algerian Ballon d'Or UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship Golden Player FIFA U-20 World Cup Golden Ball Silver Ball Bronze Ball UEFA European Under-17 Championship Golden Player Award Portuguese Golden Ball Portuguese Footballer of the Year LPFP Primeira Liga Breakthrough Player of the Year: LPFP Primeira Liga Goalkeeper
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a surprising third, with Club legend Kam Simsek winning the league golden boot. In 2010, Moreland endured a similar season, finishing in fourth place. Sam Wade won the League Best & Fairest and fellow Welshman Darren Griffiths took out the League Golden Boot. In 2012, Moreland City finished in second place, qualifying for the promotion playoff, but agonisingly lost to Box Hill United SC. Welshman Adam Orme won the League Golden Boot award. The hard work and persistence paid off for Moreland City in 2013 when they took out the State League Division 2 North West League Championship, reaching the
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Juventus F.C. and the Italy national football team Juventus is the club that has contributed the most players to the Italy national team in history. They are the only Italian club that has contributed players to every Italian national teams since the 2nd FIFA World Cup. Juventus have contributed numerous players to Italy's World Cup campaigns. These successful periods principally have coincided with two golden ages (known as "Il Quinquennio d’Oro" (The Golden Quinquennium)), from 1931 until 1935, and "Il Ciclo Leggendario" (The Legendary Cycle), from 1972 to 1986. Two Juventus players have won the "golden boot" award at the
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in 1995–96, under manager Guy Roux, but only scored 3 goals in 23 league appearances. After a season at Auxerre, he returned to a third Breton club, Stade Rennais for a single season, where he won the Ligue 1 Golden Boot for 22 goals in 36 appearances. Guivarc'h's Golden Boot-winning season prompted a return to Auxerre only one year after leaving them. He retained the Ligue 1 Golden Boot, rewarded for 21 goals in 32 league appearances. . Guivarc'h scored seven times in the UEFA Cup in 1997–98 to earn its Golden Boot. The first goal came in the First
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Nelson of Joe Public shared the award with San Juan Jabloteh's Anthony Wolfe the following season. The Golden Boot winner has played for Defence Force during their award-winning season six times, which is the most of any club in the TT Pro League. Joe Public and San Juan Jabloteh are second with three players each claiming the Golden Boot. Players from five nations, other than Trinidad and Tobago, have won the Golden Boot including Guyana (Randolph Jerome, 2003–04), Brazil (Gefferson, 2005), Saint Lucia (Earl Jean, 2005), Jamaica (Roen Nelson, 2006), and Antigua and Barbuda (Peter Byers, 2007). Although there has
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won the League Cup in his first full season. In 2014, he was named the PFA Players' Player of the Year and the FWA Footballer of the Year as well as winning the Premier League Golden Boot, and sharing the European Golden Shoe with Cristiano Ronaldo before moving to Barcelona in a transfer worth €82.3 million (£64.98 million), making him one of the most expensive players in football history. In his first season at Barcelona, Suárez starred in an attacking trio alongside Lionel Messi and Neymar, helping the club win a historic second continental treble of La Liga, the Copa
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