Enoch3721: Some of the greatest goalscorers in football history have plied their trade in Europe, but only a select few have won the Golden Shoe.
Each season, the race for the Golden Shoe is often hotly contested with the best goalscorers across the continent vying for the accolade.
Tallies of upwards of 30 goals are usually required in order to win the trophy, but the likes of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have taken things to another level in recent years.
If you are wondering how it works, GOAL takes a look at the European Golden Shoe, its history, the players that have won it, how it is awarded and more.
Contents[i] 1. What is the Golden Shoe? 2. How are Golden Shoe points scored? 3. Golden Shoe winners 4. Who has won the most Golden Shoe awards? 5. Golden Shoe trophy
[/i]What is the Golden Shoe? The European Golden Shoe (sometimes referred to as the European Golden Boot) is an award that is given to the player who finishes the season as the leading league scorer across all of Europe's top divisions.
First introduced for the 1967-68 season by French football magazine L'Equipe - who called the award the Soulier d'Or , which translates to 'Golden Shoe' - it is presented on an annual basis.
While conceived by L'Equipe , the responsibility for awarding the Golden Shoe has been the remit of European Sports Media (ESM) - an association of football-themed publications including Marca , La Gazzetta dello Sport and kicker among others - since the 1996-97 season.
How are Golden Shoe points scored? Since ESM took over the running of the Golden Shoe award in 1996-97, a points system based on league strength has been utilised in order to determine the top scorer.
UEFA's coefficient is the yardstick for points weighting and the idea behind it is to reward players who score goals in leagues that are considered to be of a higher standard - thus more difficult to score in.
Goals scored in the continent's top five leagues being multiplied by a factor of two, those scored in the leagues six to 21 are multiplied by a factor of 1.5 and the remaining leagues by a factor of one.
The top five European leagues are: La Liga, the Premier League, Serie A, the Bundesliga and Ligue 1.
Golden Shoe winners You can see a list of Golden Shoe winners since the 1996-97 season, when ESM took over the running of the award, in the table below. Golden Shoe winners since 1996-97 As well as the above winners, players to have scooped the accolade prior to 1996-97 include Eusebio, Gerd Muller, Hugo Sanchez, Marco van Basten, Ian Rush and Hristo Stoichkov. Notably, the award was not given out between 1991-92 and 1995-96 , following a dispute with the Cyprus Football Association in 1990-91 over who the rightful winner was. Red Star Belgrade's Darko Pancev, who scored 34 goals that season, was later presented with the Golden Shoe in 2006.
You can see the full list of winners from 1967-68 on the ESM website. Who has won the most Golden Shoe awards? It will come as little surprise to most football fans that Lionel Messi has won the most Golden Shoe awards. The Barcelona icon, who is now on the books at Paris Saint-Germain, has secured the prize on six occasions (2009-10, 2011-12, 2012-13, 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19). No prizes for guessing that Messi's perennial rival Cristiano Ronaldo follows the Argentina international with four Golden Shoes, which were won across his time with Real Madrid (2010-11, 2013-14, 2014-15) and Manchester United (2007-08). After Messi and Ronaldo, no player comes close, with only a handful managing to clinch the trophy more than once. Thierry Henry, Luis Suarez, Diego Forlan, Eusebio and Gerd Muller all won it twice, as did Mario Jardel, Fernando Gomes and Dudu Georgescu. Former Rangers striker Ally McCoist finished as Europe's top scorer in 1991-92 and 1992-93, but did so during a time when the award was not deemed official.
Golden Shoe trophy
The trophy for the Golden Shoe is, unsurprisingly, a golden shoe or, more accurately, a golden football boot on a stone base.
Designs have changed over the years but the current trophy appears to have been based on the famous Adidas Predator style of boots, specifically the Predator Precision edition.
how come we don't see these awards in Africa abi Africa don't play football
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But I never could have imagined it that what seems like a blissful marriage of my brother could end just like that. What is the problem? Social media! They had an issue, and she went and posted it there, from WhatsApp to Facebook and the worst of all twitter and some stupid women group which she seems to be a member of, may be there is some Judges there, come and see some people passing judgment even without hearing the other side of the story.
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To the best of my knowledge, my brother is the best and cool personality I had ever come in contact with, But these act of hers has been the height of it for him.
Brethren as I'm talking to you now, my brother has contacted a lawyer to prepare the divorce papers. Our parents and family members has called a meeting, we begged him for almost a week now but he stood his ground about the divorce, her family has come to apologize and beg for reconciliation for the both of them but to no avail, I spoke to him personally and begged like what you could ever imagine but our please fell on deaf ear. He personally told me that if his wife had gone to the court, he would've preferred it. If there is absolutely anything I know about my brother is him being a man of his words. She has done countless of things to him and She'll call us to apologize all the time and he'll forgive especially when my mom is involved. But for these I don't know what To say, she has cried and cried her eyes all out but for where It seems My brother has made up his mind, But if I may ask the ladies, why always the social media, going out there to claim the victims card.
Sorry I don't have much time neither am I good with telling stories, if not, I should have narrated what led to the whole problem but is a long epistle on it own....
Why is too hard to know what your spouse want and dislike. Note: he doesn't even want you posting his image in any media platform even on his birthdays, we're kinda some sort of reserved people in my family.
The marriage is three years old. Not everybody likes these social media of a thing.
Your brother can open his own social media account to tell his side of the story you know?? There are many men's civil right group out here.
NovesaTillie: Please I need only matured minds on this. It's a serious matter.
My elder sister and her husband were married for 5 years and separated November last year but not divorced yet, though the families have been trying to reconcile them to come back together but my sister's husband has been adamant about it.
I noticed that ever since his separation from my sister he started visiting my place and now it has become frequent. I allowed it because I see him as a brother but now I am starting to really enjoy his company. He has been helping me out with stuffs and still maintains his kindness towards my parents.
He proposed marriage to me yesterday and I have been confused. I will be 30 by February 2nd. Should I accept his proposal?
ebukajay184: Nigerian billionaire businessman, Obi Iyiegbu, popularly known as Obi Cubana has finally met with viral Lagos hawker, Ekuma Jeremiah Iziogo, after the businessman had offered Jeremiah a scholarship up to master's level as well as employment in any of his establishments, IGBERETV reports.
Jeremiah came to the limelight in a viral video where he was captured in traffic with a crate of bottled water on his head while handing out cash to inmates in a Correctional Service vehicle along Ajah axis, Lagos State.
After the event, Jeremiah disclosed in an interview that he was a law student in Ebonyi State University before he dropped out.
A photographer, Ojo Emmanuel who had told the hawker's story in a viral video interview also shared videos capturing Jeremiah's meeting with Obi Cubana.
During the meeting which had media personality Daddy Freeze and a female entrepreneur present, Obi Cubana praised the hawker for the gesture to the inmates as he remarked that people also passed by the prisoners but didn't feel the need to show them some love. The socialite reiterated his earlier promises as he encouraged the young man with kind words. As Obi Cubana was about to leave, Jeremiah immediately prostrated before the businessman who appeared to be engrossed in a phone call. Obi Cubana gave him a pat on the back and then walked away with an assurance of a proper meeting between him and the hawker.
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