This goal comes in addition to the quadruple scored with Sweden against Azerbaijan in the Nations League (6-0), and to the 54 others scored since the start of the calendar year. In total, Viktor Gyökeres has 59 goals in 55 appearances in 2024. A performance that he will be able to further refine before the end of the year, since there are still 8 matches to play for his club Sporting, ranked first of the Portuguese championship with 11 victories in as many matches.
Better than Harry Kane and Erling Haaland, no less
The Swede, who arrived at Sporting in the summer of 2023, now occupies first place in the ranking of first division scorers around the world, in all competitions. The 26-year-old has scored 13 more goals than Harry Kane, who scored a hat-trick this weekend, and 14 more goals than Erling Haaland, currently struggling with the Citizens.
Over the previous ten years, only Cristiano Ronaldo, in 2014 (61 goals), and Robert Lewandowski, in 2021 (69 goals), have done better.
The absolute record in this area is held by Lionel Messi (91 goals in 2012) and seems out of reach. The latter had supplanted Gerd Muller, author of 85 goals in 1972.
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