Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo drew a rare blank at the weekend, meaning he still trails Aleksandrs Čekulajevs by 4 points in the ESM Golden Shoe standings.
Thew biggest mover near the top of the standings was Barcelona’s Lionel Messi who scored twice in his side’s 4-2 win over Real Betis to move within four points of Ronaldo. Meanwhile, Arsenal’s Robin van Persie continued his impressive strike rate, scoring the opener in the London side’s 3-2 defeat to Swansea.
POS PLAYER TEAM GOALS FACTOR PTS
1. Aleksandrs Cekulajevs (JK Trans Narva) 46 x 1 = 46
2. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) 21 x 2 = 42
3. Lionel Messi (FC Barcelona) 19 x 2 = 38
4. Seydou Doumbia (CSKA Moscow) 24 x 1.5 = 36
Robin van Persie (Arsenal) 18 x 2 = 36
6. Mario Gomez (Bayern Munich) 16 x 2 = 32
7. Burak Yilmaz (Trabzonspor) 21 x 1,5 = 31,5
8. Demba Ba (Newcastle United) 15 x 2 = 30
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (Schalke 04) 15 x 2 = 30
10. Sergio ‘Kun’ Agüero (Manchester City) 14 x 2 = 28
Olivier Giroud (Montpellier) 14 x 2 = 28
Gonzalo Higuain (Real Madrid) 14 x 2 = 28
Lukas Podolski (Cologne) 14 x 2 = 28
14. Artjoms Rudnevs (Lech Poznán) 18 x 1,5 = 27
David Lafata (FK Jablonec) 18 x 1,5 = 27
16. Antonio Di Natale (Udinese) 13 x 2 = 26
Wayne Rooney (Manchester United) 13 x 2 = 26
18. Mostafa Abdellaoue (Tromsö IL) 17 x 1,5 = 25,5
19. Ole Martin Arst (IK Start Kristiansand) 16 x 1,5 = 24
Gérman Gustavo Denis (Atalanta) 12 x 2 = 24
Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Milan) 12 x 2 = 24
Aleksandr Kerzhakov (Zenit St.Petersburg) 16 x 1,5 = 24
Robert Lewandowski (Borussia Dortmund) 12 x 2 = 24
Jérémy Perbet (Mons) 16 x 1,5 = 24
Claudio Pizarro (Werder Bremen) 12 x 2 = 24
Rade Prica (Rosenborg) 16 x 1,5 = 24
Aiyegbeni Yakubu (Blackburn Rovers) 12 x 2 = 24
* Standings last updated 16/01/2012
**Rules
Only the leading five countries – Spain, Italy, Germany, France and England – in the UEFA rankings have two as their multiplier. This is to emphasise the difference in (international) performance level between clubs from those countries and those of other nations.A player cannot play first in a summer league (e.g. Norway) and then in a winter league (e.g. Spain) and combine the points totals for each season.
Only the leading five countries – Spain, Italy, Germany, France and England – in the UEFA rankings have two as their multiplier. This is to emphasise the difference in (international) performance level between clubs from those countries and those of other nations.A player cannot play first in a summer league (e.g. Norway) and then in a winter league (e.g. Spain) and combine the points totals for each season.
