Mario Jardel still leads the way in the race for Europe’s Golden Shoe award after a weekend hat-trick for Sporting Clube de Portugal against UD Leiria.
Gruznov hopes over
The Brazilian sharpshooter is now on 42 points, five clear of Maksim Gruznov from Estonian club JK Trans Narva. With the Estonian season over, however, Gruznov will not get the chance to add to his tally.
Trio in third
The three players who pose the biggest threat to Jardel’s supremacy at present are all grouped together on 36 points. Arsenal FC’s Thierry Henry surrendered his sole hold on third place when he drew a goalscoring blank against Southampton FC. He has now been joined by Manchester United FC’s Ruud van Nistelrooij, who cracked two goals against Sunderland AFC, and Chelsea FC’s Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, who was on target twice against Leicester City FC.
Dramatic rise
The most dramatic rise in the Golden Shoe table saw Parma AC’s Marco di Vaio leap 13 places to eleventh after scoring against Brescia Calcio. Last year’s Golden Shoe winner, Celtic FC’s Henrik Larsson, dropped one place to tenth. Listed below are the latest standings after matches played on 4 February 2002.
Latest standings (only league goals count):
| Pos | Name | Club (Country) | Gls | Val | Pts | | 1 | Mario Jardel | Sporting Clube de Portugal (POR) | 28 | 1.5 | 42 | | 2 | Maksim Gruznov | Trans Narva (EST) | 37 | 1 | 37 | | 3 | Thierry Henry | Arsenal FC (ENG) | 18 | 2 | 36 | | 3 | Ruud van Nistelrooij | Manchester United FC (ENG) | 18 | 2 | 36 | | 3 | Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink | Chelsea FC (ENG) | 18 | 2 | 36 | | 6 | Pauleta | FC Girondins de Bordeaux (FRA) | 17 | 2 | 34 | | 7 | Ronald Brunmayr | Grazer AK (AUT) | 22 | 1.5 | 33 | | 8 | Wesley Sonck | KRC Genk (BEL) | 21 | 1.5 | 31.5 | | 8 | Christian Giménez | FC Lugano/FC Basel (SUI) | 21 | 1.5 | 31.5 | | 10 | Henrik Larsson | Celtic FC (SCO) | 20 | 1.5 | 30 | | 11 | Christian Vieri | Internazionale FC (ITA) | 14 | 2 | 28 | | 11 | Christophe Darcheville | FC Lorient (FRA) | 14 | 2 | 28 | | 11 | Christiano Doni | Atalanta BC (ITA) | 14 | 2 | 28 | | 11 | Dario Hubner | Piacenza FC (ITA) | 14 | 2 | 28 | | 11 | Marco Di Vaio | Parma AC (ITA) | 14 | 2 | 28 | | 11 | David Trezeguet | Juventus FC (ITA) | 14 | 2 | 28 | | 17 | Dmitri Vyazmikin | FC Torpedo Moscow (RUS) | 18 | 1.5 | 27 | | 18 | Djibril Cissé | AJ Auxerre (FRA) | 13 | 2 | 26 | | 18 | Alan Shearer | Newcastle United FC (ENG) | 13 | 2 | 26 | | 20 | Thorstein Helstad | SK Brann (NOR) | 17 | 1.5 | 25.5 | | 20 | Clayton Zane | Lillestrøm SK (NOR) | 17 | 1.5 | 25.5 | | 20 | Ricardo Nuñez | Grasshopper-Club (SUI) | 17 | 1.5 | 25.5 | | 20 | Frode Johnsen | Rosenborg BK (NOR) | 17 | 1.5 | 25.5 | | 25 | Sergei Davydov | FC Neman-Belcard Grodno (BLS) | 25 | 1 | 25 |
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Last updated 5 February 2002 - including games played on 04.02.02
Note that Dmitri Vyazmikin has transferred from FC Torpedo Moscow to newly promoted Uralan Elista in the Russian league. Only the leading five countries (Spain, Italy, Germany, France and England) on the UEFA Ranking after the 2000/01 season 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. In a change from last season, 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. For example, last season John Carew played for Rosenborg BK and then moved to Valencia CF for the start of the Spanish season. From this season, he would have had two separate rankings.
