José Gomes crowned U17 EURO top scorer
Saturday, May 21, 2016
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José Gomes has finished as the top scorer at the 2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, his seven goals in Azerbaijan also making him the competition's all-time leading marksman.
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Seven-goal Portugal forward José Gomes has finished as the top scorer at the 2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship.
The Benfica forward found the net during four of his five starts in Azerbaijan – he was rested for all but the last few minutes of Hélio Sousa's side's matchday three encounter with Belgium – and registered the only hat-trick of the final tournament, against Austria in the last eight.
Not on target in Portugal's final victory against Spain on penalties, Gomes surpassed La Roja's Paco Alcácer as the most prolific player in the competition's history with his treble-sealing goal in that 5-0 defeat of Austria. The Guinea-Bissau-born striker took his tally to 12 for the campaign and 16 overall (he scored four in 2014/15 qualifying) with a header, his fifth of a fruitful two weeks in Baku, in the subsequent 2-0 triumph over the Netherlands.
2016 final tournament top scorers
José Gomes (Portugal) 7
Abel Ruiz (Spain) 4
Yari Otto (Germany) 3
Reiss Nelson (England) 3
Renat Dadashov (Germany) 3
Brahim Díaz (Spain) 2
Francisco García (Spain) 2
2015/16 season top scorers
José Gomes (Portugal) 12
Reiss Nelson (England) 9
João Filipe (Portugal) 7
Teddy Bergqvist (Sweden) 6
Jens Odgaard (Denmark) 6
Abel Ruiz (Spain) 6
Dylan Vente (Netherlands) 6
Previous finals top scorers
2015: Odsonne Edouard (France) 8
2014: Dominic Solanke (England), Jari Schuurman (Netherlands) 4
2013: Elio Capradossi (Italy), Robin Kamber (Switzerland), Mario Pugliese (Italy), Martin Slaninka (Slovakia) 2
2012: Max Meyer (Germany) 3
2011: Kyle Ebecilio (Netherlands), Hallam Hope (England), Samed Yesil (Germany), Tonny Trindade de Vilhena (Netherlands) 3
2010: Paco Alcácer (Spain) 6
2009: Luc Castaignos (Netherlands), Lennart Thy (Germany) 3
2008: Yannis Tafer (France) 4
2007: Toni Kroos (Germany), Victor Moses (England) 3
2006: Manuel Fischer (Germany), Bojan Krkić (Spain), Tomáš Necid (Czech Republic) 5
2005: Tevfik Köse (Turkey) 6
2004: Hatem Ben Arfa (France), Bruno Gama (Portugal), Shane Paul (England), Marc Pedraza (Spain) 3
2003: David Rodríguez (Spain) 6
2002: Jonathan Soriano (Spain) 7
Previous season top scorers
2014/15: Odsonne Edouard (France) 13
2013/14: Adam Armstrong, Dominic Solanke (England) 9
2012/13: Timo Werner (Germany) 13
2011/12: Gergely Bobá (Hungary) 8
2010/11: Samed Yesil (Germany) 11
2009/10: Paco Alcácer (Spain) 14
2008/09: Muhammet Demir (Turkey) 7
2007/08: Danijel Aleksić (Serbia), Geoffrey Castillion (Netherlands) 9
2006/07: Toni Kroos (Germany), Vitali Rushnitski (Belarus), Kolbein Sigthórsson (Iceland) 7
2005/06: Manuel Fischer (Germany) 13
2004/05: Nikola Kalinić (Croatia) 11
2003/04: Fausto Lourenço (Portugal) 8
2002/03: David Rodríguez (Spain) 9
2001/02: Collins John (Netherlands), Simon Vukčević (Yugoslavia) 8
All time
José Gomes (Portugal) 16
Paco Alcácer (Spain) 14
Odsonne Edouard (France) 13
Manuel Fischer (Germany) 13
Timo Werner (Germany) 13