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Pacheco picks up scoring prize

Daniel Pacheco leaves the final tournament with a runners-up medal and the consolation of the top scorers' trophy having outstripped his rivals with four goals.

Spain striker Daniel Pacheco receives the top scorers' trophy
Spain striker Daniel Pacheco receives the top scorers' trophy ©Sportsfile

Having finished the UEFA European Under-19 Championship with a runners-up medal following the final defeat by France, Daniel Pacheco did at least have something to celebrate having finished as the competition's top scorer with four goals.

The Spain striker failed to find the net in the final, as he did in his first appearance of the tournament against Croatia, but burst into life with two goals against Portugal on Matchday 2, adding another against Italy and then opening the scoring against England in the semi-finals. Pacheco finishes with one goal more than Zvonko Pamić of Croatia, who scored a hat-trick in the remarkable 5-0 defeat of Portugal, and France pair Cédric Bakambu and Alexandre Lacazette – the latter having headed the late winner that earned his side the trophy.

A further five players finished on two goals, including two more France players in Antoine Griezmann and Gaël Kakuta. England's Frank Nouble, who opened the finals with a double against Austria, Croatia midfielder Franko Andrijašević and Rodrigo, Spain's final scorer, also managed two goals, while 21 players scored once each.

2009/10 UEFA European Under-19 Championship top scorer
Final tournament
PlayerTeamGoals
Daniel PachecoSpain4
Cédric BakambuFrance3
Alexandre LacazetteFrance3
Zvonko PamićCroatia3
Franko AndrijaševićCroatia2
Antoine Griezmann
France2
Gaël KakutaFrance2
Frank Nouble
England2
RodrigoSpain2

2009/10 UEFA European Under-19 Championship top scorer
Overall
PlayerTeamGoals
Mattia Destro
Italy8
Nicolai Jørgensen
Denmark
6
Cenk TosunGermany6
RodrigoSpain6
Franko Andrijašević
Croatia
5
Daniel Pacheco
Spain5
Marko ŠćepovićSerbia5

UEFA European Under-19 Championship top scorers season by season
Final tournament
SeasonPlayerTeamGoals
2008/09Nathan DelfounesoEngland
4
2007/08Tomáš NecidCzech Republic
4
2006/07Anis Ben-Hatira
Kostas Mitroglou
Germany
Greece
3
2005/06Alberto Bueno
İlhan Parlak
Spain
Turkey
5
2004/05Borko VeselinovićSerbia & Montenegro
5
2003/04Ali Öztürk
Łukasz Piszczek
Turkey
Poland
4
2002/03Sébastien Grax
Paulo Sérgio
France
Portugal
3
2001/02Dean Ashton
Jonathan Daly
Filip Šebo
Fernando Torres
England
Republic of Ireland
Slovakia
Spain
3

UEFA European Under-19 Championship top scorers season by season
Overall
SeasonPlayerTeamGoals
2008/09Nathan Delfouneso
Yacine Brahimi
England
France
7
2007/08Michalis Pavlis
Greece7
2006/07Kostas Mitroglou
Krisztián Németh
Adam Rooney
Greece
Hungary
Republic of Ireland
8
2005/06İlhan ParlakTurkey10
2004/05Borko VeselinovićSerbia & Montenegro
11
2003/04Oleksandr Aliyev
Ali Öztürk
Łukasz Piszczek
Ukraine
Turkey
Poland
8
2002/03Sébastien GraxFrance9
2001/02Kevin Vandenbergh
Belgium10