Five-goal André Silva and Selke set scoring pace
Friday, July 25, 2014
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André Silva and Davie Selke have been instrumental in Portugal and Germany reaching the semi-finals, their five goals apiece taking them well clear in the scoring charts.
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André Silva and Davie Selke lead the way in the UEFA European Under-19 Championship goalscoring stakes after the group stage, and both will have at least one more opportunity to add to their five-goal tallies.
While Germany striker Selke is the only player to have scored in all three games so far – finding the net twice against both Bulgaria and Ukraine either side of his matchday two strike against Serbia – André Silva's haul is largely based around one superlative performance. The Portugal forward struck four times against Hungary in the second round of games – the first time a player has scored four goals in a U19 finals match – adding to his matchday one goal against Israel.
Four players are on two goals and all – Austria pair Sinan Bytyqi and Florian Grillitsch, Serbia's Nemanja Maksimović and Marcos Lopes of Portugal – will have the chance to increase their tallies in Monday's semi-finals. Silva is the season's top scorer with 11 goals although Selke is in hot pursuit with ten strikes to his name.
UEFA European Under-19 Championship top scorers (after group stage)
5 André Silva (Portugal)
5 Davie Selke (Germany)
2 Sinan Bytyqi (Austria)
2 Nemanja Maksimović (Serbia)
2 Marcos Lopes (Portugal)
2 Florian Grillitsch (Austria)
2013/14 top scorers (qualifying included)
11 André Silva (Portugal)
10 Davie Selke (Germany)
8 Denis Davydov (Russia)
7 Sinan Bytyqi (Austria)
7 Florian Grillitsch (Austria)
6 Thomas O'Sullivan (Wales)
5 Matúš Bero (Slovakia)
5 Veljko Simić (Serbia)
5 Muamer Tankovic (Sweden)
Finals top scorers (by season)
2001/02: Fernando Torres (Spain) 4
2002/03: Paulo Sérgio (Portugal) 5
2003/04: Ali Oztürk (Turkey), Lukasz Piszczek (Poland) 4
2004/05: Borko Veselinović (Serbia and Montenegro) 5
2005/06: Alberto Bueno (Spain), İlhan Parlak (Turkey) 5
2006/07: Anis Ben-Hatira (Germany), Kévin Monnet-Paquet (France), Kostantinos Mitroglou (Greece) 3
2007/08: Tomáš Necid (Czech Republic) 4
2008/09: Nathan Delfouneso (England) 4
2009/10: Daniel Pacheco (Spain) 4
2010/11: Álvaro Morata (Spain) 6
2011/12: Jesé Rodríguez (Spain) 5
2012/13: Anass Achahbar (Netherlands), Alexandre Guedes (Portugal), Gratas Sirgėdas (Lithuania) 3
For more Under-19 facts and figures, visit UEFA.com's comprehensive statistics section