By Jorge Hernandez
04 Oct 2023, 05:46 AM EDT
Santiago Gimenez He is the Mexican soccer player of the moment. The “Bebote” He has 10 goals in 7 games and averages more than one score per game, specifically one every 61 minutes. This puts him almost at the top of the top scoring in all of Europe, only below one player, but above figures like Kylian Mbappé and Erling Haaland.
However, the forward of the Feyenoord has not been able to participate in the games Champions League of his team for paying a penalty imposed on him by the UEFA for a card at the end of the Europe Leagueand in the last season, The also nicknamed “Chaquito” has more goals than the best players from the top clubs in Europe.
Giménez’s 10 goals surpass what Jude Bellingham has done so far, the top gunner of the Real Madrid, who has 6 goals in LaLiga and 2 more in the Champions League; also those that add Kylian Mbappé, the star of Paris Saint-Germain, who accumulates 7 in Ligue 1 and another in the European tournament.
In this sense, Santi is also above Manchester City’s Erling Haaland who has eight goals in the campaign and Lautaro Martínez, from Inter Milan, who also has 8, although in three games less than the Finn.
The only soccer player from the Old Continent who is above Giménez in the individual scoring table is Serhou Guirassy, from Stuttgart, which surpasses it by a bit.
Individual scoring table in Europe
1.- Serhou Guirassy (Stuttgart) – 11 goals in 6 games
2.- Santiago Gimenez (Feyenoord) – 10 goals in 7 games
3.- Lautaro Martínez (Inter de Milan) – 9 goals in 7 games
4.- Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint-Germain) – 8 goals in 7 games
5.- Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid) – 8 goals in 9 games
6.- Erling Haaland (Manchester City) – 8 goals in 10 games
7.- Angel Di Maria (Benfica) – 5 goals in 6 games
Feyenoord’s next match will be this Wednesday against Atlético de Madrid, although Giménez will not play, because he will serve his second suspended match, but for the third, against Lazio, he will already be available. In the Eredivisie he will be able to line up this Sunday against Zwolle, in a match corresponding to date 8 of the Netherlands championship.
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