Sport: Raphinha ranks second in european golden shoe race, one point shy of leader

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According to Mundo Deportivo, Raphinha leads the La Liga scoring charts with 15 goals and ranks second in the European Golden Shoe standings with 30 points, trailing only Ede Oloko from the Latvian league.

Due to the Latvian league's calendar year format, the 2026-27 European Golden Shoe ranking has not yet placed Raphinha at the top. The Brazilian player leads the La Liga scoring charts with 15 goals, accumulating 30 points in the standings for top scorers across European leagues. Only Ede Oloko, a Benin-born forward playing for the Latvian team Liepāja, is ahead of him with 31 points.

In the Latvian league, each goal is worth 1 point, while in the Spanish, English, German, Italian, and French leagues, each goal is worth 2 points. Since early 2026, Oloko has scored 16 goals for FK Tukums 2000, also in Latvia, and another 15 goals for Liepāja.

Raphinha is just 3 goals shy of his personal league record of 18 goals from the 2024-25 season. Among Europe's major leagues, the closest player to him is Real Madrid's French player, with a total of 13 goals. Barcelona's Yamal is third with 10 goals.

Among players with 9 goals, the most well-known is Manchester City's Haaland. Kane, who won the European Golden Shoe last season with 36 goals and just lifted the Ballon d'Or, has only scored 4 goals for Bayern Munich this season, but his goal tally is certainly expected to continue rising.

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