'Pirate of Kosovo' overtakes Eto'o, fires up La Liga scoring race | OneFootball

Mallorca are in the fight against relegation in La Liga, but the former club of the legendary Samuel Eto'o have a major trump card: Muriqi!

No, not the striker who shone for Madureira, but Vedat Muriqi, the "Pirate of Kosovo," who is in outstanding form, enjoying the highest-scoring season of his career.

The forward has heated up the race for the competition's top scorer and has just broken a historic mark that belonged to Eto'o himself.

With the two goals he scored last Sunday (12) in the 3-0 win over Rayo Vallecano, the Kosovan reached 55 goals for the club in La Liga, surpassing Eto'o, who had 54 in the competition.

The Cameroonian, however, still holds a 13-goal advantage if we take into account the total numbers across all competitions played by Mallorca (69 to 56).

Muriqi is going through a brilliant spell, with 21 goals in this La Liga campaign.

In the last five matches alone, he has scored five goals.

To give you an idea of Muriqi's impact on Mallorca, here's an impressive stat!

The team have scored 39 goals in the entire league season, which means the "Pirate" is directly responsible for more than 53% of the team's goals, and he has also already provided an assist.

In addition to the two against Rayo, he scored twice against Osasuna and netted a hugely important goal in the closing stages of the clash with Real Madrid, right after the Merengues' equalizer.

With his latest goals, the center forward has cut the gap to just two goals behind Kylian Mbappé.

The Frenchman is currently La Liga's top scorer, but he hasn't found the net in the league since February 8.

Despite the individual brilliance of their striker, Mallorca sit only 15th, with 34 points, just two ahead of Elche, the team currently occupying the first relegation spot.

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