Luis Suárez on fire in Europe, Sporting striker still chasing | OneFootball

The brace scored against Estoril not only reinforced Luis Suárez's lead - the most expensive signing in the history of the lions - in the race for the top scorer of the Portuguese League, but also catapulted him into the top 5 of players with the most goals scored in the major European leagues.

With 22 successful finishes in the championship, the Colombian international now has 33 points in the European ranking compiled by the European Sports Media (ESM), which takes into account the league coefficients according to the UEFA ranking.

Leading the way is Harry Kane, from Bayern Munich, with 30 goals (60 points). Ahead of him are also Kylian Mbappé, from Real Madrid, with 23 goals (46 points), and Erling Haaland, from Manchester City, also with 22 goals (44 points).

The ranking also includes Igor Thiago, from Brentford, who has 18 goals (36 points) in the Premier League. Besides the Colombian, the Liga Portugal Betclic also features Vangelis Pavlidis among the highlighted names, in seventh place, reinforcing the offensive impact of the national championship.

This season, wearing the Sporting jersey, Luis Suárez – valued at 22 million euros – has played 37 matches: 23 in Liga Portugal Betclic, eight in the Champions League, four in the Portuguese Cup, one in the League Cup, and another in the Cândido de Oliveira Supercup. In the 2,936 minutes he was on the field, the striker scored 29 goals and made four assists.

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