After 20th league goal, Luis Suárez makes Sporting history | OneFootball

After scoring yet another goal, this time against Moreirense last Saturday, Luis Suárez has reached 20 goals in the league, catching up with Vangelis Pavlidis in the race for the Silver Boot. In this way, the Colombian international establishes himself as Sporting's goal scorer capable of handling the task of replacing Gyokeres.

The Swede, now at Arsenal, is undoubtedly one of the Lions’ standout players and one of the few this century to have scored 20 or more goals in the league in a single season, a gallery that Suárez has now joined, along with the Nordic striker and seven other forwards.

Besides the two previously mentioned, this prestigious list includes names such as: Pote, 23 goals in 2020/2021; Bruno Fernandes, 20 goals in 2018/2019; Bas Dost, 27 goals in 2017/2018 and 34 goals in 2016/2017; Slimani, 27 goals in 2015/2016; Liedson, 25 goals in 2004/2005; Jardel, 42 goals in 2001/2002; and Beto Acosta, 22 goals in 1999/2000.

Thus, Luis Suárez makes history in his first season wearing the Lions’ shirt in an ‘exhibition’ where only two players have managed to enter twice, besides Bas Dost also Gyokeres – who is close to earning Sporting another 500 thousand euros – with 29 goals in the 2023/2024 league and 39 in 2024/2025.

This season, wearing Sporting’s shirt, Luis Suárez – valued at 22 million euros – has played 36 matches: 22 in Liga Portugal Betclic, eight in the Champions League, four in the Portuguese Cup, one in the League Cup, and another in the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira. In the 2,846 minutes he has been on the pitch, the striker has scored 27 goals and provided four assists.

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