Kaio Jorge close to becoming Cruzeiro’s top scorer in Brasileiro | OneFootball

The forward Kaio Jorge is experiencing a special moment wearing the Cruzeiro jersey. Last Saturday, he scored twice in the 3-1 victory over Vitória at Mineirão, ending a seven-game goal drought. These goals have put him in a position to fight for a significant record in the club’s era of the points system.

With 17 goals scored in 28 rounds played, Kaio is just one goal away from matching Guilherme, who scored 18 goals in 2008, and could become Cruzeiro’s top scorer in a single edition of the Brazilian Championship since the adoption of the 20-team format in 2006.

In 2008, Guilherme scored 18 times and helped Cruzeiro secure a spot in the Libertadores by finishing 3rd with 67 points. The striker has already surpassed important names from the team in the last decade, such as Marcelo Moreno and Ricardo Goulart, who each scored 15 goals in 2014, the year the club won its second consecutive Brazilian championship.

The top scorer for Cruzeiro in a single edition of the Brasileirão, although he was not the overall top scorer of the competition, is Alex. In 2003, the star reached the mark of 23 goals in a historic campaign for the club in the Brasileirão, being the first champion in the points system era.

To this day, Cruzeiro has only had Tostão as the top scorer of a Brazilian Championship edition for the club, in 1970, when he scored 12 goals. This is another important record that Kaio Jorge could break, as he is currently the top scorer in the Brasileirão.

With seven games remaining until the end of the Brasileirão, Kaio Jorge still has time to reach the top. Maintaining his average of 0.61 goals per match, he could surpass Guilherme later this month and consolidate one of the best individual seasons by a Cruzeiro striker in almost two decades.

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