Euro Golden Boot Winners: Take a look at the list of highest goal scorers in ever UEFA European Championship Edition since the inception in 1960 ahead of Euro 2020
Since the inauguration of Euro Championship in 1960, nations have been battling on the football ground to stamp their authority as the best team in Europe. Although in the 15 editions played so far not many teams have been to wrap their hands around the Silverware.
It has often been debated that the best players of the modern-era generation are produced from Europe. Be it Cristiano Ronaldo, David Beckam, Sergio Ramos, Luis Figo, Zinedin Zidane etc, all these world class players have represented their country in European Championship. Yet how many of them were successful in knocking the most goals in a single edition?
Are you scratching your head as well? With this article all your queries are going to be satisfied as it contains the complete list of players who have won the Golden Boot Winners in Euro.
Euro Golden Boot Winners: All Players Who Have Ever Won the Golden Boot at Euros Ahead of Euro 2020
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EURO Edition |
Players |
Teams |
Goals |
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1960 |
Francois Huette Valentin Ivanov Viktor Ponedelnik Milan Galic Drazan Jerkovic |
France Soviet Union Soviet Union Yugoslavia Yugoslavia |
2 |
|
1964 |
Ferenc Bene Dezso Novak Jesus Maria Pereda |
Hungary Hungary Spain |
2 |
|
1968 |
Dragan Dzajic |
Yugoslavia |
2
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1972 |
Gerd Muller |
West Germany |
4 |
|
1976 |
Dieter Muller |
West Germany |
4 |
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1980 |
Klaus Aloffs |
West Germany |
3 |
|
1984 |
Michel Platini |
France |
9 |
|
1988 |
Marco Van Basten |
Netherlands |
5 |
|
1992 |
Henrik Larsen Karl-Heinz Riedle Dennis Bergkamp Tomas Brolin |
Denmark Germany Netherlands Sweden |
3
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1996 |
Alan Shearer |
England |
5 |
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2000 |
Savo Milosevic Patrick Kluivert |
Yugoslavia Netherlands |
5 |
|
2004 |
Milan Barcos |
Czech republic |
5 |
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2008 |
David Villa |
Spain |
4 |
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2012 |
Mario Mandzukic Mario Gomez Cristiano Ronaldo Mario Balotelli Fernando Torres Alan Dzagoev |
Croatia Germany Italy Portugal Spain Russia
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3 |
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2016 |
Antoine Griezmann |
France |
6 |
Highest Goals Scored In Single Euro?
Michel Platini scored the highest number of goal scored in a single Euro Tournament, scoring 9 times in the 1984 Euro Edition. Interestingly there has been no players in the history of Euro Championships who have ever won the Golden Boot Award twice.
With the Euro 2020 all set to begin from June 11, 2021, let us see whether or not this jinx is broken or will we see a new player taking away the Euro Golden Boot yet again.
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