01:24  ,  May 25, 2019

Messi wins European Golden Shoe award for 6th time

Spain champions Barcelona’s Argentine forward Lionel Messi, who scored 36 goals in the LaLiga season that concluded, will receive the European Golden Shoe award for the sixth time and the third consecutive year.

This award is presented each season to the leading goalscorer in league matches from the top division of every European national league. It is awarded based on a points system, according to which goals scored in the top five leagues according to the UEFA coefficients list are multiplied by a factor of two, goals scored in the leagues ranked six to 21 are multiplied by a factor of 1.5, and goals scored in leagues ranked 22 and below are multiplied by a factor of 1.

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