The race for the golden boot at the FIFA 2022 world cup is on and Ghanaian midfielder Mohammed Kudus seems to be the only African player to feature in the list of top goal scorers in the ongoing FIFA world cup with 2 goals. Kudus scored Ghana’s second goal against Korea in the 34th minute on match day 2 of the world cup. He then, in the second half of the game netted the winning goal after a sensational comeback from South Korea
Below is the list of the top goal scorers so far at the ongoing FIFA world cup in Qatar
- Kylian Mbappe – France – 3 goals
The French talented player has so far been of sensational form with France this world cup with 3 goals already in his pocket. The Paris Saint Germain star player opened his account with a goal in the opening game of the FIFA world cup against Australia and a double in their second game against Denmark.
2. Cody Gakpo – Netherlands – 3goals
Cody scored a goal in Netherlands opening game against Senegal, scoring his second against Ecuador and the third against Qatar making him a contestant for the golden boot so far as Netherland has qualified for the round of 16. of the FIFA world cup 2022
3. Enner Valencia – Ecuador – 3 goals
Ecuador’s captain and talisman Enner Valencia bagged a brace against host nation Qatar in the opening game of the 2022 FIFA world cup. The match ended 2-0 in favor of Ecuador. Enner Valencia then carried on with his sensational form their second game of the tournament , scoring a goal against the Netherlands.
4. Marcus Rashford – England – 3 goals
England ran over Iran in their opening game in the FIFA 2022 world cup with a 6-2 win. Rashford opened his account with a goal coming from the bench. Rashford scored a brace in their match against wales and one of the goals being a rocket freekick from the Manchester united forward.
5. Lionel Messi – Argentina – 2 goals
Argentinian superstar Lionel Messi so far has netted 2 goals in the on going FIFA world cup 2022. He scored a goal in their opening game against Saudi Arabia from the penalty spot and a second in their second game of the group stage against Mexico with a stunning rocket shot outside the box to get passed Mexican goalkeeper Ochoa.
6. Olivier Giroud – France – 2 goals
Olivier Giroud who took Karim Benzema’s position due to injury for the FIFA world cup has been of tremendous form so far. Netting two goals in their opening match against Australia helping them to win the math by 4-1.
7. Bukayo Saka – England – 2 goals
Arsenal’s wonderkid Bukayo Saka opened his world cup account with a brace to help England win their open game of the competition by 6-0 against Iran. His first goal came in the first half and the second in the second half of the game.
8. Bruno Fernandes – Portugal – 2 goals
Portugal’s and Manchester United’s midfielder Bruno Fernandes has been of sensational form at this year’s world cup, providing 2 assists in their opening game against Ghana where they won 3-2. He proceeded in their second game of the tournament with a brace against Uruguay.
9. Richarlison – Brazil – 2 goals
Richarlison started so far has netted 2 goals in the ongoing FIFA world cup 2022. he scored a brace against Serbia in their open game of the competition to help his team win with a comfortable 2-0 win.
10. Andrej Kramaric – Croatia – 2 goals
Kramari? opened his goal scoring account for this World Cup with a brace against Canada to help them with 4-1. His first goal came 9 minutes before halftime to help equalize the match and he scored the second in the second half of the game
11. Ferran Torres – Spain – 2 goals
Ferran Torres was so exceptional in their opening game of the FIFA world cup 2022. The Barcelona player opened his account with a brace. He scored his first goal through a penalty and the second was a sensational goal which gave his team a comfortable 6-1 win against Costa Rica in their opening game of the tournament.
12. Alvaro Morata – Spain – 2 goals
Alvaro Morata scored his first goal in a comfortable win against Costa Rica and the second against Germany in their second game of the tournament , coming from the bench. His goal helped Spain to grab a point against Germany in a match that ended in a 1-1 draw.
13. Mohammed Kudus – Ghana – 2 goals
Mohammed Kudus features in the race for the golden boot as the only African player with 2 goals. He opened his account in this years campaign with a 34th minutes goal against South Korea in their second game of the tournament and later on scored the wining goal in a match that ended 3-2 in favor of Ghana.
14. Mehdi Taremi – Iran – 2 goals
Taremi and Iran did not qualified for the second round of the FIFA world cup. However, despite a humiliating 6-2 lost to England in their opening match of the tournament, Taremi managed to get a brace.
15. Cho Gue-sung – South Korea – 2 goals
Cho Gue-Sung score a brace in the second half of their game against Ghana to level the scores at 2-2 draw but were later beaten by 3-2
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