Liga: Mbappé wins the European Golden Shoe for the first time

For the first time in his career, the captain of the French team, who has scored 31 goals in La Liga, has won the European Golden Shoe.

After Hugo Sánchez (1989-90) and Cristiano Ronaldo (2010-11, 2013-14 and 2014-15), Kylian Mbappé. In his own way, the 26-year-old French international striker (86 caps, 48 goals), who scored twice in the Casa Blanca's 2-0 victory over Real Sociedad on the final day of the Spanish league , is already writing his name into Real Madrid's history books. For his first season at the Santiago Bernabeu, the top scorer in La Liga (31 goals) in the 2024-25 vintage becomes the third Madrid player to inherit the European Golden Shoe, the trophy which rewards the top scorer in the league each year on the Old Continent. With 62 points, he is ahead of Viktor Gyökeres (Sporting CP, 58.5 pts), Mo Salah (Liverpool, 58), Robert Lewandowski (54) and Harry Kane (52).

It is worth noting that two players have scored more goals than Mbappé in their respective leagues in 2024-25: Sweden's Gyökeres (39) and Estonia's Alex Tamm (31). However, they play in leagues ranked lower in the UEFA rankings, with a lower coefficient than La Liga and the Top 5 leagues (2 for Mbappé, 1.5 for Gyökeres and 1 for Tamm).

In any case, Mbappé also becomes the 15th Real Madrid player to become "Pichichi" (top scorer in La Liga) after Olivares, Pahíño, Di Stéfano (5 times), Puskas (4), Amancio (2), Juanito, Hugo Sánchez (4), Butragueño, Zamorano, Raúl (2), Ronaldo, Van Nistelrooy, Cristiano Ronaldo (3) and Benzema, who has scored 43 goals in all competitions for the Real Madrid team. And this before the Club World Cup. 43 goals is one less than last season with Paris Saint-Germain. However, Mbappé had never won the European Golden Shoe in the French capital. It should be noted in passing that only one other French player had won this award until now, Thierry Henry (2004 and 2005).

"Pichichi" and Golden Boot, trophies that undoubtedly make Kylian Mbappé happy, but which do not make us forget that Real have not won La Liga (second in the standings ), nor the Copa del Rey ( defeated in the final ) nor the Champions League ( elimination in the quarter-finals against Arsenal ). There is no doubt that "KM" will aim to try to fill his trophy cabinet with collective titles from next season, starting with the Cup with the big ears that PSG will try to win on May 31, against Inter.