The Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo of Al-Nasr of Saudi Arabia with 54 goals and Temwa Chawing of Wuhan of China with 63 goals were confirmed this Monday as the top scorers of 2023.
After the closure of all World Cups and competitions, the International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS) made official the successes of Ronaldo and Chavinga, in the case of the Portuguese team after a hard struggle, and in the case of the African team. long announced, as it ended with a 24-goal lead over second place.
At 38, Cristiano Ronaldo has scored 54 goals, two more than Paris Saint-Germain’s Killian Mbappe and Bayern Munich’s Harry Kane, both of whom took competitive leave.
Norway’s Erling Haaland led the race at the end of November with 50 goals, but injury kept him out of the last seven games and finished in fourth place.
Cristiano Ronaldo has scored 44 goals for club and 10 for Portugal.
Argentine Lionel Messi continues to hold the record for most goals in a single calendar year, scoring 91 in 2012.
This is the second World Top Scorer award that Al Nasr athletes have won in recent years: Moroccan Abderrazaq Hamdallah was also awarded in 2019 with 57 goals.
Temwa Chawinga scored 51 goals for his club in China and 12 for the Malawian national team, with his 63 goals clearly superior to the 39 of Mexico’s Veronica Corral of Pachuca and the 38 of compatriot Kiana Palacios.