Author of the goal during the victory of PSG over Olympique de Marseille by 1-0, Sunday (16), for the 11th day of the French Championship, the striker Neymar reached the bar of 12 goals during the 2022 season. /23 and started to share the artillery of Ligue 1, with 9 goals, alongside Canadian Jonathan David, from Lille.
With the goal, Neymar now has 22 goals in the year, being the Brazilian with the most goals in 2022 among those working in European football. There are now four more goals than second striker Evanílson of Porto, who scored 18 goals. Vinícius Júnior, with 17 goals, is in third place. Further down is Gabriel Jesus, who started the 2022/23 season with everything for Arsenal but has been a goalless in the last three games.
Rodrygo, who scored one of the goals in Real Madrid’s 3-1 victory over Barcelona in the Spanish derby, reached 12 goals in 2022. In the 2022/23 season, Rodrygo now has five goals in 12 games for Real. Liverpool’s Roberto Firmino, on the other hand, didn’t score in the derby against Manchester City, but with five goals in the previous four games, he entered Brazil’s top scorers list in 2022.
On the list, a surprising name is that of striker Danilo, ex-Ajax and now at Feyenoord. The player is one of the top scorers in the Dutch league with seven goals. In Brazil, Danilo played for the base of Vasco and Santos, before moving to Ajax, before turning professional.
Brazilians with the most goals in Europe in 2022:
[22] – Neymar (PSG) 30 games
18 – evanilson (Porto) 41 matches
17 – Vinicius Junior (Real Madrid) 40 matches
13 – Gabriel Jesus (Manchester City and Arsenal) 32 games
13 – Roberto Firmino (Liverpool) 33 games
12 – danilo (Ajax and Feyenoord) 21 matches
[12] – rodrygo (Real Madrid) 40 matches
ten – richarlison (Everton and Tottenham) 31 games
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