Forlan makes history with Golden Shoe win

[Mac 10 †]

Diego Forlán scored his 32nd Liga goal of the season during Club Atlético de Madrid's 3-0 win over UD Almería on Saturday to claim the ESM Golden Shoe as Europe's top goalscorer as well as Spain's Pichichi award for the second time.

Top competition
The 30-year-old's 50th-minute strike took his tally for the season to 32 in 33 appearances and equalled Prudencio Sánchez's 1940/41 club record of scoring in eight successive league games. Forlán, who succeeds Cristiano Ronaldo as the ESM Golden Shoe winner, is the first player to score 30 goals or more in a Liga season since former FC Barcelona striker Ronaldo hit 34 in 1997. Forlán saw off the challenge of Samuel Eto'o, who finished second in the race for both awards and also signed off with a flourish with a late equaliser in Barcelona's 1-1 draw with RC Deportivo La Coruña.

'Great'
"I'm very happy because we qualified for the Champions League for the second consecutive year and because I won the Pichichi in a very strong Spanish league," Forlán said after a victory that confirmed a fourth-place finish and a UEFA Champions League qualifying berth for Los Rojiblancos. The former Manchester United FC player also won Spain's top scorer accolade for Villarreal CF in 2004/05.

Apart from Mario Jardel he is the only man to have won the Golden Shoe with 2 different clubs.

Bearing in mind Forlan has done it in Spain makes it all the more impressive.

[KURUPTION-81]

One of the most under rated players there is.

Dont understand how he isnt mentioned in the same breath as the best strikers in the world.

Especially as he has outscored villa, eto, henry , messi again and won the golden boot for the second time in 2/3 years.

[K.Dub]

One of the most under rated players there is.

Dont understand how he isnt mentioned in the same breath as the best strikers in the world.

Especially as he has outscored villa, eto, henry , messi again and won the golden boot for the second time in 2/3 years.

It's because he flopped in England.

[Michael]

One of the most under rated players there is.

Dont understand how he isnt mentioned in the same breath as the best strikers in the world.

Especially as he has outscored villa, eto, henry , messi again and won the golden boot for the second time in 2/3 years.

It's because he flopped in England.

QIA

dudes seriously immense

[StreetsAllSalute]

One of the most under rated players there is.

Dont understand how he isnt mentioned in the same breath as the best strikers in the world.

Especially as he has outscored villa, eto, henry , messi again and won the golden boot for the second time in 2/3 years.

It's because he flopped in England.

[K.Dub]

One of the most under rated players there is.

Dont understand how he isnt mentioned in the same breath as the best strikers in the world.

Especially as he has outscored villa, eto, henry , messi again and won the golden boot for the second time in 2/3 years.

It's because he flopped in England.

QIA

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[Elano]

The first one was with villareal if i'm not wrong....
Forlan is a great striker 

[KURUPTION-81]

One of the most under rated players there is.

Dont understand how he isnt mentioned in the same breath as the best strikers in the world.

Especially as he has outscored villa, eto, henry , messi again and won the golden boot for the second time in 2/3 years.

It's because he flopped in England.

Yup, it took him an age to score his first goal but once he did he scored some vital goals. He was never going to get in front of RVN at the time.

[StreetsAllSalute]

One of the most under rated players there is.

Dont understand how he isnt mentioned in the same breath as the best strikers in the world.

Especially as he has outscored villa, eto, henry , messi again and won the golden boot for the second time in 2/3 years.

It's because he flopped in England.

Yup, it took him an age to score his first goal but once he did he scored some vital goals. He was never going to get in front of RVN at the time.

dirk kuyt scored more goals on the right wing in one season than forlan did at united

[Paul]

Id take Forlan at hibs, would be a good player to bring on in the last 15