Pichichis

Barcelona continue to dominate the Pichichi chart, with Eto'o and Ronaldinho way ahead of the rest. The Camerooni striker scored one of the goals of the season in the 4-1 win over Racing, and "El Gaucho" made it 50 goals for his club after getting a penalty later on (despite missing one earlier). Ronaldinho also scored in the Champions League win over Werder Bremen, and goes on this week to pick up France Football's "Golden Ball" prize as the best footballer in the world. Eto'o was voted in tenth place, the only other Spanish based footballer in the top ten.

David Villa holds on to third spot in our chart after scoring against Celta, but with so many strikers injured (Raúl, Ronaldo, Oliveira, Dani, Forlán etc.), the only other of our top Pichichis to add to their tallies were midfielders Riquelme, Xabi Prieto (another penalty), Nené and Paunovic, who scored twice as Getafe returned to winning ways against Málaga. (28.11.05)

Pichichi League Cup Europe Total
(Penalties)
Eto'o (Barcelona) 12 2 3 17 (0)
Ronaldinho (Barcelona) 9 1 5 15 (6)
David Villa (Valencia) 8 0 1 9 (3)
Ronaldo (Real Madrid) 7 0 0 7 (1)
Baiano (Celta) 6 1 0 7 (0)
Raúl (Real Madrid) 5 0 2 7 (0)
Oliveira (Betis) 4 0 3 7 (2)
Nené (Alavés) 6 0 0 6 (2)
Diego Tristán (Deportivo) 5 0 1 6 (1)
Riquelme (Villarreal) 5 0 1 6 (2)
Paunovic (Getafe) 3 3 0 6 (0)
Xabi Prieto (Real Soc) 5 0 0 5 (4)
Güiza (Getafe) 4 1 0 5 (1)
Luis García (Espanyol) 4 0 1 5 (0)
Rubén Castro (Deportivo) 1 0 4 5 (0)