THE WORLD’S BEST TOP GOALSCORER 2018 at end June : EL KAABI BEFORE RONALDO !
Picture : Sunil Chhetri, the captain of India (101 caps, 64 goals), scored 8 goals with his national team in the last month ! A record !
IFFHS International Goal Scorer June 2018 – Kaabi Already 15 Goals
One more friendly international goal secured first place to Moroccan Ayoub El Kaabi as at end of June. He now reached 15 goals by mid-year. He is followed by Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo of Real Madrid who scored 4 additional goals and Algerian Baghdad Bounedjah of Al Sadd SC who added 1 more goal, both are now 12.
El Kaabi scored most national team goals with 11, while Spanish Bienvenido Marañón “Bienve” of Ceres Negros FC scored most club goals with 10.
Till mid-year, 24 players scored at least 7 goals. They are classified as follows:
- National Teams Level:
– Confederation wise: UEFA (8), CAF (7), AFC (5), CONMEBOL (3), OFC (1)
– Country wise: Morocco, Argentina, England (2)
- Club Level:
– Confederation wise: AFC (12), OFC (3), UEFA (7), CAF (2)
– Country wise: England (4), New Zealand, Spain (3) Qatar (2),
– Club wise: Liverpool and Team Wellington (2)
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- Cristiano Ronaldo
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- Romelu Lukaku
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- Antoine Griezmann (left)
| Player | Country | Confederation | Club | Country | Confederation | Country | Club | Total | ||
| Ayoub El Kaabi | Morocco | CAF | RS Berkane | Morocco | CAF | 11 | 4 | 15 | ||
| Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal | UEFA | Real Madrid | Spain | UEFA | 6 | 6 | 12 | ||
| Baghdad Bounedjah | Algeria | CAF | Al Sadd SC | Qatar | AFC | 3 | 9 | 12 | ||
| Romelu Lukaku | Belgium | UEFA | Manchester United | England | UEFA | 9 | 1 | 10 | ||
| Bienvenido Marañón “Bienve” | Spain | UEFA | Ceres Negros FC | Philippines | AFC | 0 | 10 | 10 | ||
| Antoine Griezmann | France | UEFA | Atlético Madrid | Spain | UEFA | 3 | 6 | 9 | ||
| Marko Šimić | Croatia | UEFA | Persija Jakarta | Indonesia | AFC | 0 | 9 | 9 | ||
| Sekou Sylla | Guinea | CAF | Yangon United F.C | Myanmar | AFC | 0 | 9 | 9 | ||
| Youssef El-Arabi | Morocco | CAF | Al-Duhail SC | Qatar | AFC | 0 | 9 | 9 | ||
| Sunil Chhetri | India | AFC | Bengaluru FC | India | AFC | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Mohamed Salah | Egypt | CAF | Liverpool | England | UEFA | 3 | 5 | 8 | ||
| Sadio Mané | Senegal | CAF | Liverpool | England | UEFA | 1 | 7 | 8 | ||
| An Il-bom | North Korea | AFC | April 25 Sports Club | North Korea | AFC | 0 | 8 | 8 | ||
| Angus Kilkolly | New Zealand | OFC | Team Wellington | New Zealand | OFC | 0 | 8 | 8 | ||
| Emiliano Tade | Argentina | CONMEBOL | Auckland City FC | New Zealand | OFC | 0 | 8 | 8 | ||
| Harry Kane | England | UEFA | Tottenham Hotspur | England | UEFA | 6 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Lionel Messi | Argentina | CONMEBOL | Barcelona | Spain | UEFA | 4 | 3 | 7 | ||
| Ben Malango Ngita | DR Congo | CAF | TP Mazembe | DR Congo | CAF | 1 | 6 | 7 | ||
| Ahmad Zreik | Lebanon | AFC | Al-Ahed Sport Club | Lebanon | AFC | 0 | 7 | 7 | ||
| Carlos Leonel | Macao | AFC | S.L. Benfica de Macau | Macau | AFC | 0 | 7 | 7 | ||
| Marcus Berg | Sweden | UEFA | Al Ain FC | United Arab Emirates | AFC | 0 | 7 | 7 | ||
| Ricardo Goulart | Brazil | CONMEBOL | Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao F.C. | China | AFC | 0 | 7 | 7 | ||
| Ross Allen | England | UEFA | Team Wellington | New Zealand | OFC | 0 | 7 | 7 | ||
| Song Ui-young | South Korea | AFC | Home United FC | Singapore | AFC | 0 | 7 | 7 | ||