Belgium attacker, Romelu Lukaku has beaten the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo, Harry Kane and Kylian Mbappe to win the top scorer of the Euro 2024 qualifiers campaign.
The Belgian forward surpassed Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo in the race to become top scorer in UEFA EURO 2024 qualifying with four goals – and set a new record in the process.
Lukaku fired in a remarkable four goals in the space of 21 first-half-minutes in Belgium’s final qualifier, helping the Red Devils dispatch Azerbaijan 5-0.
That took the Roma ace onto 14 strikes overall – surpassing the previous record of Northern Ireland’s David Healy and Poland’s Robert Lewandowski for a single European qualifiers campaign.
Lukaku’s four-goal haul also lifted him past Ronaldo, who reached ten goals by finding the net in Portugal’s 2-0 victory over Liechtenstein on Matchday 9 but could not bolster his tally in his team’s final outing against Iceland.
The striker has won almost everything there is to be won in football but is yet to finish as top scorer in a EURO qualifying tournament.
Lukaku’s nearest rival with a game still to come is France’s Kylian Mbappé on nine, five goals back.
Who is the top scorer of Euro 2024 qualifiers?
14: Romelu Lukaku (Belgium)
10: Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)
9: Kylian Mbappé (France)
8: Harry Kane (England)
7: Rasmus Højlund (Denmark)
7: Scott McTominay (Scotland)
6: Zeki Amdouni (Switzerland)
6: Erling Haaland (Norway)
6: Bruno Fernandes (Portugal)
Who has the most assists in Euro 2024 qualifier?
Bruno Fernandes has taken the lead, with the Manchester United playmaker now on eight points through qualification.
Denzel Dumfries of the Netherlands has five, as do Finland’s Teemu Pukki, Hungary’s Dominik Szoboszlai, and France striker Kylian Mbappé, who created three goals and scored three himself in a 14-0 win over Gibraltar on November 18.
8: Bruno Fernandes (Portugal)
5: Dominik Szoboszlai (Hungary)
5: Denzel Dumfries (Netherlands)
5: Kylian Mbappé (France)
5: Teemu Pukki (Finland)
4: Nicolò Barella (Italy)
4: Jérémy Doku (Belgium)
4: Milot Rashica (Kosovo)
4: Bernardo Silva (Portugal)
4: Dušan Tadić (Serbia)
4: Jón Dagur Thorsteinsson (Iceland)
Past winners of Euro qualifiers top scorers
EURO 2024: Romelu Lukaku (Belgium) 14
EURO 2020: Harry Kane (England) 12
EURO 2016: Robert Lewandowski (Poland) 13
EURO 2012: Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (Netherlands) 12
EURO 2008: David Healy (Northern Ireland) 13
EURO 2004: Ermin Šiljak (Slovenia) 9
EURO 2000: Raúl González (Spain) 11
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