FC Barcelona´s striker Samuel Eto'o lost ground in the race for Europe´s top Scorer Award, the "Golden Boot".


Barca´s goal machine, Eto'o, did not score in last weekend´s derby against Espanyol in Camp Nou, while European´s leading goalscorer Luca Toni of Fiorentina, netted twice and has scored an impressive 30 goals in Serie A.
Cameroon hitman Eto'o has also been overtaken by Arsenal´s Thierry Henry who scored an impressive hat-trick on the last day of the Premiership against Wigan. It was his special farewell in the last Arsenal match ever played at Highbury. Henry´s goal record in the Premiership this season stands at 27 goals.


Eto'o has scored 25 goals so far and has still got 2 matches in hand but would have to score 5 goals in the last 2 away matches for Barcelona to equal Toni´s 30 goals in the Italian Championship to share the prize that he so desires.


FC Barcelona´s Samuel Eto'o is still Spain´s leading goalscorer but in form Valencia hitman David Villa is a strong contender for the "Pichichi", Spain´s Best Goalscorer Award.

Last weekend, David Villa cut Eto'o´s lead to just 1 goal. Eto'o is on 25 and Valencia´s Villa on 24 for this season.

FC Barcelona´s Samuel Eto'o is still Spain´s top goal scorer but David Villa of Valencia is catching up with 4 goals in the last 2 matches.


Barca´s striker Eto'o is still leading the race for the "Pichichi" with 24 goals but Villa is second placed with only 1 goal behind with 23 goals on his account.
Samuel Eto'o is extremely keen to win the award of the "Best Goalscorer in Spain" this year, after losing to Villarreal´s Uruguayan goalgetter Diego Forlan on the final day of last season.


Barca top striker Samuel Eto'o has got 4 matches (Celta Vigo, Espanyol, Atletic Bilbao and the suspended against Sevilla) to defend his lead while his closest rival, Valencia´s David Villa, has only 3 matches left to catch up.


The Cameroon international is still challenging for the "Golden Boot", European´s Best Scorer Award, but he is still 4 goals behind Serie A leading goal scorer Luca Toni (Fiorentina). Toni has scored an amazing 28 goals in Seria A. Barca´s Eto'o is currently in third posision behind second placed Dutch international Huntelaar of Ajax Amsterdam.

FC Barcelona striker Samuel Eto'o released his 3 personal targets for the season 2005/2006 to the spanish media. This season his desire is to win the "Pichichi" Award for the best goal scorer in the spanish Primera Liga. He is also keen to win the Golden Boot for the best goal scorer in Europe and his great dream is to score for Barca in the Champions League Final in Paris.
Samuel Eto'o has best chances to win the "Pichichi" leading the top of La Liga´s best goal scorers with 22 goals, 6 goals ahead of David Villa from Valencia. His 2 goals, number 100 and 101 against on Tuesday, also brought him back into the race to catch up European´s leading goal scorer Luca Toni (Fiorentina, Italy) with 24 goals so far.

all Barca fans hope that his dream comes true and that he will score a goal in the UEFA Champions League Final in Paris in May, to lift the most prestigious Cup for teams in Europe.



The Pichichi Trophy


In Spanish football, the 'Pichichi' is the trophy awarded to the top scorer for each season. It is named in honour of the nickname of a famous Athletic Bilbao player, Rafael Moreno Aranzadi who scored many goals in the years before the Spanish national league was formed. Pichichi died of typhus 1922, aged 29.


The corresponding competition for goalkeepers is called the Zamora.


Previous Barca winners are:

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La Liga leading goalscorer Samuel Eto'o is targeting his 100th goal in the Primera Division. The Barca star Eto'o has already hit the net 98 times and is eager to score 2 more goals today to meet the magic number of 100. This season he scored already 19 times and he is desperately looking to overtake Europeans leading Goalscorer Luca Toni (AC Fiorentina) who scorered 23 times in Serie A this season. All in all Cameroon international Eto'o scored 44 goals in 60 matches for FC Barcelona (and 54 goals in 133 matches for Mallorca). Eto'o hopes to win the Golden Boot (Balon d´Oro) this year after missing the prestigious Award on the last match day last year.