The birthplaces of players from Spain's La Liga that have scored 10+ league goals as of April 3, 2012. [UPDATED: April 26, 2012]
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42 - Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
Funchal, Madeira, Portugal
41 - Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
Rosario, Argentina
22 - Radamel Falcao (Atlético Madrid)
Santa Marta, Colombia
21 - Gonzalo Higuaín (Real Madrid)
Brest, France
18 - Karim Benzema (Real Madrid)
Lyon, France
17 - Roberto Soldado (Valencia)
Valencia, Spain
16 - Fernando Llorente (Athletic Bilbao)
Pamplona, Spain
15 - Michu (Rayo Vallecano)
Oviedo, Spain
14 - Rubén Castro (Real Betis)
Las Palmas, Spain
14 - Arouna Koné (Levante)
Anyama, Côte d'Ivoire
12 - Álvaro Negredo (Sevilla)
Madrid, Spain
11 - Miku (Getafe)
Caracas, Venezuela
11 - Alexis Sánchez (Barcelona)
Tocopilla, Chile
11 - Carlos Vela (Real Sociedad)
Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico
10 - Manu (Sevilla)
Jaén, Spain
It's amazing to see the birthplaces of top scorer players mapped. I can't believe Benzema was born in France!
ReplyDeleteNothing to say... Messi has written his name in golden letters between the best scorers in the history of La liga. This year, he became the best top scorer in one
ReplyDeleteseason with 50 goal (Too far from Ronaldo with 40 or Hugo Sanchez with 38) and currently he's the 12th between the all time la liga top scorers with 169 but he's only
24 years... I think with this ratio, he needs only two or three years to break Telmo Zarra's record, as the all time la liga best scorer with 252 !!
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