Day 8 of MX League brought different goal scenes which led the fans of the 18 teams maximum emotion.

In the scorers table so far in the Clausura tournament, you can find net breakers from Pachuca teams, Blue Cross, cougars Tigers, Lions, ChivasNecaxa, White Roosters, Puebla FC, Toluca and Lagoon of the Saints among others.

There statistics are made up of 95 players In addition to the number of goals accumulated during the tournament, it includes the minutes played (MJ), the average time scored and the nationality of the striker.

At the end of the day, America’s Henry Josué Martín leads the list with 9 goals, followed by Rogelio Gabriel Funes, from Monterrey, with 7 goals; in third place is Juan Ignacio Dinenno of PUMAS with 6 scores.

In fourth place is Arturo Alfonso González, from Monterrey with 5 aggregate goals and in fifth place, André-Pierre Gignac, from UANL with 5 goals.

The top scorers of each tournament receive the “Ballon d’Or”, awarded by the Mexican Football Federation (Femexfut) in different categories. Previously, these prices were known as “Citlallis”, but it was from 2003 that they changed their name.

Getting to the top of the goalscoring list isn’t easy, let alone setting a record that future generations of footballers will look to beat. When examining the list of Maximum network breakers in the history of Mexican football names like brazilian Cabinho, Carlos Hermosillo and the Paraguayan Jose Saturnino Cardozo.

The top five scorers in the history of the Mexican league:

1. Evanivaldo Castro Cabinho: historic striker of Pumas has scored 312 goals during the 13 seasons he played in the country. With the university students, he won the scoring title in 4 consecutive seasons from 1975 to 1979.

2. Carlos Hermosillo: striker who set his best times with the Máquina Celeste del Cruz Azul with which he scored 169 goalsmore than half of 295 goals that adorn his career as an active player which ended in 2001. On six occasions he was recognized as the goalscorer of the Aztec football champion.

3. Jared Borgetti: known as “El Zorro del Desierto” has to his credit 252 goals throughout his career, to be placed third on the list. Most of the goals were scored during his time at Santos Laguna.

4. Parachutist Jose Saturnino Cardozo scored 249 goals while in Mexico. For 11 seasons he remained active with the Toluca Red Devils (1994-2005). With this team, he also set a record in short tournaments with 29 scores. In 2006, he became a coach.

5. Horace Casarin is remembered as one of the first great idols domestic soccer. His career began in 1936 at Necaxa, he also shines with the Atlante Iron Colts, for more than two decades broke the net 238 times. Among other great achievements and affection from the fans, he is remembered for scoring five goals in one game.

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