Henry Martin is the striker with the most goals scored in the top division leagues in the world (Twitter/@HenryMartinM)

With the two goals he scored in the match against Atlético de San Luis on Matchday 7 of the 2023 Clausura of the Liga MX, Henry Martin achieved various goals. In addition to leading the score in the contest, the native of Mérida, Yucatán, positioned himself as the top scorer in top division leagues worldwide during 2023.

The site specializing in sports statistics, Statiskickson your account Twitterpublished the list of nine players who most goals they have scored in their leagues in the months elapsed in 2023. In this sense, the Águilas del América striker was at the top with nine goals and surpassed other figures such as Víctor Osimhen, Wissan Ben Yedder and Enner Valencia.

Under Martín, four players have scored eight goals. They are Napoli’s Victor Osimhen in Serie A in ItalyDejan Damjanovic of Daegu FC in the South Korean K League 1, as well as Ronaldo Córdoba of Herrera FC in the Panama Primera Division and the Brazilian Diego Mauricio, who wears the shirt of Shijiazhuang Ever Bright FC of the Chinese Super League.

Henry Martín is the Clausura 2023 top scorer (Twitter/@HenryMartinM)
Henry Martín is the Clausura 2023 top scorer (Twitter/@HenryMartinM)

In the meantime, with seven annotations between January and February, the Monegasque striker stands out in Ligue 1 in France, Wissam Ben Yedder. Fenerbahçe’s Enner Valencia in the Turkish Super LeagueEran Zahavi of Maccabi Tel Aviv in Israel and Vangelis Pavlidis of AZ Alkmaar in the Eredivisie also share the same stat.

Although not all the aforementioned leagues have a high level of competitiveness, the American player’s nine goals are good news for Mexican sport. There is more than half of the regular season left to play and the numbers could change, but the stats indicate stay with the goalscorers championshipa decoration that no Mexican has won since 2019.

The last player born in the territory who was the top scorer was Alan Pulido in the Opening 2019, although he shared the prize with Mauro Quiroga. Before, Ángel Reyna had achieved it in the Clausura 2011 with the Águilas del América, while Javier Chicharito Hernández did so in the 2010 Bicentennial Tournament.

The American forward started with Mexico at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar (Twitter/@HenryMartinM)
The American forward started with Mexico at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar (Twitter/@HenryMartinM)

Another of Martin’s accomplishments in the Round 7 game was his entered the top 10 of the best scorers in the history of Club América. With his double he reached the figure of 77 targets, he managed to defeat Gonzalo Farfán and also scored 16 goals from Carlos Hermosillo, 18 from Carlos Reinoso and 21 from Salvador Cabañas. This is how the historical picture is currently unfolding.

1. Luis Roberto Alves Zag (190 goals).

2. Cuauhtemoc Blanco (153 goals).

3. Octavio Vial (148 goals).

4. Jose Alves Zag (106 goals).

5. Enrique Borja (103 goals).

6. Eduardo González Palmer (102 goals).

7. Salvador Cabanas (98 goals).

8. Carlos Reinoso (95 goals).

9. Carlos Hermosillo (93 goals).

10. Henry Martin (77 goals).

Zague is America's all-time leading scorer (Instagram/ @garciaposti)
Zague is America’s all-time leading scorer (Instagram/ @garciaposti)

After coming very close to the goalscoring title in the 2022 opening tournament, Henry Joshua Martin Mex is the monarch provisional in Clausura 2023. With 9 notes He surpassed other well-known figures in the field such as André-Pierre Gignac, Rogelio Funes Mori and Juan Ignacio Dinenno, who scored five goals individually.

The Águilas’ next game will be against the Xolos de Tijuana, where the captain will also look to continue adding scores to climb the ranks of the historic rankings and establish himself as the top scorer of the current semester.

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