2024-03-09 15:51:52
Olavio Juninho scored the fifth goal in the European Cup for Qarabag.
As Idman.biz reports, the Brazilian striker repeated the Azerbaijani record.
We are talking about the number of goals scored in a season. The 28-year-old football player in his debut season became the top scorer of the Agdam club. He is our seventh player to score 5 goals in a single European Cup season.
Midfielder is bigger than striker
Afran Ismayilov is the first player in the history of Azerbaijani football to score 5 goals in a European Cup season. The midfielder turned out to be more productive than the attackers, scoring 5 goals in the Europa League in the 2010/11 season. Although his record was subsequently repeated many times, Afran’s average performance should be the envy of everyone, including Juninho. Ismailov scored 5 goals in 6 matches during the season.
The last record holder who did not see the group
The second player who scored 5 goals in the season also represented Qarabag. Reynaldo Silva did it in the Europa League in the 2013/14 season. He is remembered as the first foreign player to score so many goals in Azerbaijani clubs. The Brazilian, like Afran, distinguished himself in a team that did not reach the group stage. That year, Qarabag, one step away from the group, scored 5 goals in just 7 matches. Both Afran’s and Reynaldo’s teams could have done better had they reached the group stage.
The only one
Only one of the players who scored 5 goals in European competition in one season did so without playing for Qarabag. This is Theo Weeks, who briefly shone in Gabala. In the 2016/17 season, he scored 5 goals in 12 Europa League matches. The Liberian is the first player to score 5 goals while playing both in qualifying and in the group. But all his goals were scored while in the group.
We waited for the fourth 4 years
The fourth player of the Azerbaijani club to score 5 goals in the European Cup did this 4 years after Theo. Kadi Borges, who shone in the Conference League with Qarabag, scored 5 goals in the 2021/22 season. Distinguished himself 2 times in the classification and 3 times in the group. To achieve this, the Brazilian needed 14 matches.
Fifth with another “five”.
Owusu Kwabena became the fifth player to score 5 goals in a European season. The Qarabag legionnaire signed a contract last season. He is different from the top scorers of yesteryear. Owusu scored five goals, playing in not one, but two tournaments. Kwabena, who played 14 matches as a coach, won 2 times the Champions League and 3 times the Europa League.
Third season in a row
As in the last two seasons, in the 2023/24 football year there were 5 goalscorers in Europe. This already happened before Juninho. His teammate Redon Gija has already scored 5 goals. The Albanian scored all his goals in the Champions League. He is the player with the most goals scored in a season, representing Azerbaijan in the continent’s most prestigious club competition. In total, Redon has scored 11 chances this season.
Two in a season for the first time
Juninho, who scored his fifth goal, was another debutant. This is the first time two players have reached “5” in one season. By repeating Gigi’s record, the number of those who have done this in the last 3 seasons has increased to 4. Although Juninho played in two tournaments, he scored 5 goals in the Europa League. He achieved this in the 14th European Cup match.
It is worth noting that both Juninho and Gija have the opportunity to set a record in the away match of the 1/8 finals with Bayer. Leandro Andrade and Yacine Bencia need to score one goal to finish in the top five scorers.
Vugar Khairullaev
İdman.biz