The hottest African goal scorers in Europe right now
The football leagues are now about a quarter into the 2021/2022 season and what is noticeable this season more than in a long time is how well African strikers are performing in Europe right now. We list here the hottest African strikers so far this season below.
Mohamed Salah, Egypt - Liverpool
The obvious choice on the list is of course the Egyptian Mohamed Salah. Salah is perhaps the hottest player in the whole world right now, especially with Liverpool's 5-0 humiliation of Manchester United the past weekend in fresh memory. He scored a hat trick in that match and thereby jumped up as sole top scorer leader in the Premier League. He has scored 10 goals so far, 3 more than second-placed Jamie Vardy.But it is not only in the EPL that Salah excels, he is also second placed in the top scorer list in Champions League with his five goals there, only a goal behind our next name in this list.
Sébastien Haller, Ivory Coast - Ajax
Top scorer leader in the Champions League is Ajax Sébastien Haller, representing the Ivory Coast at national team level. Haller was born French and represented France throughout his youth, all the way up to U21 team where he scored 13 goals in 20 matches. However, at senior level he never got the chance to represent the French national team and therefore in 2020 chose to represent his mother's home country instead, the Ivory Coast.As already mentioned, Haller is the number one top scorer in UCL with his 6 goals, and 4 of these he scored already in the first round when Ajax took a 5-1 win away against Sporting. But it is not only in the Champions League he delivers, in the Dutch Eredivisie he is also in the top among the scorers with 7 scored goals. The lead in Eredivisie is shared with Guus Til in Feyenoord though.
Karl Toko Ekambi, Cameroon - Lyon
Karl Toko Ekambi from Cameroon, playing in French Lyon, is another African player who is in the top of a top scorer list in Europe. In Ligue 1, Ekambi has "only" managed to score 2 goals so far, but in the Europa League he is doing better. In the Europa League he has already scored 5 goals in 3 matches, and the fact is that the following players in the top scorer list with 4 goals scored right now are another two Africans; the Zambian Patson Daka as well as our next name on the list, Victor Osimhen.