Top 3 La Liga All Time Top Scorers

Scoring a goal is an important aspect in football, as without scoring any goal, there will be no winner in a match. La Liga is famous with their lethal strikers from time to time. Here's the list of top 3 La Liga all time top scorers as of 1 October 2017 (Source: Wikipedia):

1. Lionel Messi (FC Barcelona/Argentina)
Lionel 'Andres' Messi has scored 360 goals from 389 matches that results a goal ratio of 0.93 goal per match. Messi is still an active player until now (2017) for FC Barcelona and the Argentina National Football Team. He just recently scored a hat-trick for Argentina that makes them qualified to the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Messi is well known as one of the best football player ever with 5 Ballon d'Or awards and other trophies.

2. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid/Portugal)

Cristiano Ronaldo has scored 285 goals from 268 matches that results a goal ratio of 1.06 goal per match. Ronaldo is still an active player until now (2017) for Real Madrid and Portugal National Football Team. Recently, Ronaldo helps Portugal to qualify to the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Ronaldo has 4 Ballon d'Or, only one behind Messi.

3. Telmo Zarra (Athletic Bilbao/Spain)

Telmo Zarra has scored 251 goals from 278 matches from 1940-1955 that results a goal ratio of 0.9 goal per match. Telmo Zarra has died on 23 February 2006 (age 85). He remains a legend for La Liga history and also Athletic Bilbao fans.

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La Liga Current Top Scorers (29/9/2017)

Until match day 6 of La Liga this season, the current top scorer is Lionel Messi from Barcelona, where he scored 9 goals and 1 assist in 6 matches. Lionel Messi has played for 540 minutes, which means that he has a 60 minutes per goal ratio. Messi has scored four goals against Eibar, one assist against Getafe, a hattrick (3 goals) against Espanyol, and two goals against Alaves. The second top scorer is Simone Zaza from Valencia, he has scored 5 goals against Real Sociedad (1 goal), Malaga (3 goals), and Las Palmas (1 goal). Zaza has a 89 minutes per goal ratio, where he has played 444 minutes this season. The third top goal scorer is Maxi Gomez from Celta Vigo. He has scored 4 goals against Getafe (1 goal), Alaves (1 goal), and Real Sociedad (2 goals).

 Lionel Messi (Barcelona)

 Maxi Gomez (Celta Vigo)

Simone Zaza (Valencia)

Current La Liga Top Scorers

1. Lionel Messi (9 goals + 1 assist)

2. Simone Zaza (5 goals)

3. Maxi Gomez (4 goals)

4. Yannick Carrasco (3 goals + 2 assists)

5. Angel Correa (3 goals + 1 assist)

6. Sergio Leon (3 goals + 1 assist)

7. Rodrigo (3 goals + 1 assist)

8. Angel Rodriguez (3 goals)

9.  Antonio Sanabria (3 goals)

10. Juanmi (3 goals)

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La Liga Week 5 Wrap

In matchday 5 of La Liga, there were some matches that have an interesting result. Such as Valencia who beats Malaga 5-0, as Simone Zaza scored a hat-trick (55', 60', 63'), while Santi Mina and Rodrigo scored one goal each. Barcelona trashes Eibar with a 6-1 win at Camp Nou. Lionel Messi scored four goals, Denis Suarez scored one goal and one of Barcelona's latest signing, which is Paulinho also scored a goal, while Eibar could only scored a goal by Sergi Enrich.

Lionel Messi celebrates his goal.

Another interesting score line was the match between Levante and Real Sociedad, where Levante surprisingly won 3-0 at Estadio Ciudad de Valencia, through Chema (45'), Jose Luis Morales (75') and Enis Bardhi (89'), as Diego Llorente (Real Sociedad's player) was sent off during the game.

The Complete Results of Matchday 5:
- Valencia : Malaga = 5:0
- Barcelona : Eibar = 6:1
- Athletic : Atletico = 1:2
- Leganes : Girona = 0:0
- Deportivo : Alaves = 1:0
- Real Madrid : Betis = 0:1
- Sevilla : Las Palmas 1:0
- Villareal : Espanyol = 0:0
- Celta : Getafe = 1:1
- Levante : Sociedad =  3:0

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