With 7 goals now, Nguyen Xuan Son is likely to win the title of top scorer of the AFF Cup 2024. However, the striker of the Vietnamese team needs at least 3 more goals to become the best scorer of an AFF Cup throughout history.
Xuan Son has a chance to win...
With 7 goals, Nguyen Xuan Son is far ahead of all his closest rivals in the race to the title of top scorer of the AFF Cup 2024. The runners-up in this list have only scored 4 goals, including Patrik Gustavsson, Suphanat Mueanta (Thailand), Shawal Anur (Singapore) and Nguyen Tien Linh.
Statistics on players with many goals at AFF Cup 2024
Graphics: VFF
Xuan Son only played 4 matches but scored 7 goals
Photo: Minh Tu
Only a shocking surprise can help the above players catch up with Nguyen Xuan Son, when the tournament has only 1 match left (the second leg of the final). It is very likely that Nguyen Xuan Son will become the second player in the history of Vietnamese football to win the AFF Cup top scorer title, after Nguyen Tien Linh in the 2022 tournament.
With 7 goals up to the first leg of the final, Xuan Son also ranked quite high in the group of strikers who scored the most goals in an AFF Cup, throughout the history of this tournament. Even the striker who has been crowned top scorer 5 times, Teerasil Dangda (Thailand), has never scored more than 6 goals in a Southeast Asian championship.
Xuan Son's number of goals is now equal to the scoring record of the once famous Thai football striker Natipong Sritong-in in the 1996 AFF Cup and Ilham Jaya Kesuma (Singapore) in the 2004 AFF Cup.
This player can still break many more records.
Photo: Minh Tu
How does it compare to the past?
But Xuan Son's scoring record is still lower than Noh Alam Shah (Singapore, scored 10 goals at AFF Cup 2007), Bambang Pamungkas (Indonesia, 8 goals at AFF Cup 2002) and Adisak Kraisorn (Thailand, 8 goals in 2018). That is, Xuan Son is currently ranked 4th.
If Nguyen Xuan Son scores another goal in the second leg of the final against Thailand on the evening of January 5, he will rise to second place, equal to Bambang Pamungkas and Adisak Kraisorn. If Xuan Son scores 2 goals, he will have a total of 9 goals in the 2024 AFF Cup, he will take sole possession of second place in the group.
In case Xuan Son scores a hat-trick against Thailand at Rajamangala Stadium, he will have the same scoring record as Noh Alam Shah at the 2004 AFF Cup, becoming the player with the most goals in a tournament, throughout the history of the AFF Cup.
Suppose Nguyen Xuan Son plays all three group stage matches against Laos, Indonesia and the Philippines (on December 9, 15 and 18, 2024), it is unclear how many more goals this striker will score? In fact, Xuan Son will only be allowed to play for the Vietnamese team from December 21, 2024, according to FIFA regulations. That is the day the Vietnamese team will face Myanmar in the AFF Cup group stage.
Thanhnien.vn
Source: https://thanhnien.vn/xuan-son-co-co-hoi-thanh-vua-pha-luoi-hay-nhat-lich-su-aff-cup-ly-do-day-185250104130341056.htm
Comment (0)