With the season reaching its mid-way mark, Bettor.com analyzes the best five forwards that have been leading lights for their respective clubs uptil now.
5. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ricky-van-Wolfswinkel-c31131 (Sporting Lisbon)
The summer arrival from http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Utrecht-c39237 has a strong case for being the signing for the season. Poached for a bargain buy of €5.4 million, the Dutch International has paid back every penny of his investment.
Such has been his form that the likes of Manchester United and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Stijn-Schaars-c34229.
His 7 goals in 14 appearances is quite an impressive return from the attacker and given that he is only 21 at the moment, there is no doubt that his goal scoring exploits will only improve in the future as he grows older.
4. Nolito (Benfica)
After being discarded by http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604, Nolito decided to pursue a change of scenery and ended up signing for Portuguese giants Benfica in the summer.
Although there were already a host of top quality forwards plying their trade at Estadio da Luz, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Jorge-c19120 Jesus decided to take in 25-year-old anyway and it proved to be a masterstroke from the tactician.
The winger has been a revelation for the Reds this term and has managed to score 8 goals in the Primeira Liga. Despite not making the line-up all the time, Nolito has definitely repaid his manager’s faith in him and has gone on to become an integral part
of the club.
3. Hulk (http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Porto-c39186)
The mercurial Brazilian has been one of the most prolific scorers Liga Sagres has ever seen and has continued from where he left off in the last campaign. Despite the departure of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Hulk-c16436 has carried FC Porto all on his own and
has single handedly maintained their title challenge.
The former Tokyo Verdy has found the back of the net 7 times in the league and is also currently leading the assists charts with 7 to his name.
His performances have been of the highest caliber and has seen him being linked with a switch to host of top European clubs including the likes of Paris Saint-Germain, Chelsea and Barcelona.
2. Baba Diawara (Maritimo/Sevilla)
Although the little known Senegalese has departed for greener pastures in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Portugal-c2984 during his time with Maritimo.
Playing as a striker, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Baba-Diawara-c7137 has guided the Minnows to very respectable 5th position in the League and scored 10 goals in the process. Making only 15 appearances for Maritimo this season, Diawara is now on the books of Sevilla, where he
will be hoping to carry on his red-hot form
1. Oscar Cardozo
In a season where Benfica have dominating the headlines, it is not surprising that there source of goals has been http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Oscar-c28720 Cardozo.
The Paraguayan has simply been superb this season, although he was left out of the team in order to accommodate http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Rodrigo-c31437, the front-man has come back stronger and now finds he himself leading the scoring charts, with a highly impressive tally of 11 strikes
to his name.
With his performances it is expected that this term might be his last at the Stadium of Light but given what he has done for Benfica over the years, it’s time that he did something for himself and furthered his career at one of the continents biggest clubs.
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