Sergio Aguero: 5 stats that prove he is the best Argentinian Premier League player ever

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Aguero signed a contract extension that will keep him at Manchester City until June 2021.

On Friday, 21 September 2018, it was confirmed by Manchester City, that their star man and all-time top scorer Sergio Aguero has extended his contract with the current EPL champions till 2021.

"I am happy for this additional year," Aguero told CityTV. "My idea was being here for 10 years. I’ve been here for seven years, it’s going to be 10 when the contract expires.

"Hopefully, that's going to happen. This was the main reason I signed."

Ask any Cityzen, nothing excites them more than watching 'Kun' Aguero absolutely destroy the opposition defenses. The record-breaking Argentinian has been one of the consistent performers of the league since joining City in 2011. It is impossible to talk about City's success over the years without mentioning Aguero.

He has established himself as one of the best strikers of European football, having scored 205 goals in 300 appearances for the Sky Blues. He really is a 'goal machine', as often referred by fans and fellow teammates.

Now that he has signed the contract extension, we should be able to enjoy his exploits till 2021. With him having 3 more seasons to ply his trade, even more records are within reach for City's record goalscorer.

While it is debatable that he is the best striker in Europe, one thing that's been established is that he is the best Argentinian to have ever played in the Premier League. With that being said, let's take a look at the 5 facts that prove that there's no other Argentinian player who can match Aguero in the Premier League.


#5 He is only the second Argentinian to win the Golden boot

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Aguero was the top scorer in the 2014-15 PL season

In the 2014-15 season, Aguero scored 26 goals for City in the PL, which is more than any other Argentinian player has ever scored in a single season.

Though Manchester City could only finish second that season, Aguero became only the second Argentinian to claim the Golden Boot award in the Premier League after Carlos Tevez, who too had won the award with Manchester City, back in the 2010-11 season, which he shared with Manchester United's Dimitar Berbatov.

#4 Only player in the Premier League history to score 4 or more goals on 3 different occasions

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Aguero has scored 4 goals this season so far

3 October 2015. That is the day when Aguero inscribed himself in the history books. It is on this day, 3 years ago that Aguero put on a 5-star performance.

He became the only the fifth player in Premier League era to score 5 goals in a single match. Not only that, till date, he remains the only player to score 4 or more goals in a single match on 3 different occasions. What a player!

#3 Best Minutes-to-goal ratio in the league

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Aguero scored the first hat-trick of this PL season

Aguero has been prolific for the 7 seasons he has spent at the Etihad. The stats reveal it all.

According to mancity.com, Aguero has scored 147 Premier League goals at an average of a goal per 108 minutes, which is much better than, one of the best No.9 of all time, Thierry Henry, who had a record of 121.8 minutes per goal.

Well, technically the best minutes-to-goal ratio is 107.8, according to a talkSPORT report and none other than Salah had maintained such an impressive ratio since last season. But given that he is yet to reach 50 goals mark, it is too early to comment on that impressive stat.

#2 Aguero has scored 9 hat-tricks so far

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Aguero scored on his 300th appearance for City on Saturday

Having scored his 9th hat-trick in the Premier League on 19 August this year against Huddersfield, Aguero is on the verge of breaking another record. Right now he is on level with the legendary Alan Shearer in terms of hat-tricks scored for a single team.

Alan Shearer scored a staggering 11 hat-tricks during his career, the record seems to be safe for now. But Aguero, who has a hat-trick rate of one in every 23.1 games and has extended his stay till 2021, it won't be long before he stamps his name on this record as well.

#1 He is the second-highest scoring overseas player in the Premier League

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Aguero is the 10th highest goal scorer of all time in PL

With 147 goals in 212 appearances for City in the Premier League, Aguero has made it into the top 10 highest scorers in the PL history. Interestingly he is the only active player of that list and with him showing no signs of slowing down, we can be 100% sure that he won't stay on the 10th position for long.

He is also the second highest overseas player in the league. Only the Arsenal legend, Henry has better stats than him, with 175 goals in 258 appearances for the Gunners.

With all that we have seen, it is not wrong to say that he is the best Argentinian to have ever played in the Premier League.

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Edited by Victor R. Lopez M.