Top 5 contenders for the European Golden Shoe 2016/17

MADRID, SPAIN - FEBRUARY 15:  Cristiano Ronaldo of Real Madrid gestures during the UEFA Champions League Round of 16 first leg match between Real Madrid CF and SSC Napoli at Estadio Santiago Bernabeu on February 15, 2017 in Madrid, Spain.  (Photo by Gonzalo Arroyo Moreno/Getty Images)
Cristiano Ronaldo is a long way behind in the race for the European Golden Boot

#2 – Andrea Belotti – 22 goals – 44 points

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TURIN, ITALY - FEBRUARY 12:  Andrea Belotti of FC Torino celebrates after scoring his second goal during the Serie A match between FC Torino and Pescara Calcio at Stadio Olimpico di Torino on February 12, 2017 in Turin, Italy.  (Photo by Valerio Pennicino/Getty Images)
Andrea Belotti’s ‘rooster’ celebration has been a constant in Serie A this season
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To many, Andrea Belotti is the surprise of the season. To the few Serie A watchers that still exist, the Torino striker's success is simply de riguer - this had been coming.

22 goals in the notoriously defensive league in just 24 games has made the rest of Europe sit up and take notice. It isn't just the rate at which Belotti has been plundering the goals that impress, the manner in which the 23-year-old has got his goals is eye-opening.

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Most of the supreme footballers in this list score a majority of their goals with their favoured foot. Belotti has score 5 with his left foot, 8 headed goals and 9 with his right foot. Equally adept at fox-in-the-box style finishes as well as fearsome strikes from distance, Belotti is as close as they come to the archetypal No.9

He's well on track to equalling Gonzalo Huguain's record breaking haul of 36 goals in a Serie A season, but given his closest competitor is a La Liga maestro, Belotti might just find the European Golden Shoe a step too far this season.

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