Scores 8 Goals, Agustin Ruberto Wins Golden Shoe at U-17 World Cup

Agustin Ruberto (Argentina) (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - Argentina U-17 national team striker Agustin Ruberto won the golden boot or top scorer at the 2023 U-17 World Cup.

This certainty was obtained after Ruberto scored eight goals during the tournament, which was held for the first time in Indonesia.

Even though Ruberto failed to add to his tally of goals in the match for third place which took place at the Manahan Stadium in Solo, Friday, his closest competitors, namely Claudio Echeverri and Ibrahim Diarra, were unable to catch up with Ruberto's goal tally.

With eight goals scored in seven matches, Ruberto is now listed as the second highest goal scorer throughout the U-17 World Cup competition. Ruberto only lost to the Nigerian striker who is now playing for Napoli, Victor Osimhen, who scored ten goals during the U-17 World Cup competition which took place in 2015.

In second place on the list of top scorers at the 2023 U-17 World Cup is Mali striker, Ibrahim Diarra. Ibrahim Diarra scored a total of five goals and four assists in seven matches. By playing a central role on the front line, Diarra was able to lead Mali to the third best ranking.

Then in third place is Ruberto's teammate, Claudio Echeverri. Even though Diarra has recorded five goals in seven matches, Echeverri had to settle for third place because he was outnumbered in assist productivity. The player nicknamed "The Little Devil" was only able to provide two assists throughout his participation in the tournament.

Fourth place is occupied by German striker Paris Brunner. Throughout the tournament, Brunner has recorded five goals and one assist. Due to this impressive performance, Brunner was also able to bring Germany to become champions for the first time in the U-17 World Cup.

However, Brunner is still not productive enough to compete for the golden boot title with Ruberto, Diarra and Echeverri.

The following is a list of the top scorers in the 2023 U-17 World Cup according to FIFA's report via its official website, Saturday:

Eight goals

Agustin Ruberto (Argentina)

Five goals

Ibrahim Diarra (Mali)

Claudio Echeverri (Argentina)

Paris Brunner (Germany)

Four goals

Kaua Elias (Brazil)

Amirbek Saidov (Uzbekistan)

Rento Takaoka (Japan)

Max Moerstedt (Germany)