Euro 2024 Golden Boot: Netherlands’ Gakpo joins the lead with Germany’s Musiala and Mikautadze of Georgia

Netherlands’ Cody Gakpo became the latest player to become the joint top scorer in Euro 2024 after scoring his side’s first goal in the round of 16 clash against Romania at the Allanz Arena in Munich.

The Liverpool forward has now three goals in the tournament after scoring two in the group stages.

Netherlands’ winger Donyell Malen scored two goals in the match to enter the race.

Earlier, Slovakia’s Ivan Schranz joined the top scorers list after scoring in his side’s round of 16 clash against England at the Arena AufSchalke.

Schranz is now tied with Germany’s Jamal Musiala and Georgia’s Georges Mikautadze for the golden boot leader board.

The Georgian scored in the third consecutive match in the ongoing Euro 2024 when he extended Georgia’s lead against Portugal from the spot in the 57th minute.

The 23-year-old forward scored in Georgia’s first ever match at the European Championship against Turkiye in a 1-2 loss. He then scored the equaliser against Czechia in the next match before scoring against Cristiano Ronaldo’s side in the final Group F match.

The FC Metz player is also provided an assist for Khvicha Kvaratskhelia’s 2nd minute strike in the match.

The Georgian forward is followed by Germany’s Niclas Fullkrug and Netherlands’ Cody Gakpo with two goals each to their names.

Turkish defender Merih Demiral scored from two corners against Austria to help his team in the round of 16 match in Munich.

Here is the list of top scorers in Euro 2024:

Interestingly, the tournament in Germany has also seen eight own goals so far.