Race for the European Golden Shoe - January 2019 watch

#5 Krzysztof Piatek (Genoa)

Krzysztof Piatek

League - Italy's Serie A

Goals - 13 (26 points)

Perhaps the biggest revelation of the season in all of Europe. Piatek is a 23-year-old Polish international, who had spent all of his previous professional career in the Polish leagues.

After scoring 21 goals during the 2017/2018 Estraklasa in Poland which saw him finish as the third highest goalscorer in the Polish top division, Genoa paid €4 million for his services to Cracovia at the start of June.

Owing to his relatively obscure past, not much was expected from Piatek on his arrival in Serie A, but he has absolutely shocked everyone with his performances thus far, The Pole currently sits second on the Serie A scorers chart with 13 goals, higher than established superstars such as Mauro Icardi, Eden Dzeko and Ciro Immobile.

Earlier this season, he became the first man since the legendary Gabriel Batistuta to score in each of his first seven Serie A matches, and he is surely looking like a bargain for the price he was bought.

Piatek has scored over half of Genoa's goals in Serie A this season, and if the club is to become established in the Italian top-flight, then Piatek's goals would be crucial to that.