Top 10 contenders for the European Golden Shoe - February 2019 watch

#6 Edinson Cavani (PSG)

Edinson Cavani

League - French Ligue 1 (X2)

16 GOALS (32 POINTS)

Long in the shadow of Zlatan Ibrahimovic ever since his 2013 arrival from Napoli, the Uruguayan international was forced to play out wide to accommodate the more established Zlatan for much of his early PSG career.

The Swedish record goalscorer's departure in 2016 offered Cavani the chance to be the main striker of the team, and he has flourished since then in his more preferred central role.

In each of the first two seasons following Ibrahimovic's departure, Cavani won the Ligue 1 Golden Boot, scoring 35 goals and 28 goals respectively.

He has however faced criticism for his non-performance in the Champions League knockout rounds (which is where PSG have their sights set on), and the arrivals of Neymar and Mbappe might have robbed him off his star status to some degree, but he is still delivering the goods.

So far this season, he has scored 16 goals in 15 Ligue 1 matches, helping PSG set a new French record of winning their first twelve matches consecutively, in what is likely to be a procession to an eighth French league title in the last nine years.