James Tavernier, captain of the Rangers FC, finished the Europa League 2021-22 as the surprising top scorer in the competition with seven goals (four from penalties), in addition to two assists, in 14 games. The English right-back ended up leading one to Galen (Port) and Toko Ekambi (Lyon), both with six in 10 games, and in two to Kamada (Eintracht) and Daka (Leicester), with five goals per head in 13 and 6 duels, respectively.
Tavernier (30 years old) signed his seven goals in his last eight games of the Europe League. His series began with three goals (two penalties) in the tie against Borussia Dortmund. He followed with another goal from the fateful point before the Red Starwith the two he did to the panties (one penalty) and the one that marked the Leipzig.
The defender of rangers accumulates more assists (87) than goals (85) in his 365 official meetings with those of Glasgow. This Wednesday, in the final against Eintracht in Seville he took responsibility for taking the first penalty of the shootout and did not fail.
the of bradford signed in 2015 for the rangers, where he got a double in his first season and being a fundamental piece. He scored the goal that gave his team promotion to the scottish premiershipwas also the man of the final of the League Cup Scotsman scoring a volley goal from long range. Since the 2018-19 season he has been captain of the Scottish first team.
Tavernier it happens in the ‘pichichi’ of the Europe League to the four players who finished last season as the top scorers in the competition from the group stage to the final, all of them also tied on seven goals: Gerard Moreno (Villarreal), Pizza (Benfica), Borja Mayoral (Rome) and yusuf yazici (Lille).
The historical top scorer of the Europe League is the colombian Radamel Falcao with 30 goals (Porto and Atlético de Madrid) from the group stage to the final, while if the Europa League/UEFA Cup qualifying rounds are included, the top scorer is the Swede Henrik Larsonwho scored 40 goals as a Feyenoord, Celtic and Helsingborg player).
read also
Trapp and his fans crown Eintracht in Seville
‘El Comandante’ Borré leaves his scoring mark in the Europa League
