Mbappé Receives First European Golden Shoe at Bernabéu Ceremony
His 31 La Liga goals outranked higher totals elsewhere due to the award’s league weighting.
Overview
- Real Madrid hosted the presentation at the Santiago Bernabéu on Friday with teammates, coach Xabi Alonso, president Florentino Pérez, and his father Wilfrid in attendance.
- Mbappé finished the 2024–25 league season with 31 goals for Madrid, edging Viktor Gyökeres, who scored 39 in Portugal, in the Golden Shoe points table.
- It is the first Golden Shoe of Mbappé’s career and the first by a Madrid player since Cristiano Ronaldo in 2015.
- In his remarks, he thanked teammates, described playing for Real Madrid as a dream, and said he hopes to win the prize again next season.
- He has begun the current campaign in prolific form, with reports listing 11 La Liga goals in 10 matches and 17 in 16 across all competitions.