Former Arsenal and Chelsea star Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang becomes Europa League all-time top goalscorer | KIELSAF | 2024-02-18 16:08:01
Former Arsenal and Chelsea star Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang becomes Europa League all-time top goalscorer | KIELSAF | 2024-02-18 16:08:01
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has turn into the Europa League's all-time prime goalscorer, equalling the document set by Radamel Falcao.
The former Arsenal captain and Chelsea flop scored the opening objective of Olympique Marseille's 2-2 draw at Shakhtar Donetsk on Thursday evening.
It wasn't a perfect outcome for the French aspect who host the Ukrainians next week within the second leg of their play-off tie.
However it did present a second of historical past for Aubameyang who has now scored 30 occasions in the Europa League during his profession – only former Chelsea and Manchester United striker Falcao can match him.
The 34-year-old has achieved this feat across 54 appearances, scoring for Borussia Dortmund (eight), Arsenal (14), Barcelona (2), and Marseille (6).
It ought to be stated that this doesn't consider objectives from earlier than the Europa League was rebranded from the UEFA Cup.
If it did nevertheless, then Henrik Larsson would nonetheless be the top scorer, however only simply together with his 31 objectives putting him only one ahead of Aubameyang, Falcao and Klaas-Jan Huntelaar.
Aubameyang has loved a comeback in form of types at Marseille after a turbulent few seasons, scoring 15 in 31 video games to date in his maiden season for the Ligue 1 aspect.
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The forward was stripped of the Arsenal captaincy after a falling out with Mikel Arteta in 2021 and subsequently left for Barcelona.
He would be a part of Chelsea simply six months after that, however his time at Stamford Bridge was a disaster, scoring simply three objectives in 21 games for the Blues.
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