The unknown striker who destroys top goalscorers numbers of Mbappé and Haaland

There is no doubt that Erling Haaland and Kylian Mbappé are destined to be the new dominators of football in the coming years, just as Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo did in the last decade and a half. But if we look at the numbers in terms of goals, there is an unknown Argentine forward who has better numbers than both and surprises everyone.

Erling Haaland, in his first season at Manchester City, scored 53 goals. A collection of goals that served, for Guardiola's team, to lift the long-awaited FA Cup, Premier League and UEFA Champions League. As an individual, with this impressive number of goals, the Norwegian scorer not only won the Golden Boot, or the Gerd Müller trophy for best scorer, but also fell short of the Ballon d'Or.

But, although in the world of football it is calculated by seasons, it is also interesting to observe it throughout the calendar year, taking into account the performance in the 12 months of each year. And taking the figures from the beginning of 2022, there is an unknown Argentine forward who surpasses both the Norwegian Erling Haaland and the Frenchman Kylian Mbappé.

The devastating numbers of the forward who surpasses Mbappé and Haaland

In 2023, Argentine striker Germán Cano has played 55 games with Fluminense, including the final of the CONMEBOL Copa Libertadores where his team was crowned champion after beating the historic Boca Juniors of his native country, and has scored a total of 37 goals that have contributed so that the Brazilian team is playing its second final of the most important CONMEBOL club tournament. In the Copa Libertadores alone, Cano has scored 13 goals and two assists in 12 games that place him as the leader in individual goals, all of this at 35 years old. But if we also add the goals scored since January 2022, the Argentine reaches a total of 80 goals, which would also be surpassing figures of the stature of Kylian Mbappé (77), Erling Haaland (75), Karim Benzema (64) and Harry Kane (62) in that same period.