Gyulambaryan takes futsal honour
Thursday 13 September 2007
FC Adana Yerevan may have missed out on this season’s
UEFA Futsal Cup but Armen Gyulambaryan is celebrating
after being awarded the 2006/07 European Futsal Golden
Shoe by futsalplanet.com for the third time in four
years.
Century of goals
In a competition based on football’s ESM Golden Shoe,
the standings are decided by goals scored in last
season’s domestic top divisions, with leagues rated
between 1.0 and 2.0 per goal depending on their
relative strength and the number of matches played.
Gyulambaryan, previously the leading marksman in
2003/04 and 2004/05, scored an incredible 129 goals in
the 20-game Armenian Premiere League as Adana finished
second behind FC Politekhnik Yerevan. His 2006/07
total was 61 goals greater than any other – and more
importantly Gyulambaryan’s points tally of 129 left
him 33.8 clear of second-placed Nazmi Jakupi, whose 68
strikes for Elita Tetovo of F.Y.R. Macedonia were
worth 1.4 points each.
Betinho third
In third place was the 2005/06 winner Betinho of
Belgium’s PB Morlanwelz, who registered 49 goals for
88.2 points. It kept up the Belgian league’s good
record in the competition as TLR Atwerpen 2000’s Edwin
Grunholz was the inaugural 2002/03 winner. The
highest-placed player involved in this season’s UEFA
Futsal Cup was Ricardinho of Portuguese champions SL
Benfica, fifth after recording 39 goals for 78 points.
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