November 30, 2024, 18:36 PM
November 30, 2024, 18:36 PM
Fifty-one days after turning 30 and one year after returning to the ranks of Botafogo, Brazilian forward Júnior Santos established himself this Saturday as the top scorer of the 2024 Copa Libertadores by leading the tournament’s scorers with ten goals.
So it can be said that the striker celebrated twice by also being champion today with the club that signed him again in 2023, and helping him win his first title in the competition with his ten goals and shouting that tenth goal at minute 96 of the game they won 1-3 against Atlético Mineiro at the Monumental stadium in Buenos Aires (Argentina).
José Antonio dos Santos Júnior, better known as Júnior Santos, was born on October 11, 1994 in Conceição do Jacuípe, a municipality in the state of Bahia with just over 30 thousand inhabitants.
In this Copa Libertadores he beat his countryman Paulinho, from Atlético Mineiro, who finished with 7 goals, the same ones with which he took second place in the tournament’s scoring classification in 2023.
Before celebrating in style with Botafogo and achieving personal glory, Júnior Santos went through nine clubs since his debut in 2017 with Osvaldo Cruz FC in his country.
– Final classification of scorers of the 65th Copa Libertadores:
With 10: Júnior Santos (BRA-Botafogo).
With 7: Paulinho (Atlético Mineiro)
With 6: Miguel Borja (COL-River Plate), Maximiliano Silvera (Peñarol).
With 5: Pedro (Flamengo), Jonathan Calleri (ARG-Sao Paulo) and Francisco Da Costa (BRA-Bolívar).
