In the current season, several Brazilians have managed to stand out in the major European leagues. However, there is one who is shining above the rest in what is being his debut season with Brighton: João Pedro.
The 22-year-old Brazilian forward joined Roberto de Zerbi’s team in the summer of 2023 after having spent three years at Watford, a club with which he played one season in the Premier League, 2021/2022, a year in which He scored three goals and provided one assist in 28 games.
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However, in what is being his return to the elite of English football, the attacker trained at Fluminense is having a historic season, having already scored 19 goals and distributed two assists in 32 games counting all competitions.
João Pedro, at the level of the greatest: 19 goals in 32 games
With these figures, not only is he the Brazilian with the most goals in major European competitions in the 2023/2024 season, but he is also the third top under-23 scorer in the elite of the old continent.
On the European scoring list, only three players aged 23 or under appear in the top fifteen. The first of them is Manchester City’s Norwegian striker, Erling Haaland, who has already accumulated 29 goals in 32 games counting all competitions.
In second place is Real Madrid’s English attacking midfielder, Jude Bellingham, who is having a sweet debut season with the meringues and already has 20 goals in 31 games.
In third position is where João Pedro appears, the third top under-23 scorer in the major European leagues, who has already scored 19 goals in 32 games.
Now, if we highlight these scorers not by their age, but only by their goals, Haaland would be the third top scorer of the season, while Bellingham would not appear until ninth place. João Pedro, for his part, is the thirteenth player with the most goals in the general list, which is the following as of the date on which these letters are written:
- Kylian Mbappé (PSG) – 25 years old: 34G in 34PJ
- Harry Kane (Bayern) – 30 years old: 33G in 33PJ
- Erling Haaland (Manchester City) – 23 years old: 29G in 32PJ
- Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan) – 26 years old: 26G in 35PJ
- Serhou Guirassy (Stuttgart) – 27 years old: 22G in 20PJ
- Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) – 28 years old: 21G in 38PJ
- Lois Openda (RB Leipzig) – 24 years old: 21G in 35PJ
- Pierre Emerick-Aubameyang (O. Marseille) – 34 years: 21G in 36PJ
- Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid) – 20 years old: 20G in 31PJ
- Álvaro Morata (Atlético de Madrid) – 31 years old: 20G in 37PJ
- Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) – 31 years old: 19G in 29PJ
- Jonathan David (LOSC Lille) – 24 years old: 19G in 34PJ
- João Pedro (Brighton) – 22 years old: 19G in 32PJ
- Romelu Lukaku (AS Roma) – 30 years old: 18G in 35PJ
- Antoine Griezmann (Atlético de Madrid) – 32 years old: 18G in 36PJ
