Africa-Press – Cape verde. Júnior Jorge da Cruz, “Txukin” in the world of football, striker and shirt number 10 of Associação Académica do Mindelo and runner-up in the 2023 edition of the National Football Championship. The top scorer in this edition of the championship with eight goals also took the prize for the best goal in the national championship of the last two editions.
Two participations in the Senior Men’s National Football Championship, twice the competition’s top scorer, seven goals scored last season and eight goals this season.
That is, 15 goals scored in 18 games, an average of almost one goal per game.
It was his first goal in this edition of the championship, in the defeat against Morabeza da Brava, in the first round of the group stage. It was his, for many fans and football lovers, the most beautiful goal of this championship.
Top scorer for two consecutive years
This goal was scored, from outside the area, against GD Varandinha, in the third round of the group stage (a game in which he scored the two winning goals for “Micá” against the regional champions of Santiago Norte).
Remember that he had also scored the most sublime goal in the league last season (goal scored against Rosariense in the second leg of the semi-finals in Santo Antão Norte).
It should also be noted that in the group, by the way, quite large, of players who finished the competition as the second best scorers in the national championship is Gogol, Txukin’s teammate and striker with four goals.
Calu (Mindelense), Mike and Latch (Palmeira), Sunday (Travadores) and Luizin (Vulcânicos) are part of the aforementioned group.
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