Serie A Lig: the best strikers in Türkiye are all old acquaintances of our football

It’s written Super Lig, it reads Serie A. In fact, there are many old acquaintances from the Italian championship who are protagonists in the Turkish top flight: from Mauro Icarditop scorer and close to the title with Galatasaray, ad Edin Dzeko, Fenerbahce’s super signing and scorer of 20 goals. Then there they are Mario Balotellistill decisive with Adana Demirspor (7 goals in 15 appearances) and the many compatriots registered with Fatih Karagumruk, a true Italian colony.

The scorers’ ranking is emblematic: in addition to Icardi and Dzeko, in the top positions there are several players who have not left their mark in our country or have not managed to find continuity: this is the case of Rey Manajwho played with Inter, Pescara, Pisa and Spezia before moving to Sivasspor (18 goals in the championship), or Mame Thiam, who also played for Inter and Juventus (but never played in official matches) and has so far scored 16 goals with his Pendikspor. There is also the Gunslinger Piatekdazzling at Genoa and in the first months at Milan, before suddenly disappearing and ending up at Basaksehir.

Here is the top scorer ranking
Mauro Icardi (Galatasaray) 23 goals
Edin Dzeko (Fenerbahce) 20 goals
Rey Manaj (Sivasspor) 18 goals
Mame Thiam (Pendikspor) 16 goals
Adam Buksa (Antalyaspor) 15 goals (he is the brother of Aleksander, player owned by Genoa today at WSG Tirol)
Krzysztof Piatek (Basaksehir) 14 goals