The Golden Shoe

The Golden Shoe. For a second time the best scorer of Europe was Fernando Gomes (FC Porto) with 39 goals. Martin McCaughey (Linfield) was second with 34 goals and Vahid Halilhodzic (FC Nantes) – third with 28 goals.

From left: McCaughey, Gomes, and Halilhodzic.

Gomes scored 3 goals more than in 1983, when he received his first Golden Shoe. Prolific scorer, he already had more than 500 goals and was 6 times top scorer of Portugal. He also had astonishing record with the national team of his country: 36 goals in 30 games. The numbers speak of themselves, but Gomes pointed out that having Cubillas as teammate was essential for his development – the Peruvian star taught him professionalism.