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Ronaldo leads Spain's La Liga goal scoreres

Xinhua, February 23, 2015 Adjust font size:

After this weekend's results, Portuguese soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo became the leader of Spain's La Liga scoring chart, local media reported Sunday.

On Sunday, Real Madrid defeated Elche with a score of 2-0, during a match where Cristiano Ronaldo scored the second goal.

With this result, the Portuguese forward reached 29 goals, three more than Argentine star Lionel Messi.

The top scorers of La Liga are the following:

Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid): 29

Lionel Messi (FC Barcelona): 26

Neymar da Silva (FC Barcelona): 17

Carlos Bacca (Sevilla) and Antoine Griezmann (Atletico de Madrid): 14

Karim Benzema (Real Madrid): 13

Mario Mandzukic (Atletico de Madrid): 12

Gareth Bale (Real Madrid) and Luciano Vietto (Villarreal): 10

Aritz Aduriz (Athletic Club), Sergio Garcia and Christian Stuani (Espanyol), and Jonathas (Elche): 9

Nolito (Celta), Alberto Bueno (Rayo Vallecano), James Rodriguez (Real Madrid), and Daniel Parejo (Valencia): 8.Enditem (Elisa G.)

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