Below is a list of players who scored the most goals in the America's Cup.
America's Cup is a football tournament held under the auspices of CONMEBOL among the national teams of the region. The first rally was held in 1916. From its beginning until 1967, the tournament was called the South American Championship , and in the 1975 drawing, the tournament got its current name. Since 1993, invited teams began to take part in the tournament; in total, five invited teams participated in the America's Cup - teams from the USA , Mexico , Costa Rica , Honduras and Japan .
The first scorer was Uruguayan Isabelino Gradin , who scored three goals. Argentines became top scorers more often than others - 17 times. Twice the players from the invited teams became the best goalscorers and both times they were players from Mexico - Luis García Postigo in 1995 and Luis Hernandez in 1997 .
Argentinian Norberto Mendez and Brazilian Zizinho are the best scorers in the entire history of the tournament, each of them scored 17 goals. Six players have twice become the best goalscorers of the tournament - Pedro Petrone , Angel Romano , Erminio Masantonio , Gabriel Batistuta , José Paolo Guerrero and Eduardo Vargas . The largest number of goals in one tournament - nine - scored three players - Zhair da Rosa Pinto , Javier Ambrois and Umberto Maschio .
Scorer list by year
In parentheses indicate what it is for the football player in the account title, for example, (2). Players who have also become better players are marked 
. If a football player with his team won a medal in the championship, then he is marked 
, 
or 
depending on the place occupied by his team.
| Tournament | A country | Player scorer | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina 1916 | Uruguay | Isabelino Gradin | 3 |
| Uruguay 1917 | Uruguay | Angel Romano | 4 |
| Brazil 1919 | Brazil | Arthur Friedenreich Some | 4 |
| Chile 1920 | Uruguay | Jose perez Angel Romano (2) | 3 |
| Argentina 1921 | Argentina | Julio Libonati | 3 |
| Brazil 1922 | Argentina | Juan Francia | 4 |
| Uruguay 1923 | Argentina Uruguay | Vicente Aguirre Pedro Petrone | 3 |
| Uruguay 1924 | Uruguay | Pedro Petrone (2) | 4 |
| Argentina 1925 | Argentina | Manuel Seoane | 6 |
| Chile 1926 | Chile | David Arellano | 7 |
| Peru 1927 | Uruguay | Roberto Figueroa | 4 |
| Argentina 1929 | Paraguay | Aurelio Gonzalez | 5 |
| Peru 1935 | Argentina | Erminio Masantonio | 4 |
| Argentina 1937 | Chile | Raul Toro | 7 |
| Peru 1939 | Peru | Teodoro Fernandez | 7 |
| Chile 1941 | Argentina | Juan Marwessi | 5 |
| Uruguay 1942 | Argentina | Erminio Masantonio (2) Jose Manuel Moreno | 7 |
| Chile 1945 | Brazil Argentina | Eleno de Freitas Norberto Mendez | 6 |
| Argentina 1946 | Uruguay | José Maria Medina | 7 |
| Ecuador 1947 | Uruguay | Nicholas Falero | 7 (or 8 [1] ) |
| Brazil 1949 | Brazil | Zhair da Rosa Pinto | 9 |
| Peru 1953 | Chile | Francisco Molina | 8 (or 7 [2] ) |
| Chile 1955 | Argentina | Rodolfo Micheli | 8 |
| Uruguay 1956 | Chile | Enrique Ormazabal | 4 |
| Peru 1957 | Uruguay Argentina | Javier Ambrois Umberto Maschio | 9 |
| Argentina 1959 | Brazil | Pele | 8 |
| Ecuador 1959 | Argentina | Jose sanfillipo | 5 (or 6 [3] ) |
| Bolivia 1963 | Ecuador | Carlos Alberto Raffo | 6 |
| Uruguay 1967 | Argentina | Luis artime | 5 |
| ———, 1975 | Colombia Argentina | Ernesto Diaz Leopoldo Luque | 4 |
| ———, 1979 | Paraguay Chile | Eugenio Morel Jorge Peredo | 4 |
| ———, 1983 | Argentina Brazil Uruguay Peru | Jorge Burruchaga Roberto Dynamite Carlos Aguilera Eduardo Malasquez | 3 |
| Argentina 1987 | Colombia | Arnoldo Iguaran | 4 |
| Brazil 1989 | Brazil | Bebetho | 6 |
| Chile 1991 | Argentina | Gabriel Batistuta | 6 |
| Ecuador 1993 | Venezuela | José Luis Dolgett | 4 |
| Uruguay 1995 | Mexico Argentina | Luis Garcia Postigo Gabriel Batistuta (2) | 4 |
| Bolivia 1997 | Mexico | Luis Hernandez | 6 |
| Paraguay 1999 | Brazil Brazil | Ronaldo Rivaldo | 5 |
| Colombia 2001 | Colombia | Victor Aristisabal | 6 |
| Peru 2004 | Brazil | Adriano | 7 |
| Venezuela 2007 | Brazil | Robinho | 6 |
| Argentina 2011 | Peru | Jose Paolo Guerrero | 5 |
| Chile 2015 | Chile Peru | Eduardo Vargas Jose Paolo Guerrero (2) | 4 |
| USA 2016 | Chile | Eduardo Vargas (2) | 6 |
| Brazil 2019 | Brazil Peru | Everton Jose Paolo Guerrero | 3 |
- ↑ Eight scored goals are listed in the match fixing on RSSSF.com, but there are seven goals scored in the match minutes on the official website of the America’s Cup 2011
- ↑ Seven goals scored are listed in the match minutes on RSSSF.com, but there are eight goals scored in match minutes on the official website of the America’s Cup 2011
- ↑ Six scored goals are listed in the match minutes on RSSSF.com, but in the match minutes on the official website of the America’s Cup 2011 five goals are scored
Top scorers in history
| # | A country | Player | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| one | Argentina | Norberto Mendez | 17 |
| Brazil | Zizinho | ||
| 3 | Uruguay | Severino varela | 15 |
| Peru | Teodoro Fernandez | ||
| five | Brazil | Zhair da Rosa Pinto | 13 |
| Argentina | Gabriel Batistuta | ||
| Argentina | José Manuel Moreno | ||
| Brazil | Ademir | ||
| Uruguay | Hector Scarone | ||
| Peru | Jose Paolo Guerrero | ||
| eleven | Uruguay | Roberto Porta | 12 |
| Uruguay | Angel Romano | ||
| Chile | Eduardo Vargas | ||
| 14 | Argentina | Erminio Masantonio | eleven |
| Brazil | Didi | ||
| sixteen | Chile | Enrique Ormazabal | ten |
| Uruguay | Javier Ambrois | ||
| Brazil | Ronaldo | ||
| Argentina | Angel Amadeo Labruna | ||
| Paraguay | Aurelio Gonzalez | ||
| Uruguay | Pedro Petrone | ||
| Uruguay | Hector castro | ||
| Peru | Oscar Gomez Sanchez | ||
| Colombia | Arnoldo Iguaran |
Top scorers by country
| # | A country | Years | amount players |
|---|---|---|---|
| one | Argentina | 1921, 1922, 1923, 1925, 1935, 1941, 1942, 1945, 1955, 1957, 1959 (E), 1967, 1975, 1983, 1991, 1995 | 17 |
| 2 | Brazil | 1919, 1945, 1949, 1959 (A), 1983, 1989, 1999, 2004, 2007 | ten |
| 3 | Uruguay | 1916, 1917, 1920, 1923, 1924, 1927, 1946, 1947, 1957, 1983 | ten |
| four | Chile | 1926, 1937, 1953, 1956, 1979, 2015, 2016 | 6 |
| five | Peru | 1939, 1983, 2011, 2015 | four |
| 6 | Colombia | 1975, 1987, 2001 | 3 |
| 7 | Mexico | 1995, 1997 | 2 |
| eight | Paraguay | 1929, 1979 | 2 |
| 9 | Venezuela | 1993 | one |
| ten | Ecuador | 1963 | one |
Links
- The Copa América Archive - Trivia (English) . RSSSF.com . The date of circulation is December 1, 2016. Archived May 15, 2012.
- History - Top Scorers Table (English) (inaccessible link) . CA2011.com . The appeal date is July 28, 2011. Archived May 15, 2012.
- History - Champions Table (English) . CA2011.com . The date of circulation is October 10, 2011. Archived May 15, 2012.