Croatian football representative Ante Budimir scored 17 goals for Osasuna in the Spanish league during 2025, so he ended the year among the ten best scorers in Europe, Diario de Navarra newspaper reported on Friday.
In the five strongest European leagues, Spanish, English, German, Italian and French, most goals in the calendar year he scored Kylian Mbappe. The Frenchman was accurate 39 times for Real Madrid.
They follow Harry Kane (Bayern), Erling Haaland (Manchester City), Mason Greenwood (Marseille), Serhou Guirassy (Borussia Dortmund), Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona), Julian Alvarez (Atletico Madrid), Ferran Torres (Barcelona), Patrick Schick (Bayer Leverkusen) well Ante Budimir.
The 34-year-old Croatian striker entered this list by scoring goals for a modest team Osasunawhile the others achieved this by playing for rich clubs that dominate possession and create more scoring opportunities. He succeeded in doing so for the second year in a row, given that he also finished on this list in 2024.
Budimir celebrated eleven goals last season, and that streak began in February with two goals against Real Sociedad. During March, April and May, Osasuna fans enjoyed his goals against Real Madrid, Valencia, Getafe, Girona, Valladolid (twice), Betis, Atletico Madrid and Espanyol. After the summer, in the current season, he hit the net six more times in meetings with Valencia, Villarreal, Celta and Alaves.
This year it is like that scored 17 goals in 37 games. At the same time, he was accurate seven times from the penalty spot after fouls that he mostly won himself.
The record holder of the team from Pamplona
In the summer of 2020, Budimir wore the red jersey of the team from Pamplona for the first time, and then he broke several club records.
He scored last season 21 goals, and no Osasuna player has ever achieved so much in one season. Until now, the record of 20 goals was held by Julian Vergara from 1936. At the same time, he became the club’s best scorer ever in the first league, and the most successful penalty taker. Out of 18 attempts, he used 16 penalty kicks.
In the next game, on January 3 against Athletic Bilbao, he will become the foreigner with the most appearances in the 105-year history of Osasuna. Six days ago in the match against Alaves, when he scored twice in a 3-0 victory, he made his 197th appearance. This tied him with former Iranian midfielder Javad Nekounam.
Osasuna is in 12th place among the 20 clubs of the Spanish championship.
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