BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Lionel Messi has received his record fifth Golden Shoe award for leading all of Europe's leagues in scoring last season.
Messi's fifth win breaks the tie he had with Cristiano Ronaldo.
Messi scored 34 goals in the Spanish league last season to lead Barcelona to the trophy. Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah was the second leading scorer of Europe's domestic leagues with 32 goals in England.
Messi also won the award in 2009-10 (34 goals), 2011-12 (50), 2012-13 (46) and 2016-17 (37).
The 31-year-old Messi is Barcelona's all-time leading scorer. The club credits him with 572 goals in 655 games.
The Golden Shoe is awarded by European Sports Media, an association of European sports newspapers and magazines.
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