<Li> Original 1986--87 season winner Rodion Cămătaru (with 44 goals) was disqualified later and the trophy was awarded to Polster in 1990 . However, Camataru was allowed to keep his copy of the trophy . </Li> <Li> Darko Pančev got his prize for 1990--91 season later, only in 2006, following a protest from Cyprus where a player supposedly scored 40 goals (though the official topscorers for the season, Suad Beširević and Panayiotis Xiourouppas, are listed with 19 goals each). Due to this affair, France Football decided to make the competition unofficial . </Li> <P> Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi are the only players to have won the European Golden Shoe four times . Cristiano Ronaldo was the first player to win the award four times, having won one with Manchester United and three with Real Madrid . Barcelona's Lionel Messi was the first player to win three Golden Shoes, between 2010 and 2013, winning one more in 2017 and holds the all - time record with 50 goals scored in 2011--12 . Bayern Munich's Gerd Müller was the first player to win the award twice, in 1969--70 and 1971--72, among nine two - time winners . Only Ally McCoist (1991--92, 1992--93), Thierry Henry (2003--04, 2004--05), Lionel Messi (2011--12, 2012--13), and Cristiano Ronaldo (2013--14, 2014--15) won the award in consecutive years . Diego Forlán (Villarreal, Atlético Madrid), Luis Suárez (Liverpool, Barcelona), Mário Jardel (Porto, Sporting CP) and Cristiano Ronaldo are the only players to win the award with two different clubs . Cristiano Ronaldo and Luis Suárez are the only players to win the Golden Shoe in two different leagues . Lionel Messi has won all of his four awards without having to share it with another player . </P> <Table> Multiple European Golden Shoe winners <Tr> <Th> Player </Th> <Th> No . </Th> <Th> Seasons </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Cristiano Ronaldo, Cristiano Ronaldo </Th> <Td> 7000400000000000000 ♠ 4 </Td> <Td> 2007--08, 2010--11, 2013--14 (shared), 2014--15 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Messi, Lionel Lionel Messi </Th> <Td> 7000400000000000000 ♠ 4 </Td> <Td> 2009--10, 2011--12, 2012--13, 2016--17 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Eusébio </Th> <Td> 7000200000000000000 ♠ 2 </Td> <Td> 1967--68, 1972--73 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Muller, Gerd Gerd Müller </Th> <Td> 7000200000000000000 ♠ 2 </Td> <Td> 1969--70, 1971--72 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Georgescu, Dudu Dudu Georgescu </Th> <Td> 7000200000000000000 ♠ 2 </Td> <Td> 1974--75, 1976--77 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Gomes, Fernando Fernando Gomes </Th> <Td> 7000200000000000000 ♠ 2 </Td> <Td> 1982--83, 1984--85 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> McCoist, Ally Ally McCoist </Th> <Td> 7000200000000000000 ♠ 2 </Td> <Td> 1991--92, 1992--93 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Jardel, Mário Mário Jardel </Th> <Td> 7000200000000000000 ♠ 2 </Td> <Td> 1998--99, 2001--02 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Henry, Thierry Thierry Henry </Th> <Td> 7000200000000000000 ♠ 2 </Td> <Td> 2003--04, 2004--05 (shared) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Forlán, Diego Diego Forlán </Th> <Td> 7000200000000000000 ♠ 2 </Td> <Td> 2004--05 (shared), 2008--09 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Suarez, Luis Luis Suárez </Th> <Td> 7000200000000000000 ♠ 2 </Td> <Td> 2013--14 (shared), 2015--16 </Td> </Tr> </Table>

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