Temwa Chawinga: The world's surprise top goal scorer in 2023
Temwa Chawinga beat the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo, Harry Kane and Kylian Mbappe to top the world’s goal scoring charts in 2023.
The Malawian scored 63 goals in all competitions – for Chinese Women’s Super League side Wuhan Jianghan University FC and her country – to beat Ronaldo’s total by nine goals.
Chawinga is the third successive women’s player to claim the accolade after Spain’s Jenni Hermoso topped the standings in 2021 and Fenna Kalma of the Netherlands in 2022.
Ronaldo finished on 54 goals for the calendar year with Kane and Mbappe both totalling 52.
Image: Temwa Chawinga training with her current club, KC Current, in the USA. (Credit: KC Current)
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