December 4, 2003 - 18:21 AMT
YEREVAN FOOTBALL PLAYER MAIN CLAIMANT OF EUROPE BEST SHOOTER 2003 PRIZE
Armenian best football player of 2003 - member of "Banants" Yerevan team Ara Hakobian - is the main claimant of the "Golden Boot" prize being awarded to Europe's best shooter of the year. On the number of scores gained - 45 - he is the indisputable leader in the European rating, "Arminfo" agency reported. Among the pretenders of the "Golden Boot" is also Ukrainian Andrey Shevchenko, who has collected 24 points. Englishman Alan Shearer and French Djibril Cisse have the same number of points. The top five includes only one representative of the leading European championships - Brazilian Ailton from "Werder" being the fourth with 26 points.