The Serie A top goalscorer prize was
claimed by Roma's Edin Dzeko with Dries
Mertens of Napoli and Torino's Andrea
Belotti second and third.
Edin Dzeko has ended the season as Serie A's
most prolific striker and equalled Roma's club
record of 29 goals scored in a single league
campaign, set by Rodolfo Volk in 1930-31.
A close-range effort 10 minutes into Sunday's
3-2 win over Genoa ensured the 31-year-old
striker became the first Bosnian player to win
the Capocannoniere, fending off the challenge
of Dries Mertens who scored in Napoli's 4-2
win over Sampdoria to take his own total to
28.
Dzeko has scored eight goals in Roma's last
eight matches to make this term his most
successful - the striker having scored 26 goals
in the Bundesliga for Wolfsburg in 2008-09 –
and his form has been vital to Roma's second-
place finish.
Belgium international Mertens last scored
more than 20 league goals in a season when
he scored 21 for PSV in 2011-12, and his haul
for Napoli this campaign included a hat-trick
in a 5-0 win at Cagliari followed by four goals
in a 5-3 win over Torino seven days later.
Torino's Andrea Belotti ended the season as
Serie A's third highest scorer with 26 after
adding to his tally in a 5-3 win over Sassuolo
on Sunday, followed by Gonzalo Higuain of
Juventus and Mauro Icardi of Inter, who both
scored 24.
Ciro Immobile was the only other player to
finish with more than 20 goals after he hit a
penalty in a 3-1 loss at Crotone to finish up
with 23 league strikes.
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