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top scorer
In sports, especially football, the player who has scored the most goals within a season or tournament.
Mit 35 Treffern wurde er zum Torschützenkönig der Bundesliga.
With 35 goals, he became the Bundesliga's top scorer.
This word is a compound made up of 'Tor' (goal), 'Schütze' (shooter), and 'König' (king). So it literally describes the 'king of the goal scorers'.
Jeder Stürmer träumt davon, einmal Torschützenkönig zu werden.
Every striker dreams of becoming the top scorer one day.
The title is most often combined with the verb 'werden' (to become). You can also say that someone 'zum Torschützenkönig gekürt wird' (is crowned top scorer).
Er wurde mit nur 20 Jahren Torschützenkönig der Liga.
He became the league's top scorer at just 20 years old.
To specify the competition, the genitive is often used. Examples include 'Torschützenkönig der Weltmeisterschaft' (top scorer of the World Cup) or 'Torschützenkönig des Turniers' (top scorer of the tournament).
Wer war der Torschützenkönig der letzten Europameisterschaft?
Who was the top scorer of the last European Championship?
goal scorer
Both words refer in soccer to a player who scores many goals. A Torjäger is known for scoring a large number of goals, but does not necessarily have the most. A Torschützenkönig, by contrast, is at the top of the scoring table at the end of a season or tournament.
Nach dem letzten Spiel wurde unser Stürmer mit twenty Toren zum Torschützenkönig der Saison erklärt.
After the final game, our striker was declared the season's top scorer with twenty goals.
Unser Torjäger hat in dieser Saison schon viele wichtige Tore geschossen.
Our top goal scorer has already scored many important goals this season.
