Spain striker David Villa has been crowned top scorer at UEFA EURO 2008™ despite missing the final because of a thigh injury.
Four-goal flurry
Villa scored four goals in Spain's first two games in Austria – three against Russia and one against Sweden – making him the first player to hit a UEFA European Championship finals hat-trick since 2000, and only the seventh overall. The 26-year-old Valencia CF forward was unable to add to that tally, but nevertheless finished one goal clear of Germany's Lukas Podolski, Roman Pavlyuchenko of Russia, Switzerland's Hakan Yakin and Semih Şentürk of Turkey. Twelve players registered two goals each, including Villa's team-mates Daniel Güiza and final hero Fernando Torres, plus Germany trio Michael Ballack, Miroslav Klose and Bastian Schweinsteiger.
UEFA EURO 2008™ top scorers
Player Team Goals
David Villa Spain 4
Roman Pavlyuchenko Russia 3
Lukas Podolski Germany 3
Hakan Yakin Switzerland 3
Semih Şentürk Turkey 3
Andrei Arshavin Russia 2
Michael Ballack Germany 2
Miroslav Klose Germany 2
Bastian Schweinsteiger Germany 2
Daniel Güiza Spain 2
Fernando Torres Spain 2
Zlatan Ibrahimović Sweden 2
Ivan Klasnić Croatia 2
Nihat Kahveci Turkey 2
Arda Turan Turkey 2
Wesley Sneijder Netherlands 2
Ruud van Nistelrooy Netherlands 2
Robin van Persie Netherlands 2
UEFA EURO 2008™ top scorers including qualifying
Player Team Goals
David Healy Northern Ireland 13
Lukas Podolski Germany 11
David Villa Spain 11
Eduardo da Silva Croatia 10
Cristiano Ronaldo Portugal 9
Euzebiusz Smolarek Poland 9
John Dahl Tomasson Denmark 8
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