Meet the top Spanish scorers abroad of 2020

413 Spanish footballers scored at least one goal for a foreign club in 2020. In total, more than 1,300 so many that were celebrated in 53 different countries. February, with 208 annotations, was the highest scoring month; while April was orphaned of goals 'made in Spain' as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. Gibraltar, with 163, was the territory in which the most Spanish goals were scored, followed by Poland (118), England (111) and Italy (103).

The 21 goals he scored for Gibraltar's St. Joseph's made Juanfri Garcia in the top Spanish scorer abroad in 2020. His case is curious, since “it is as if we were competing in Spain”: “There are many Spanish players and coaches and in most cases they speak Spanish.” Juanfri scored 21 goals in foreign territory, but he lives in Fuengirola and St. Joseph's trains regularly in Spain because in Gibraltar there is only one field shared by the 12 teams in the National League: “We only enter Gibraltar for the games.” For Juanfri, being the top Spanish scorer abroad in 2020 “is an individual joy”, although he hopes that his goals can soon serve to help St. Joseph's lift a title, something he has not achieved since winning the Rock Cup in 2013. “Hopefully it will arrive in 2021.”

After Juanfri, Paul Galician, who scored 19 goals in 2020 with Managua. The Huesca forward rose to fame in full confinement, when he became the only Spanish footballer in competition. Last March, when European football stopped as a result of Covid-19, Gállego scored five goals that led Managua to fight for the Nicaraguan Clausura. However, the lions fell in the final against Real Estelí. The third Spanish footballer who scored the most goals abroad in 2020 was Kike Gomez, who signed 18 goals with the Gibraltarian Lincoln Red Imps. The Sevillian managed to score four goals in the same National League match and is currently the top scorer in the competition with 11 goals in nine games.

To find on the list a Spanish footballer who plays in one of the five major european leagues you have to go down to the eighth position, where it appears Paul Sarabia thanks to the 12 goals he scored with PSG in 2020. In the same period, the Madrid native won three titles (Ligue 1, Cup and League Cup) with the Parisian team. They also appear in the first positions Santi Cazorla, who scored 12 goals with Al Sadd and 21 in 2020 if we add those he signed with Villarreal, and Alvaro Morata, who converted 10 with Juventus and four with Atlético de Madrid.