With seven own goals, this unintentional scorer has stolen the spotlight not just in EURO 2024, but also did so in EURO 2020. These two editions alone account for 67% of all own goals in the history of the competition, totaling 18 out of the 27 own goals ever scored in the Euros.
Seven own goals have been scored during the group stage in UEFA Euro 2024 and there are a lot of matches still remaining: Klaus Gjasula (Albania), Maximilian Wöber (Austria), Antonio Rüdiger (Germany), Riccardo Calafiori (Italy), Robin Hranac (Czech Republic), Samet Akaydin (Turkey) and Donyell Malen (Austria).
Euro 2024 has been a largely enjoyable tournament so far, with plenty of group stage goals having gone in – and the race for the Golden Boot very much still open, with no player currently netting more than two goals.
Plenty of sides have spread the goals around in their opening three matches, with Spain having four different scorers for example and Germany seeing six on the scoresheet already – including two players with a pair of strikes to their name.
But the more remarkable stat might be in a very different type of strike: the own goal, with Euro 2024 quickly becoming the tournament of them.
Across 16 editions of the men’s European Championship before this summer in Germany, a total of just 20 own goals had been scored ever – and a massive 11 of them came in the last version, the cross-Europe tournament held in 2021.
But that record is under threat if the group stage at Euro 2024 is anything to go by, with seven scored so far. Here’s a complete list of players to score an own goal this summer:
The lead scorer at the 2024 UEFA European Championship as its group stage nears its conclusion is “own goal.” The rest of the field in the race for the tournament’s Golden Boot award this year isn’t particularly close.
As of Tuesday afternoon, there have been seven own goals so far in this year’s Euros. The next highest goal scorers in the tournament so far make up a five-way tie with two goals apiece: Cody Gapko of the Netherlands, Georges Mikautadze of Georgia, Ivan Schranz of Slovenia, and Jamal Musiala and Niclas Füllkrug of Germany.
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