Lautaro Martinez won the 2024 Copa America Golden Boot, awarded for the tournament’s top goalscorer.
The Argentina striker, 26, takes home the award for the first time after scoring the winning goal — a fifth of the competition — in the final.
Martinez, who plays his club football for Inter Milan, scored in all of his country’s first three games of the tournament, despite only starting one of those matches.
He scored the second goal in the opener against Canada and grabbed the winner in the 1-0 victory over Chile.
He was rewarded with a start against Peru and repaid the faith of head coach Lionel Scaloni with both goals in a 2-0 win.
Martinez also featured in the quarterfinal and semifinal before his crucial strike in the final in Miami, a 1-0 victory over Colombia.
Argentina captain Lionel Messi and Liverpool’s Luis Diaz shared the Golden Boot at Copa America 2021, netting four goals each.
Players with five goals
- Lautaro Martinez — Argentina
Players with three goals
Players with two goals
Players with one goal
Martinez scored in Argentina’s first three games before scoring again in the final (Charly Triballeau/AFP via Getty Images)
Who were the previous top scorers at the Copa America?
The first Copa America event took place in 1916 and there has been plenty of goalscorers along the way.
Here is a list of all the top scorers in every tournament this century:
- 2001: Victor Aristizabal (Colombia) — 6 goals
- 2004: Adriano (Brazil) — 7 goals
- 2007: Robinho (Brazil) — 6 goals
- 2011: Paolo Guerrero (Peru) — 5 goals
- 2015: Eduardo Vargas (Chile), Paolo Guerrero (Peru) — 4 goals
- 2016: Eduardo Vargas (Chile) — 6 goals
- 2019: Everton (Brazil), Paolo Guerrero (Peru) — 3 goals
- 2021: Lionel Messi (Argentina), Luis Diaz (Colombia) — 4 goals
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