Europe leading goalscorer: Meet a NON-league striker who has netted more goals this season than Erling Haaland and Marcus Rashford combined
Brett Pitman, who is both a player and coach, has scored 43 goals in only 34 games, which has resulted in him being the leading goal scorer in Europe.
Brett Pitman’s number of goals for AFC Portchester in Hampshire is much higher than the 27 goals scored by Haaland for Manchester City in the Premier League and the 14 goals scored by Manchester United’s Rashford. In fact, Pitman’s tally is almost twice the total number of goals scored by Chelsea.
Brett, who helped Bournemouth get to the Prem, said: “Compared to when I was playing in the top flights of football, it is pretty easy to score goals.”
Brett Pitman, who used to play for Bristol City, has scored five hat-tricks, which is one more than Haaland. These goals have helped his team to reach the top of the Wessex Premier League, which is the ninth tier of English football.
He has scored “headers, tap-ins, long rangers” but added: “I don’t want to get too carried away, Haaland is playing in the Premier League. I’m not.”
If he continues his impressive average of 1.25 goals per game, he could potentially reach 60 goals by the end of the season.
Pitman, who is originally from Jersey, joined the small village team of Portchester as a favor to a friend. Prior to joining them, he played for Portsmouth, Bournemouth and Ipswich Town before moving from Bristol Rovers last season.
Portchester is known for its medieval fortress.
He said: “I’m playing for a great team at the moment and that really helps.
“We have got good players all over the pitch and it’s not just me that has been scoring goals.
“I expected to score a lot of goals when I moved to Portchester, I still feel pretty fit.
“I’ve scored a variety of goals this season, headers, tap ins, long rangers.
“I know what I’m good at now and I’ve got the experience to know where I should be on the pitch.”
Europe leading goalscorer: Meet a NON-league striker who has netted more goals this season than Erling Haaland and Marcus Rashford combined
