Goal takes a look at the top 10 goalscorers in La Liga of all-time…
FC Barcelona legend Lionel Messi left La Liga as its all-time highest goalscorer after 17 years as he joined Paris Saint-Germain on a free transfer from FC Barcelona in the summer of 2021.
The former Barcelona star scored 474 goals in 520 La Liga matches in the last 17 years before leaving Spain to join Ligue 1 giants PSG. Other than being the highest goalscorer in la Liga, the Argentine is also Barcelona’s all-time top scorer with 670 goals in 778 matches across all competitions.
Messi is followed by his rival and former Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo, who scored 311 goals in 292 matches. Ronaldo’s time in Spain lasted for nine seasons from 2009 to 2018 where he won four Champions League titles and three La Liga titles before moving to Italy to join Serie A giants Juventus in 2018.
Other than Messi and Ronaldo, players like Real Madrid legend Raul Gonzalez and Atheltic Bilbao great Telmo Zarra feature in the list of top goalscorers in La Liga,
Here, we take a look at the top 10 players who have scored the most number of goals in La Liga.
Who are the top 10 goalscorers in La Liga of all time?
Kathryn Mayorga’s lawyer ordered to pay Cristiano Ronaldo $335,000 in legal fees after dismissal of rape lawsuit
The lawyer of Kathryn Mayorga, who accused Cristiano Ronaldo of rape in 2009, has been ordered to pay the player $334,637.50 to reimburse legal fees.
Leslie Mark Stovall was ruled to have obtained “purloined” confidential documents, leading to US Federal Judge Jennifer Dorsey throwing the case out of court in June 2022.
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Mayorga, who waived her right for anonymity, alleged that the events took place at a Las Vegas hotel in 2009.
Ronaldo has always strongly denied the allegations and agreed to settle back in 2010.
Mayorga then decided to pursue substantial damages through Stovall’s legal counsel, following leaked details of communications with Ronaldo’s lawyers in 2018.
However, Judge Dorsey ruled that Stovall had solicited the leak and had stolen the records he later relied on in court, with the cost of the trial amounting to some $626,000 (£520,769.40) in legal fees to the Portugal international.
Ronaldo’s attorney, Peter Christiansen, had subsequently requested that Stovall pay the full amount upon the dismissal of the case, according to The Athletic.
After review of the documents which took place on Tuesday, the district judge granted Christiansen’s motion in principle, but only called on Stovall to pay just over half the legal fees, standing at $334,637.50 (£278,384.94).
While Dorsey originally ruled that Stovall’s actions had harmed Ronaldo, she has since stated that the player “shares at least part of the blame for this case dragging on” due to not pursuing legal action sooner.
Source: goal.com; goal.com
