Melbourne City striker Jimmy McLaren has become a big killer in the Australian League. This shooter, who has been unable to make his mark in Europe, has won the Golden Boot in each of the previous three seasons. This season, he has scored 12 goals in 9 games, ranking first in the scorer list.
If nothing else goes wrong, the 30-year-old striker will win the Golden Boot for four consecutive years.
McLaren made his debut in the Blackburn Rovers echelon in his early years. Later, he exported to domestic sales and returned to the domestic league Perth Glory and Brisbane Roar . After winning the Golden Boot here, he joined the "Lily" Darmstadt of the German League on a free transfer at the age of 24.
He spent a year and a half in Europe, playing for German teams and Hibernians in Scotland. In January 2019, McLaren, who was not successful, returned to the Australian domestic league and joined Melbourne City. Here, he started his second spring.
McLaren's statistics in Scottish Premiership are acceptable, but they are only a marginal figure in the Bundesliga 2. During his time in Darmstadt, he made 8 appearances in various competitions, playing only 174 minutes, with no goals or assists. After coming to Melbourne , he quickly showed his scoring ability after receiving the influence of European League .
In the second half of the 18/19 season, he scored 5 goals in 8 league appearances. In the 19/20 season, he scored 27 goals and 4 assists in two-line matches. The team won the league runner-up and he won the Golden Boot Award.
In the 19/20 season, he scored twice and scored twice. In the 20/21 season, he scored 25 goals and 5 assists in the regular season and won the Golden Boot again. Last season, McLaren's statistical efficiency declined, but he still scored a total of 18 goals in the playoffs, regular season and AFC Champions League. He is also a Golden Boot winner.
Since the start of this season, he has scored in the 9 league games he has played, scoring 12 goals, 7 goals ahead of the second-placed Cummings. The 29-year-old has played 175 times in the Australian League regular season, scoring 127 goals and 16 assists. Counting the Golden Boot in the previous 2016/17 season, he has won the Golden Boot award four times in the league.
He became the 100-goal scorer in Australia's top league as early as the age of 28. Moreover, he is only 30 years old now, and theoretically even has the opportunity to hit 200 goals in the league.
There are 15 games left in the regular season of the league. The team is still 4 points ahead of the second-place Western Sydney Wanderers with one game less. The team has a chance to top the regular season. In the remaining 15 games, he is expected to continue to improve his statistics and strive to break his personal record of 25 goals in a single league regular season.
However, in the Australian national team, McLaren is only a relatively marginal figure. The 30-year-old only played 28 times for the national team and scored 8 goals. He is only a substitute in Confederations Cup or World Cup games. In his national team career, he had three substitute opportunities, with a total of 52 minutes and no goals or assists.
In 2019, he played as the main player in the Asian Cup game. However, the team lost to the United Arab Emirates 0-1 and missed the semi-finals. He made five appearances in that tournament, but only scored one goal. Facts have proved that in the national team, McLaren may be suitable for abuse, but in the tournament system competition, his performance can only be regarded as average.
He will still have a chance to play in the Asian Cup in the future. In the World Cup four years later, the 33-year-old may have no hope of being selected for the squad. Even if he is selected, he will still be a substitute.
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