French Monterrey Tigers striker André-Pierre Gignac finished top scorer of the 2022 Mexican Championship closing tournament on Sunday with 11 goals, for the third time in his career. The ex-Marseillais, victim of a muscle injury, did not play the match on Saturday against Atlas during the 17th and last day of this part of the season, but was not overtaken or even caught up by his immediate pursuers in the scoring charts, the Uruguayan Rodrigo Aguirre, who did not score with Necaxa, and the Argentinian Nicolás Ibáñez (Pachuca), also injured, both remained behind at 9 goals.
Gignac, 36, has played 16 games, all as a starter, and scored his 11 goals in ten games. “I only have words of thanks. I am grateful to my teammates, technical staff and management. It’s up to you, the supporters, who make everything possible.” reacted Gignac on Twitter.
Top scorer in club history
The French international (36 caps, 7 goals) had already been top scorer in the 2016 closing (13 goals) and 2018 opening (14 goals) tournaments. The opening and closing tournaments are the biannual tournaments of the Mexican Championship which result in titles.
Since his arrival in Mexican football during the 2015 opening tournament, Gignac has scored 164 goals, and is the top scorer in the history of the Tigres.
With the Tigers, he won the 2020 Concacaf Champions League, as well as the opening tournament of the Mexican championship in 2015, 2016 and 2017, the closing tournament in 2019 and the Mexican Supercup in 2017 and 2018.
