Harry Kane: The Bayern Munich and England striker's Bundesliga career in numbers
Three goals for Harry Kane at UEFA Euro 2024 have helped take England into the final against Spain - the last match in a long but prolific campaign for the Bayern Munich striker. bundesliga.com reflects on the numbers behind the England captain's electric debut season in Germany...
1 - Kane made his Bayern debut in the Supercup against RB Leipzig, which Die Roten Bullen won 3-0. Hardly the start the England captain was looking for, but things have improved dramatically since then. Interestingly, Dutch playmaker Xavi, whose opening goal for the Netherlands Kane levelled before England sealed a Euro 2024 final spot in a dramatic semi-final in Dortmund, also made his Leipzig debut in the same tie.
1 - Kane is the first Englishman to finish a Bundesliga season as top scorer, adding to his three Golden Boots from the English Premier League.
3 - The 30-year-old is just the third Englishman to play for Bayern, following in the footsteps of Owen Hargreaves and Omar Richards.
4 - The number of hat-tricks Kane scored in the Bundesliga in his first season - a record. The former Tottenham Hotspur forward also became just the fourth England player to score a hat-trick in the German top flight after Kevin Keegan, Tony Woodcock and Jadon Sancho, against Bochum during Matchday 5, before repeating that feat again versus Darmstadt, Dortmund and Mainz.
6 - Kane became the sixth player to be crowned top scorer in his first season in the Bundesliga and was the first to manage that since Luca Toni in 2007/08.
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