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award given to the top goalscorer for each season in the

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. The Golden Boot has been awarded since 1998 when the league debuted as the Canadian Professional Soccer League. The highest ranked CSL Golden Boot goalscorer is Gus Kouzmanis with 33 goals during the league's inaugural season. Kouzmanis has also won the award the most times (2) during the

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seasons. Players from twelve countries, other than Canada, have won the Golden Boot including Croatia (Tihomir Maletic, 2010, Dražen Vuković, 2012, Marin Vučemilović-Grgić 2014), Serbia ( Aleksandar Stojiljković, 2017, Vladimir Strizovic, 2022), Ukraine (

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, 2016,

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2019), Trinidad and Tobago ( Kevin Nelson, 2001), England (

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, 2002), Jamaica ( Richard West, 2015), Northern Ireland (

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, 2004), United States (Aaron Byrd, 2005), Romania (Gabriel Pop, 2006), France (Guillaume Surot, 2014), Ghana (Sani Dey, 2018), and Central African Republic ( Moussa Limane, 2020) The club with the most top goalscorers is the Toronto/Mississauga Olympians with four wins followed by London City,

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with two.

Winners

Awards won by club

Awards won by nationality

References

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Winners

Awards won by club

Awards won by nationality

See also

References