Joao Pedro - the first Brazilian goalscorer in the top five leagues

Europe has long been the soccer home for the best players from Brazil.

It's the same now - almost the entire "selesao" plays on the Old Continent.

That is why one statistic is a surprise - the Brazilian footballer who scored the most goals in the so-called he plays in Cagliari for five leagues and is not a member of the national team.

Joao Pedro scored 15 goals for the team from Sardinia in the last year, more than all compatriots who play in Italy, England, Spain, Germany and France.

João Pedro is 28 years old and has already been in Cagliari for seven seasons, where he came from Estoril in Portugal for 1,3 million euros. In total, he played 208 matches for Cagliari and scored 65 goals. He did not make any appearances for the national team.

Since January of this year, he is followed by Mateus Cunha from Hertha with 11 goals, and Gabriel Jesus, the striker of Manchester City, with ten.

Richarlison (Everton) scored nine, and Neymar (PSŽ) only eight...