Lautaro Martinez won the 2024 Copa America Golden Boot, awarded for the tournament’s top goalscorer. The Argentina striker, 26, takes home the award for the first time after scoring the winning goal – a fifth of the competition – in the final.
Martinez, who plays his club football for Inter Milan, scored in all of his country’s first three games of the tournament, despite only starting one of those matches. He scored the second goal in the opener against Canada and grabbed the winner in the 1-0 victory over Chile.
He was rewarded with a start against Peru and repaid the faith of head coach Lionel Scaloni with both goals in a 2-0 win.
Martinez also featured in the quarterfinal and semifinal before his crucial strike in the final in Miami, a 1-0 victory over Colombia.
Argentina captain Lionel Messi and Liverpool’s Luis Diaz shared the Golden Boot at Copa America 2021, netting four goals each.
