Nigerian striker Cyriel Dessers has clinched the 2024/25 Scottish Premiership Golden Boot with 18 goals for Rangers FC, edging past rivals from Celtic and Dundee United. He becomes the first Rangers player to win the award since Alfredo Morelos.
- Dessers scored in Rangers’ final 2–2 draw against Hibernian, finishing with 18 league goals in 35 matches.
- He outscored Celtic’s Daizen Maeda and Dundee United’s Simon Murray, who each had 16 goals.
- His Golden Boot win is the first by a Rangers player since Alfredo Morelos in the 2018/19 season.
For Dessers, the win marks a personal milestone in his European career and is a moment of pride for Nigerian fans tracking their stars abroad. With growing pressure on local talent pipelines, his success underlines the value of consistency and resilience in elite leagues.
Can Dessers’ achievement inspire a new wave of Nigerian strikers to break into Europe’s top leagues—and thrive under pressure?
