While the European Cup is back in the football news, Stade Rennais has already distinguished itself with very impressive statistics.
As one song says, the time has come for… the European Cup. And for Rennes, things have started off quite well. It is not the Europa League in which Breton will play for the sixth time, but its little sister, the Conference League. In its young history, the numbers are still small, but the records are already starting to pile up. They certainly have the best passers, but above all they have the best scorers. Scoring in the European Cup is never a trivial matter, even in the Conference League, so scoring a hat-trick is even less so. And in this very closed circle there is a separate category of players who managed to score three goals in one match. A difficult exercise even in conference leagues. One of them is a resident of Rennes.
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And it is neither more nor less than Gaten Laborde! During his time at Stade Renais in 2021-2022, The former Girondin is currently one of the only players to have scored a hat-trick in this competition. A performance that puts him on a par with two other big names in Europe in the form of Harry Kane as well as Niccolò Zaniolo. Also in the top 5 are Spaniard Jose Luis Morales with Villarreal and Nigerian Gift Orban for La Gantoise. In terms of goals scored since the start of the competition, Gaetan Laborde is 5th among the top scorers, just behind England’s Tammy Abraham (9 goals; AS Roma), Greece’s Vangelis Pavlidis (9; AZ Alkmaar), Nigerian Are. Cyrille Dessers (10 goals; on loan with Feyenoord) and Arthur Cabral (12 goals; Fiorentina) who dominate this ranking. A commendable and encouraging performance for the Breton club who are soon to embark on the bumpy road to the Europa League. Hope to get success at the upper level of the competition as well.