Which Spanish newspaper awards the Pichichi Trophy?

Which Spanish newspaper awards the Pichichi Trophy? Marca. Spain’s sports daily Marca introduced the award in 1953 to honour Rafael Moreno Aranzadi, the Athletic Bilbao forward better known as Pichichi.

The trophy recognises the leading scorer in Spain’s top-flight league, La Liga, and a corresponding award is also associated with the Segunda División. “Pichichi” has consequently become common football shorthand for a league’s top scorer, not just the name of one historic player.

A frequent mix-up is confusing Marca’s award with the Golden Boot. The European Golden Shoe is a separate honour calculated across domestic leagues, while the Pichichi is a Spanish league award. Another distinction is that Marca’s goal statistics have historically been based on its own match reports rather than solely on official referees’ match sheets, which can produce occasional differences from other records.

Marca also established the Ricardo Zamora Trophy for goalkeepers in 1958, making it the newspaper behind two of Spanish football’s best-known individual awards.