Shamrock Rover's Johnny Kenny claims joint top scorer spot in UEFA Conference League
Following a 3-0 win over Borac earlier in the week Johnny Kenny takes joint top spot in the competitions goal scorer charts
Shamrock Rover's man, Johnny Kenny, is currently joint top score in this seasons UEFA Conference League after Rovers managed to win 3-0 against Borac in Tallaght Stadium this past Thursday evening.
Quite the achievement from the 21 year old Sligo man as he has netted 5 goals in Rovers 5 European games (3W 2L).
Considering the level of competition in the Conference League it gets even more impressive. Amongst the teams in the competition, there is Chelsea, and Fiorentina just to name two. Teams with much larger squads and budgets to the Dublin team.
Despite this Rovers are currently sat in sixth position in the competition and as it stands would qualify for the automatically qualify for the last 16 of the competition with the winner not only taking home a European trophy but also automatic qualification for next sesaon's Europa League that would see even bigger names make their way to Tallaght Stadium.
Looking then at the top scorers list Kenny is joined on 5 goals with Chelsea's €70 million forward Christopher Nkunku and Afimico Pululu who plays his football for Polish side, Jagiellonia.