Raul Jimenez delighted to become the highest scoring Mexican Premier League player in history
2025-01-07 09:28
Raul Jimenez, who currently plays for Fulham, said he was proud to be the Mexican player with the most goals in Premier League history and hoped to achieve more success in the future.
The player surpassed compatriot Javier Hernandez to set the record for penalty kicks with two penalties in Fulham's 2-2 draw with Ipswich Town. Raul Jimenez has scored 55 Premier League goals since joining English side Wolves from Benfica in 2018.
Although Raul Jimenez suffered a serious head injury in 2020, which kept him out for nearly nine months. Raul Jimenez has scored 15 goals for the club since joining Fulham in the summer of 2023.
"I'm very proud, it's a good achievement," said Raul Jimenez. "I hope to continue scoring goals and increase my number of goals in England and the Premier League. I'm very happy with this result."
Despite creating more chances throughout the game, Fulham twice came from behind to draw with Ipswich, with their second equaliser coming in stoppage time.
Raul Jimenez also said: "We deserved better results in this game and we did everything we could to score. In order to win the game, we need to be sharper in both aspects and need to perform better in details."
