Harry Kane to receive European Golden Shoe at FC Bayern Museum on August 19

England and Bayern Munich forward Harry Kane will receive the European Golden Shoe as the top scorer in European football for the 2025-26 season, with the presentation scheduled for August 19 at the FC Bayern Museum. The club said this will be the second time Kane has won the award.

Bayern Munich’s official website announced the honour and noted Kane joins an elite group of players who have claimed the prize more than once, with only Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo having done so on more occasions. Kane posted 36 Bundesliga goals in the 2025-26 campaign, the same total that secured him the award two years earlier. He is also seen as one of the leading contenders in this year’s vote for The Best FIFA Men’s Player.

Over the season Kane scored 73 goals in 65 competitive appearances for club and country and registered eight assists. That 73-goal return was the second-highest single-season tally in the 21st century, with only Messi’s 91 goals in 2011/12 exceeding it.

Kane’s scoring contributed to FC Bayern claiming the league title, the Franz Beckenbauer Supercup and the DFB Cup; he scored a hat-trick in the cup final in Berlin and finished as the competition’s top scorer. The 33-year-old was also crowned Bundesliga top goalscorer for a third consecutive year and ended the 2025/26 Champions League campaign second on the competition’s scoring chart.

The club statement said Kane is the fastest player ever to reach 100 goals for a club in one of Europe’s top five leagues. With the England captaincy armband, Kane led his country to the FIFA World Cup semifinals this year, their best-ever finish since the 1966 World Cup triumph; he finished that tournament with seven goals and became the most prolific British player in the tournament’s history.

Kane becomes the third Bayern player to win the European Golden Shoe after Gerd Muller, who won it in 1970 and 1972, and Robert Lewandowski, who received it in 2021 and 2022 — and he has now achieved the distinction for a second time.

Herbert Hainer, FC Bayern president said as per a club statement: “Harry Kane stands alongside striking legends like Gerd Muller and Karl-Heinz Rummenigge at FC Bayern - and he has continued this goalscoring legacy into the present by taking the role of the striker to a new level. He is a guiding light to his teams, on and off the pitch, because he always leads with character and a sense of community. We are proud that he’s part of the FC Bayern family.”

Jan-Christian Dreesen, CEO of the club: “When Harry Kane plays, the whole world watches. He has raised FC Bayern and the Bundesliga to a new level. Unusually for a striker, he puts his responsibility to the team above personal success: he’s always thinking about his team-mates, on and off the pitch. His attitude, ability and character make him the most complete striker of his generation - and an absolute role model beyond the field of play. Harry Kane simply has class - and deserves every trophy in the world.”

Max Eberl, Club’s board member for sport, said: “Harry is not just a finisher but a master of the unseen moments, because much of what makes his game so extraordinary are things you do not see: his timing, his awareness of his team-mates and his ability to create space set him apart. His goals are the end product, but beneath them lies a foundation of game intelligence, team spirit and tireless work for the team.”

Bayern Munich’s website confirmed the presentation will take place on August 19 at the FC Bayern Museum.