Fabio Quagliarella wins Serie A golden boot AGED 36 as Cristiano Ronaldo goes four seasons in a row without finishing as league top scorer Thirty-six-year-old Fabio Quagliarella finished top scorer in Serie A this season The Sampdoria attacker concluded the league season with 26 goals to his name It means that Cristiano Ronaldo goes four years without a league golden bootBy Nathan Salt For Mailonline Published: 11:12 BST, 27 May 2019 | Updated: 11:58 BST, 27 May 2019 566 shares Viewcomments Fabio Quagliarella proves age is just a number as the 36-year-old finished the season as Serie A top scorer ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo. The Sampdoria veteran has been sensational this term and claimed the top-flight golden boot with 26 goals, five more than his Juventus rival. Despite winning the league title and Player of the Year, it represents four consecutive years whereby Ronaldo has failed to finish as the top scorer in his league. Fabio Quagliarella finished as top scorer in Serie A at the age of 36 with 26 goals this season The Italian veteran finished with more goals than Juventus' main marksman Cristiano Ronaldo CRISTOANO RONALDO MISSES GOLDEN BOOT... AGAIN! 2015-16: Luis Suarez (40 goals), Cristiano Ronaldo (35 goals) 2016-17: Lionel Messi (35 goals), Cristiano Ronaldo (25 goals) 2017-18: Lionel Messi (37 goals), Cristiano Ronaldo (25 goals) 2018-19: Fabio Quagliarella (26 goals), Cristiano Ronaldo (21 goals) In fact, Ronaldo did not even finish as runner-up to the Sampdoria man as the five-time Ballon d'Or winner came fourth. Atalanta's Duvan Zapata came second to Quagliarella with 23 goals and AC Milan's Krzysztof Piątek came third with 22. Quagliarella's amazing season is further evidenced when stats show the Italian has the most assists from the top five scorers in Serie A. Sampdoria actually met Juventus in the final game of the Serie A season at the weekend but neither player found the back of the net. Juventus were beaten 2-0 away from home with goals from Gregoire Defrel and Gianluca Caprari ensuring Massimiliano Allegri's reign at Juve ends in defeat. Further credit must go to Quagliarella when compared to some of the top marksmen across Europe. Before facing Juventus in the last game, Quagliarella posed with a trophy and a card of himself Lionel Messi came out on top for the European golden boot, with Quagliarella finishing third The 36-year-old came third in the race for the European golden shoe behind Paris Saint-Germain's Kylian Mbappe and Barcelona's Lionel Messi. Ronaldo has enjoyed a strong debut season in Italy but will have anticipated to have been the best-performing player in front of goal given his talents. Losing out to Quagliarella means the Portuguese has failed to win his league's golden boot for the last three season. He lost out to Luis Suarez by five goals in 2015-16, lost to Messi for the next two seasons before being beaten by Quagliarella this time round. Share or comment on this article: All rights reserved for this news site dailymail and under his responsibility