Cristiano Ronaldo became the first European footballer and only the second in history to score 100 international goals. The Portuguese and Juventus star reached the milestone against Sweden with a wonderful curled free-kick during the 2020-21 UEFA Nations League encounter. Ronaldo reached the landmark at the brisk of half-time and returned from the break to add another to his tally. The 35-year-old now stands just eight goals shy of equalling Ali Daei슬롯사이트™s all-time record of 109 internationals goals. Daei, former Iran international, was the first to reach a century of international goals. As Ronaldo completes yet another milestone, take a look at the top 10 highest goalscorers in international football.슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Cristiano Ronaldo Reacts After Crossing 100 International Goals For Portugal, Here's What CR7 Said (Watch Video).
Ronaldo currently stands at 101 goals from 165 appearances in international football and needs only nine more goals to overtake Daei for most goals scored for a country. The five-time Ballon d슬롯사이트™Or winner can achieve the feat during next year슬롯사이트™s Euro Championship and add another illustrious feather to his already shining crown of achievements.슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Cristiano Ronaldo Records Made And Broken With 100th International Goal Scored During Portugal vs Sweden UEFA Nations League 2020.
Most Goals in International Football
Daei scored 109 goals in 149 international appearances for Iran. Ronaldo슬롯사이트™s closest rival among active footballers is India슬롯사이트™s Sunil Chhetri, who has 72 goals from 115 matches. Lionel Messi, with 70 goals from 138 matches, is at third among active footballers with most goals.
Position | Player Name | Country | International goals |
1 | Ali Daei | 슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Iran | 109 |
2 | Cristiano Ronaldo | 슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Portugal | 101 |
3 | Mokhtar Dahari | 슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Malaysia | 86 |
4 | Ferenc Puskas | 슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Hungary | 84 |
5 | Godfrey Chitalu | 슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Zambia | 79 |
6 | Hussein Saeed | 슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Iraq | 78 |
7 | Pele | 슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Brazil | 77 |
8 | Kunishige Kamamoto | 슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Japan | 75 |
Bashar Abdullah | 슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Kuwait | 75 | |
10 | Sunil Chhetri | 슬롯 머신 사이트 추천India | 72 |
Majed Abdullah | 슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Saudi Arabia | 72 |
Ronaldo also now holds the record for most goals for Portugal and has twice as many goals than the next best Pauleta, who scored 47 times for the Selecao nation. Messi, meanwhile, is 15th in the overall list with 70 goals from 138 appearances. Ronaldo, 35, could soon become the all-time leading international goalscorer. He scored his career슬롯사이트™s 57th free-kick goal and 10th for Portugal. Ronaldo will next be seen in action for Portugal when play Spain in their next UEFA Nations League match in October.
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