Lionel Messi becomes third player to score 100 international goals
Messi joins the exclusive club with Cristiano Ronaldo of Portugal and Ali Daei of Iran who scored 100 international goals for their respective countries
Lionel Messi of Argentine has become the third player in the history of football to score 100 international scores. He achieved this milestone in a friendly match with Curacao. Messi scored three goals in the match and his tally reached at 102 international goals.
Only Cristiano Ronaldo of Portugal and Ali Daei of Iran achieved this milestone. Ronaldo has scored 122 international goals so far while Ali Daei has scored 109 goals. the legendary Brazilian great Pele scored 77 goals in 92 matches for Brazil.
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Top 10
international goal scorers in men’s football |
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Position |
Player |
Country |
Goals |
Appearances |
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1 |
Cristiano Ronaldo |
Portugal |
122 |
198 |
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2 |
Ali Daei |
Iran |
109 |
148 |
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3 |
Lionel Messi |
Argentina |
102 |
174 |
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4 |
Mokhtar Dahari |
Malaysia |
89 |
142 |
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5 |
Ferenc Puskas |
Hungary |
84 |
85 |
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5 |
Sunil Chhetri |
India |
84 |
132 |
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7 |
Ali Mabkhout |
United Arab Emirates |
80 |
109 |
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8 |
Godfrey Chitalu |
Zambia |
79 |
111 |
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9 |
Hussein Saeed |
Iraq |
78 |
137 |
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10 |
Robert Lewandowski |
Poland |
78 |
138 |
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11 |
Pele |
Brazil |
77 |
92 |
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11 |
Neymar |
Brazil |
77 |
124 |
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