In elite sports since 2003, Ronaldo already holds records in the Champions League, European Championship, Club World Cup, Real Madrid and now in national teams
When writing it down in the party of Portugal vs. Ireland, for the European qualifier heading to the Qatar World Cup 2022, The new Manchester United player reached the incredible figure of 110 international goals (111 after a double).
With his goal against the Irish team, Cristiano beat the legendary Ali Daei, who scored 109 goals with the Iran National Team, and became the top scorer at the national team level.
Ronaldo equalized Daei’s mark on June 23 when he scored for France in the Group Stage of the European Championship.
The Portuguese now occupies the first position in the list of top international scorers and it seems very unlikely that one day a player will be able to take his place.
It is worth remembering that Ali Daei claims to have 111 goals with Iran, however, FIFA does not have two goals scored with his country’s Olympic team.
That is precisely why Cristiano Ronaldo is considered the top scorer in national history from this Wednesday.
Below are the top scorers for national teams:
1. Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal): 111 goals
2. Ali Daei (Iran): 109 goals
3. Mokhtar Dahari (Malaysia): 86 goals
4. Ferenc Puskás (Hungary): 84 goals
5. kunishige kamamoto (Japan): 80 goals
6. Godfrey Chitalu (Zambia): 79 goals
7. Hussein Saeed (Iraq): 78 goals
8. Pelé (Brazil): 77 goals
9. Sándor Kocsis (Hungary): 75 goals
10. Bashar Abdullah (Kuwait): 75 goals
Other CR7 records
In elite sports since 2003, Cristiano Ronaldo already holds records in the Champions League, European Championship, Club World Cup and Real Madrid, In addition to being the top scorer.
Cristiano Ronaldo’s numbers in all competitions:
Champions League: 134 goals, 14 more than second place Lionel Messi and also holds the record for top scorer in a single edition (17 in the 2013/14 season)
Euro: 14 goals. He is also the athlete with the most matches in the history of the tournament (25) and the only one to participate in 5 editions.
Club World Cup: 7 goals, tied with Pelé. He was champion with United (2008) and Real (2014, 2016 and 2017)
Real Madrid: 451 goals. It was ten years at the Santiago Bernabéu, enough to pulverize Raúl’s mark of 324 goals.
Portugal selection: 111 goals. He is also the holder of the record for hat-tricks in international games (9) and boasts of having scored 43 different teams as well as in 9 consecutive tournaments (from Euro-2004 to Euro-2020)
Total goals: 783
Next to all the above brands, Cristiano Ronaldo boasts 2 most amazing feats: is the only player in history to have at least 50 goals in the championships of England, Spain and Italy, in addition to having scored, alone, more than 50 goals in six consecutive seasons (from 2010/11 to 2015 / 16).