Know about the top 10 players in the world with the most international goals and who is the top scorer amongst the active footballers in the history of football
Cristiano Ronaldo broke the all-time top goalscorer record in international matches. Ronaldo scored his 110th goal for Portugal and became the top scorer surpassing Ali Daei’s record. Also, Lionel Messi broke Pelle’s record to climb up on the list.
Now, Lionel Messi has 79 goals for Argentina. Apart from these two, who are the best players in the top 10? So, here is a list of players who have scored the most goals in international matches.
Top Scorer In International Football: List Of Top 10 Players With Most Goalsย
1. Cristiano Ronaldo
The Portuguese has scored 11 goals in 180 matches. Recently, he broke Ali DAie’s record and became the top scorer in international football at the age of 36.
Goals: 111
2. Ali Daei
Daei is a former Iranian striker who retired from the game in 2006. He was the top scorer for 15 years. Daei scored 109 goals in 149 matches for Iran.
Goals:109
3. Mokhtar Dahari
Mayalasiaan forward Dahari has scored 89 goals in 142 matches for Malaysia. He played for the Malaysian national team from 1972 to 1985.
Goals:89
4. Ferenc Puskรกs
The Hungarian is considered one of the greatest strikers of all time. There is also an award in FIFA named after him, the Puskas award. The award is given to the best goal of the year at FIFA awards.
Puskas scored 84 goals in 85 games and represented Hungary between 1945 to 1956.
Goals: 84
5. Godfrey Chitalu
Chitalu is the leading goal scorer in the African region. He scored 79 goals in 111 matches for Zambia. Furthermore, he played 12 years of international football between 1968 to 1980.
Goals: 79
6. Lionel Messi
M3ssi is considered one of the greatest players of recent time. Recently, he broke Pele’s record to become the top goal scorer in the South American region.
Messi has scored 79 goals in 153 matches. He is the second top goal scorer on the list of active players.
Goals: 79
7. Hussein Saeed
Iraqi forward Hussein scored 78 goals in 137 matches. He represented Iraq for 14 years between 1976 to 1980.
Goals: 78
8. Pele
Brazilian star Pele is said to be one of the greatest players of all time. He scored 77 goals in 92 matches for Brazil and helped to win FIFA World Cup.
Goals: 77
9. Ali Mabkhout
UAE forward Mabkhout is one of the top goal scorers in the list of active players. He has scored 77 goals in 94 appearances. He can break many records as he’s only 30-years of age.
Goals: 77
10. Kunishige Kamamoto
The Japanese striker has one of the best goal ratios in the history of football. He scored 75 goals in 76 games with a goal ratio of 0.99.
Goals: 75