How does Cristiano Ronaldo compare to other international goal scorers?
Cristiano Ronaldo equaled the mens international goalscoring record with a brace in Portugals Euro 2020 tie with France, bringing his total to 109. Ronaldo joins Irans Ali Daei at the top of the all-time list, where he was already one of just two guys with a century of goals. The PA news agency examines the Portugal stars scoring record statistically. How he compares to others 109  Ali Daei (Iran); CRISTIANO RONALDO (Portugal); Mohamed Mokhtar Dahari (Malaysia) 89  Mohamed Mokhtar Dahari (Malaysia) Ferenc Puskas (Hungary/Spain), 84 Godfrey Chitalu, Zambia, 79 Hussein Saeed Mohammed, Iraq (age 78) Pele, Pele, Pele, Pele, Pele, Pele, Pele, Pele, Pele, Pele, Pele, Pele, Pele, Pele, Pele, Pele, Pele, 75  Hungarys Sandor Kocsis, Japans Kunishige Kamamoto, and Kuwaits Bashar Abdullah  Ronaldo scored 50 goals in 114 appearances, and 59 in 64 since then, including his second half-century at a goal per game. To accomplish his record total, he played 178 games, compared to 149 for Daei. He is far ahead of the following players on the all-time list  historical data is limited, but the renowned Rec Sports Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF) ranks former Malaysian international Mohammed Mokhtar Dahari in third place with 89 points, followed by Hungarys Ferenc Puskas with 84. Godfrey Chitalu of Zambia comes in second with 79 points, one more than Hussein Saeed Mohammed of Iraq, followed by Pele of Brazil on 77 points and Ali Mabhkout of the United Arab Emirates on 76 points, making for an odd list. The RSSSF lists Sandor Kocsis, Puskas long-term team-mate in the Magical Magyars line-up of the 1950s, on 75 alongside Kunishige Kamamoto of Japan and Kuwaits Bashar Abdullah. Ronaldos long-term rival Lionel Messi is 13th with 73 goals in 145 Argentina caps. Competitions  Portugals qualification campaigns for World Cups and European Championships have accounted for over half of Ronaldos goals, with 31 in Euro qualifiers and the same number in World Cup preliminaries after netting against Luxembourg in March. He has 14 in European Championship finals tournaments, including three as Portugal won the 2016 tournament in France and five in this summers group. (This is a short article)