Players With The Most International Goals
Players With The Most International Goals? Which footballers have the most international goals ? Which player is the top scorer in international football?. Have you ever wanted to find out which players have the most international goals in the history of international football? well, if you have then worry not because we have prepared a list of the Players with the most international goals.
Players With The Most International Goals
It is every footballers dream to represent his national team,. Every footballer who plays as a striker always dreams of becoming his country’s top scorer of all-time. Over the decades, many great strikers have played for their country. Many have had the good fortune of scoring a bucket-load of goals for their country
Over years footballers have been called up to their national duty and have produced results, every player dreams of becoming their countries leading all time goal scorer. In this article we take a look at the all time leading goal scorers in international football.
You can also have a look at:
- Players with most Champions League goals
- LIST: FIFA World Cup All Time Top Goal Scorers
- Premier League Top Goal Scorers – EPL top scorers of all time!
Player With The Most International goals
Ali Daei is undoubtedly the finest footballer to have come out of Iran. From 1993-2006, Daei played 149 matches for Iran, scoring 109 goals.
During his time with the national team, Ali Daei helped Iran to third place at the 1996 Asian Cup. His 8 goals in that tournament is a tally that is yet to be bettered. He is the all-time top scorer in Asian Cup history with 14 goals.
Daei helped Iran qualify for their maiden World Cup in 1998, scoring 9 goals during the qualifiers. He also captained Iran at the 2006 World Cup after which, he retired from international football.
Daei’s record of most number of goals in international football has stood for 12 years now. Until and unless, Ronaldo plays for another 2-3 years, Daei’s record will stand for quite a while.
Godfrey Chitalu goals
One of the best African foootballers of his generation, Godfrey Chitalu is the fifth highest international goalscorer of all-time with 79 goals in 108 matches.
Chitalu helped Zambia qualify for their first African Cup of Nations in 1974. Zambia eventually reached the final of the tournament where they lost to Zaire.
Chitalu retired from the national team in 1980. In 1993, he became coach of the national team. Sadly, Chitalu and the entire Zambia team were killed in a plane crash that same year.
Cristiano Ronaldo
Cristiano Ronaldo is the currently active player with the most number of goals in international football and the only active footballer in the top 10. He also has the most number of goals by a European player in international football.
List of the Players with Most International Goals
Here is the full list of the players with the most international goals.
# | Name | Country | International goals | Caps | Goals per match |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Ali Daei | Â Iran | 109 | 149 | 0.73 |
2 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Â Portugal | 85 | 154 | 0.55 |
3 | Ferenc Puskás |  Hungary | 84 | 89 | 0.94 |
4 | Kunishige Kamamoto | Â Japan | 80 | 84 | 0.95 |
5 | Godfrey Chitalu | Â Zambia | 79 | 111 | 0.71 |
6 | Hussein Saeed | Â Iraq | 78 | 137 | 0.57 |
7 | Pelé |  Brazil | 77 | 92 | 0.84 |
8 | Bashar Abdullah | Â Kuwait | 75 | 133 | 0.56 |
9 | Kinnah Phiri | Â Malawi | 71 | 115 | 0.61 |
Majed Abdullah | Â Saudi Arabia | 71 | 116 | 0.60 | |
Kiatisuk Senamuang | Â Thailand | 71 | 134 | 0.53 | |
Miroslav Klose | Â Germany | 71 | 137 | 0.52 | |
13 | Stern John | Â Trinidad and Tobago | 70 | 115 | 0.61 |
Hossam Hassan | Â Egypt | 70 | 169 | 0.41 | |
15 | Carlos Ruiz | Â Guatemala | 68 | 133 | 0.51 |
Robbie Keane | Â Republic of Ireland | 68 | 146 | 0.46 | |
17 | Didier Drogba | Â Ivory Coast | 65 | 105 | 0.62 |
Lionel Messi | Â Argentina | 65 | 128 | 0.51 | |
19 | Sunil Chhetri | Â India | 64 | 101 | 0.63 |
20 | Zlatan Ibrahimović |  Sweden | 62 | 116 | 0.53 |
Other All Time Goal Scorers Lists
- The LIST: Premier League Top Goal Scorers All Time
- LIST: Bundesliga Highest Goal Scorers of All Time
- LIST: Highest La Liga Goal Scorers All-Time
- The LIST: UEFA Europa League Top Goal Scorers of All Time
- LIST: UEFA Euro Top Goal Scorers of All Time
See also…
Top 10 most gifted full-backs of all time!
Fastest Footballer In The World 2018 (Currently Active)
Top 10 footballers who went on strike! 2018
Top 10 Goalscorers in Bundesliga History
Top 10 Best football boots ever! 2018
Table of Contents