Messi once again hit the headlines by scoring 100 international goals. Messi achieved this feat in friendly matches after the World Cup. Apart from this, Messi also crossed the milestone of 800 career goals.
Portugal superstar Cristiano Ronaldo is the first player to have this achievement in his name. Ronaldo has scored 122 goals at the international level and has 832 goals in his career.
There are only three players in the history of football who have scored 100 goals at the international level. Ronaldo tops the list and Messi (102) is third.
Iran international Ali Dei is the second highest goalscorer for the country. The player scored 109 goals for Iran.
This number of goals is also a benchmark in the Messi vs Ronaldo debate. But when taking the list of the player who has scored the most goals against the top ten teams in the FIFA ranking, Messi has managed to surpass Ronaldo by one goal.
Top 10 in FIFA rankings
1. Brazil
2. Argentina
3. France
4. Belgium
5. England
6. The Netherlands
7. Croatia
8. Italy
9. Portugal
10. Spain
Messi scored the most goals against these teams. Messi scored 15 goals against teams.
Let’s check the number of goals scored by Messi against each team,
1. Brazil (five goals)
2. France (three goals)
3. Croatia (three goals)
4. Spain (two goals)
5. Netherlands (one goal)
6. Portugal (one goal)
Belgium, Italy and England are the teams in the FIFA top ten that escaped without conceding a goal from Messi.
Coming to Cristiano Ronaldo, Ronaldo also scored against six teams in the top ten. Ronaldo has scored 14 goals against teams in the top ten.
1. Netherlands (four goals)
2. Belgium (three goals)
3. Spain (three goals)
4. France (two goals)
5. Argentina (one goal)
6. Croatia (one goal)
Like Messi, Ronaldo has not been able to score against Italy and England. Brazil is another team in the top ten that has not conceded a goal to Ronaldo.
France, Netherlands, Spain and Croatia are the ‘common hounds’ of both. Both of them scored 19 goals against them.
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