5 active players ahead of the Belgian
Romelu Lukaku scored more international goals for Belgium than few other footballers in history for their country. With his 79th goal in the European Championship qualifier against Sweden in his 112th appearance with the “Red Devils”, he moved into the top 10, which includes Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. A look at the TM statistics reveals: If Lukaku continues with the previous quota, he is likely to overtake one or two football legends in the rankings in his career.
Lukaku jumps into the top 10: players with the most international goals
31 – Zlatan Ibrahimovic | Sweden | 62 goals in 122 games
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30 – Ahmed Radhi | Iraq | 62 goals in 121 games
(Data as of October 16, 2023)
29 – Ronaldo | Brazil | 62 goals in 99 games
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28 – Edin Dzeko | Bosnia | 65 goals in 132 games
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27 – Didier Drogba | Ivory Coast | 65 goals in 105 games
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26 – Robbie Keane | Ireland | 68 goals in 146 games
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25 – Luis Suarez | Uruguay | 68 goals in 137 games
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24 – Carlos Ruiz | Guatemala | 68 goals in 133 games
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23 – Gerd Müller | Germany | 68 goals in 62 games
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22 – Hossam Hassan | Egypt | 69 goals in 178 games
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21 – Star John | Trinidad & Tobago | 69 goals in 115 games
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20 – Abdul Kadir | Indonesia | 70 goals in 111 games
19 – Piyapong Pue-on | Thailand | 70 Tore in 100 Spielen
18 – Miroslav Klose | Germany | 71 goals in 137 games
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17 – Kiatisuk Senamuang | Thailand | 71 Tore in 134 Spielen
16 – Majed Abdullah | Saudi Arabia | 72 goals in 140 games
15 – Kunishige Kamamoto | Japan | 75 Tore in 76 Spielen
14 – Sándor Kocsis | Hungary | 75 goals in 68 games
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13 – Pele | Brazil | 77 goals in 92 games
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12 – Hussein Saeed Mohammed | Iraq | 78 goals in 137 games
11 – Neymar | Brazil | 79 goals in 127 games
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10 – Romelu Lukaku | Belgium | 79 goals in 112 games
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9 – Godfrey Chitalu | Zambia | 79 goals in 91 games
8 – Robert Lewandowski | Poland | 81 goals in 144 games
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7 – Ali Mabkhout | UAE | 81 goals in 106 games
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6 – Ferenc Puskás | Hungary | 84 goals in 85 games
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5 – Mokhtar Dahari | Malaysia | 89 Tore in 131 Spielen
4 – Sunil Chhetri | India | 92 goals in 142 games
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3 – Lionel Messi | Argentina | 104 goals in 177 games
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2 – Ali Daei | Iran | 109 goals in 149 games
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1 – Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal | 127 goals in 203 games
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Lukaku has long been ahead in the internal Belgian best list. The second-placed top scorer, Eden Hazard, scored 33 goals, less than half as many as the leader. But many other nations don’t have anyone like Lukaku. With the German national team, Miroslav Klose ended his career with 71 goals, which is likely to remain a record in the very long term. For France, where 24-year-old Kylian Mbappé has just moved into fourth place with 42 goals, 37-year-old Olivier Giroud has collected the most goals so far with 54 goals. Spain (David Villa, 59 goals), Italy (Luigi Riva, 35) and England (Harry Kane, 59) are also far behind the Belgian photographer.
There are some big names ahead of Lukaku: for example, Robert Lewandowski (81 goals) for Poland, Lionel Messi (104) for Argentina and Cristiano Ronaldo (127) for Portugal have more goals, but a slightly weaker rate in relation to the number of games as Lukaku. That comes to 0.7 goals per international match. Among the still active players with a comparable goal tally, only Ali Mabkhout (33) for the United Arab Emirates has a better value of 0.76.
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2023-10-16 19:36:40
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