Ronaldo joins top 10 all-time international goalscorers
It is a privileged few that make it to the peak of this list, high-scoring footballers who excelled on international duty. With his goal against Sweden Ronaldo crept into the top ten.
Despite still having a way to catch leader Ali Daei, who scored 109 goals in 149 caps for Iran, it is a remarkable accomplishment to get into the top ten highest goalscorers in international matches.
With his opener in Portugal's 3-2 defeat against Sweden, Ronaldo managed to reach 71 goals in 138 matches for his national team. This goal took him to joint-ninth in the standings, on par with Germany's Miroslav Klose, Thailand's Kiatisuk Senamuang and Saudi Arabia's Majed Abdullah.
1 Ali Daei, Iran,109 2 Ferenc Puskas, Hungary, 84 3 Kunishige Kamamoto, Japan, 80 4 Hussein Saeed, Iraq, 78 5 Pele, Brazil, 77 6 Godfrey Chitalu, Zambia, 76 7 Sandor Kocsis, Hungary, 75 7 Bashar Abdullah, Kuwait, 75 9 Majed Abdullah, Saudi Arabia, 71 9 Kiatisuk Senamuang, Thailand, 71 9 Miroslav Klose, Germany, 71 9 Cristiano Ronaldo, Portugal, 71
His 18th-minute strike against Sweden also took him to joint-third in the European ranking, level with Miroslav Klose, but behind Hungarian legends Ferenc Puskas, 84 goals, and Sandor Kocsis, 75 goals.