Cristiano Ronaldo reached yet another milestone on Tuesday when he became the first Eiropean male player to reach 100 international goals.
🇵🇹 Cristiano Ronaldo has scored his 100th international goal – has now scored for Portugal in 17 successive calendar years
2004 7
2005 2
2006 6
2007 5
2008 1
2009 1
2010 3
2011 7
2012 5
2013 10
2014 5
2015 3
2016 13
2017 11
2018 6
2019 14
2020 1 pic.twitter.com/glhDClD82q— Sky Sports Statto (@SkySportsStatto) September 8, 2020
Against Sweden, the Portugal captain curled a stunning free-kick into the top corner – the 57th of his career – to reach the fete before netting his 101st goal with an even better strike in the second half as the holders maintained perfect start to the defense of Nations League.
Ronaldo, who played 81 minutes, is within eight goals of the world record.
🇵🇹 @Cristiano has done it – and with a golazo! The @selecaoportugal No7 becomes the 2nd man in history to score 100 international goals 💯 pic.twitter.com/A5lnFwW7o9
— FIFA World Cup (@FIFAWorldCup) September 8, 2020
Iran’s Ali Daei – the only man to score more international goals than Ronaldo – hit 109 during his playing career from 1993 to 2006.
The next top scoring current players are India’s Sunil Chhetri (72) and Argentina’s Lionel Messi (70).