Ronaldo Now Joint-Top Scorer In Men’s Football
- Fires brace against France in ongoing Euro 2020
Portuguese captain and Juventus star, Cristiano Ronaldo has become the joint-top scorer of all time in men’s international football.
The five-time Ballon d’Or winner joined Iran’s former superstar, Ali Daei on the top scorers’ list at the national team level.
He fired home two goals from the spot against France in a heavyweight Euro 2020 clash on Wednesday night. The feat takes him up to 109 goals in 176 matches for the national team, putting him at the top of the list of goalscorers on the international stage.
He is currently tied with Iran legend Ali Daei, who scored 109 times in 149 matches between 1993 and 2006. Both players are far ahead of any other player on the list, as Malaysia hero, Mokhtar Dahari, who retired in 1985, is the third top scorer on 89 goals and Hungary icon Ferenc Puskas finished his career in 1956 with 84 goals.
What records has Ronaldo broken at Euro 2020?
The 36-year-old set several records in Portugal’s opening game of the competition, scoring twice in the latter stages of the 3-0 win against Hungary.
This tournament marks the fifth European Championship in which the Juventus star has played and scored and he is the first player ever to do so.
Ronaldo, who also found the net in Portugal’s 4-2 defeat to Germany on matchday two, is now the all-time top scorer in Euros history, having broken Michel Platini’s record of nine goals.
Also, no player in history has won more matches at Euros than Ronaldo so far.
