Lionel Messi with 100th Argentina goal – 20 behind Cristiano Ronaldo

20 goals behind Ronaldo

Lionel Messi scored his 100th goal for Argentina in the international match against Curaçao – plus two more. The Paris Saint-Germain striker scored after a 20th-minute pass from Giovani Lo Celso in Santiago de Estero’s friendly against the Dutch Caribbean island team on Tuesday. Only two players in the world have scored more goals for their national team: Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo has 122 goals and Iran’s Ali Daei has 109 goals. The next players still active in the international record scorer ranking are India’s Sunil Chhetri in sixth place with 84 goals and Poland’s Robert Lewandowski in tenth place with 78 goals.

Messi overtakes Pelé: player with the highest number of goals in the national team

30 – Zlatan Ibrahimovic | Sweden | 62 goals in 121 games

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As of March 29, 2023

29 – Ronaldo | Brazil | 62 goals in 98 games

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28 Edin Dzeko | Bosnia&Herzegovina | 64 goals in 126 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 Muller | Germany | 68 goals in 62 games

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22 – Hossam Hasan | Egypt | 69 goals in 178 games

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21 – Star John | Trinidad & Tobago | 70 goals in 115 games

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20: Abdul Kadir | Indonesia | 70 goals in 111 games 19: Piyapong Pue-on | Thailand | 70 goals in 100 games

18 – Miroslav Klose | Germany | 71 goals in 137 games

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17: Kiatisuk Senamuang | Thailand | 71 goals in 134 games 16: Majed Abdullah | Saudi Arabia | 72 goals in 140 games

15 – Romelu Lukaku | Belgium | 72 goals in 106 games

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14: Kunishige Kamamoto | Japan | 75 goals in 76 games

13 – Sandor Kocsis | Hungary | 75 goals in 68 games

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12 – Neymar | Brazil | 77 goals in 124 games

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11: Pelé | Brazil | 77 goals in 93 games

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10 – Robert Lewandowski | Poland | 78 goals in 140 games

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9: Hussein Saeed Mohammed | Iraq | 78 goals in 137 games 8: Godfrey Chitalu | Zambia | 79 goals in 91 games

7 – Ali Mabkhout | UAE | 80 goals in 105 games

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6: Sunil Chhetri | India | 84 goals in 131 games

5 – Ferenc Puskas | Hungary | 84 goals in 89 games

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4: Mokhtar Dahari | Malaysia | 89 goals in 131 games

3 – Lionel Messi | Argentina | 102 goals in 174 games

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2 – Ali Daei | Iran | 109 goals in 149 games

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1 – Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal | 122 goals in 198 games

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The 35-year-old then scored two more goals against the clear underdog, taking his international tally to 102 goals. After goals from Fiorentina’s Nicolás González in the 23rd minute, Enzo Fernández of Chelsea in the 34th, Ángel Di María of Juventus in the 78th and Gonzalo Montiel of Sevilla in the 87th, Argentina finally won with 7:0.

Just last week, Messi scored his 800th competitive goal in a 2-0 win over Panama in Buenos Aires. The two internationals at home are Argentina’s first appearances after winning the World Cup in Qatar late last year.

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