In the club, many players have an arbitrary number of goals, but in the national team, the list is very select.
It is no secret at all that football has changed and revolutionized over the years. Currently tactics are essential to achieve goals if not question numbers like Cristiano Ronaldo Y Lionel Messiwho not only win everything with their clubs today, but are also the top scorers for their respective teams, placing them in the select group of players with the most goals in national team history.
That’s why inside goal we decided to bring you the historical Top 10 of the soccer players with the most annotations at selection level.
10.- BASHAR ABDULLAH – 75 GOALS
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The former Kuwait player managed to score 75 goals in 133 matches, which keeps it within the top to date. During his career, he went almost unnoticed as he played for a purely Asian club.
9.- SANDOR KOCSIS – 75 GOALS
The famous Golden Cup had a stint with Barcelona, but with the Hungarian team he achieved glory by becoming a benchmark, to the extent that during the 1954 World Cup he rose as the tournament’s top scorer, with 11 goals.
8.- PELE, 77 GOALS
In 92 official games with Brazil, O Rei reached the not inconsiderable tally of 77. His legacy is such that he won three World Cups and it is not for nothing that he is regarded as one of the greatest in football history.
7.- HUSSEIN SAEED – 78 GOALS
The Iraqi managed to position himself above Pele by just one goal, but his record has already been matched by Lionel Messi.
6.- GODFREY CHITALU – 79 GOALS
The Zambian national team stood out for its great nose for scoring. He was so good and he was so confident in his quality that he scored 107 goals between national and international matches in one season. He always played in his country of origin.
5.- SKILLED KAMAMOTO – 80 TARGETS
The former Japanese footballer reached this enviable figure in just 84 games, something only the very greatest can achieve. The bad thing is that Kamamoto scored a lot of goals, but none of them represented an official title with the Japanese team.
4.- FERENC PUSKÁS – 84 GOALS
One of the greatest attackers in all of history. The Hungarian established himself as a legend at Real Madrid, but with the Hungarian national team he scored 84 goals in just 85 games, which shows his immense quality.
3.- LIONEL MESSI – 93 GOALS
With the three goals he scored against Bolivia in the qualifiers, La Pulga outscored Pelé (77) and Hussein Saeed (78) and equaled Zambian Godfrey Chitalu, moving up three more positions. Now it’s only a matter of time before Leo moves up the table of maximum network breakers with Argentina.
2.- ALI DAEI – 109 GOALS
A complete stranger to most fans. The former footballer scored goals left and right with Iran and for that reason retained first place for years. His reign lasted until a commander was appreciated who scored the goals he wanted.
1.- CRISTIANO RONALDO – 118 GOALS
Cristiano’s legacy is huge. In Euro 2020 alone, he matched Ali Daei’s goal and just one match after the UEFA tournament, CR7 sent up a double against Ireland to overcome the Iranian and become the top scorer in history. And best of all, more goals are coming from the Lusitano for everyone else to see from the top.
Here’s the list broken down and taken from FIFA:
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