THE FIRST IN NATIONAL TEAM HISTORY

• Apr 16, 2023
• History Statistics

Cristiano Ronaldo: first ever player with 100+ competitive goals for national team

In the March Euro qualifiers, Cristiano Ronaldo became the first player in the football history to reach and cross the landmark of 100 competitive goals for his national team. He has 102 such goals now (another 20, he scored in the friendlies).
Apart from Ali Daei, all others are much behind CR7 in this ranking.
All players with 50+ competitive goals are listed; active ones are taken in bold.  

	MOST   COMPETITIVE	GOALS    FOR	NATIONAL	TEAM
	Player	Team(s)	Years	Goals	WC	WCQ	OW	CC	CCQ	OC
1	Cristiano Ronaldo	Portugal	2003-	102	8	36	2	14	35	7
2	Ali Daei	Iran	1993-2006	88		36		14	24	14
3	Robert Lewandowski	Poland	2008-	59	2	30		5	19	3
4	Lionel Messi	Argentina	2005-	54	13	28		13
5	Kiatisuk Senamuang	Thailand	1993-2007	54		14		1	6	33
6	Hussein Saeed	Iraq	1976-1990	54		11	12			31
7	Carlos Ruiz	Guatemala	1998-2016	53		39		8		6
8	Piyapong Pue-on	Thailand	1981-1997	53		10	5		2	36
9	Ali Mabkhout	UAE	2009-	51		23		9	6	13
10	Jassem Al-Houwaidi	Kuwait	1992-2002	51		13		8	7	23

WC (WCQ) = World Cup finals (qualification),
CC (CCQ) = Confederations’ Championships finals (qualification),
OW = Other relevant world tournaments: Confederation Cup, Olympic Games (only “full internationals”) etc.,
OC = Other relevant continental and sub-continental tournaments.