These lists always just boil down to Messi and Ronaldo fans arguing over who is the GOAT. The most boring discussion in football.
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More like CONMEBOL vs UEFA
And only, 2 world cup trophies between them all?
TIL the best player in the world is Mabkhout
Put some respek on Lukaku's name.
The amount of goals C. Ronaldo (and many european players) have on "small islands and states" is crazy though. Some dudes are literally dentists, butchers and gardeners hahahaa
that argument can be made for ever single federation , every continent has countries that get easily beat by everyone
Chhetri casually pulling in the goat debate
The Goat of international football un-ironically
I swear Kaz Miura was in the top 10. Am I tripping or nah?
His last appearance for the Japanese national team was aged 33 in 2000. This graphic only includes goals since 2000.
It's crazy he retired so early with Japan, considering that he is still playing...
Maybe not the best comparison but a bit like Maldini retiring with Italy 7 years earlier than with Milan and missing the World Cup win
Indian football barely makes the news, I can't name a player, and yet this stat exists. Wtf.
Ali Mabkhout is lethal.
Suarez, Neymar and Messi are among the 8 South American players in history to reach 50 international goals.
Counting active players, Cavani is another one.
Tells you about how a massive feat that is in the region.
Qualifying for the tournaments is easier overall for the big South American teams because they are much better than the weaker teams over the course of many games, but there is no comparison between the actual difficulty of the games. Weak South American teams are still incredibly difficult to beat. There isn't a single easy game in CONMEBOL
UEFA is great for International stat padding.
Pre-1990's I'd say Venezuela would have been THAT team. But today's Venezuela is scoring bicycle kick goals in Brazil and getting out of there with a point. I believe football is catching up to, if not surpassing, baseball in popularity for the first time.
With the expansion they will most likely make it to the next World Cup. Should be amazing to see those players singing the national anthem of their country for the first time in a World Cup.
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Damn who’s the Indian man?
A Chetri appears in the wild.
Chettri shouldn't have been born in India( coming from an Indian)
i mean if was from europe or elsewhere its not like hed play for england or france or anything hes not actually that good
Even if he wouldn't have been a world class striker or something he would at least have a decorated career
Ronaldo score to Andorra, Liechtenstein, Malta, San marino, Gibraltar...
Messi score to Guatemala, Panama, Honduras, Nicaragua, Haiti, Curacao
See how easy that is...
Messi is not part of CONCACAF. At least get that right. Perhaps he has scored some goals against them, but most of his international goals are not against those countries.
Panama is ranked higher than half of UEFA.
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Lukaku's stats are insane when you know he has been playing in Belgian national team since 2010.
And he is just 30, could easily score another 30 goals if he plays till 35
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Hope Lucho Suárez can reach 70 on his next (and supposedly last game with Uruguay) against Bolivia
Since there is no player from any African nations that made it, here's a few African footballers with the most international goals since 2000:
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Didier Drogba - 65 goals in 105 matches
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Samuel Eto'o - 56 goals in 118 matches
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Mohamed Salah - 55 goals in 94 matches
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Asamoah Gyan - 51 goals in 109 matches
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Islam Slimani - 44 goals in 96 matches
For Oceania (including Australia):
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Tim Cahill - 50 goals in 108 matches
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Roy Krishna - 35 goals in 49 matches
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Chris Wood - 34 goals in 73 matches
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Commins Menapi - 34 goals in 37 matches
And Salah scored 4 just a couple of days ago
It looks really hard to score in African international matches.
All the recent African Cup of Nations tournaments had 2 goals per game or fewer. Compared to the 2.7 average of the world cups.
Ruiz 🇬🇹🇬🇹🇬🇹🇬🇹
My (indian) boy Chhettri in there! Get in there lad!
chetri 🩵
Are this official games?
Top5 without friendlies included:
Ronaldo 108
Chhetri 64
Lewandowski 62
Messi 57
Lukaku 56
Now make a list removing matches vs FIFA rank 80+
Bit unfair on south american nationals tbf
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Lukakus numbers are actually mad ngl
siuuuu
The Germans may not be the top scorers but they came pretty Klose
Do Chelsea fans know there’s a post with positive stats about Lukaku?
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