Most International Goals: Leading from the front, India skipper Sunil Chhetri turned up against arch-rivals Pakistan in the ongoing SAFF Championship. Chettri’s glorious Hattrick sank Pakistan as the Indian striker took his International goal tally to 90. He is now the second highest goal scorer in Asia and the third highest active goal scorer in International football, just behind Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi.
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Sunil Chhetri guided the Blue Tigers to convincing a 4-0 win against Pakistan. And with a magnificent hattrick under his belt he now has gone past Mokhtar Dahari of Malaysia to become the second highest goal scorer in Asia. Dahari has 89 goals to his name, while the Indian skipper now boasts of having 90 International goals.
Most Goals in International Football
| Rank | Player | Country | Goals | Caps | Ratio |
| 1 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal | 123 | 200 | 0.62 |
| 2 | Ali Daei | Iran | 109 | 148 | 0.74 |
| 3 | Lionel Messi | Argentina | 103 | 175 | 0.59 |
| 4 | Sunil Chhetri | India | 90 | 138 | 0.65 |
| 5 | Mokhtar Dahari | Malaysia | 89 | 142 | 0.63 |
| 6 | Ferenc Puskás | Hungary | 84 | 85 | 0.99 |
Coming to the tally of the most international goals, Sunil Chettri is third highest in the list of the active goal scorers. Only Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo (123) and Argentina’s Lionel Messi (109) are ahead of the Indian skipper.
It hasn’t been a easy job for the Sunil Chhetri to achieve this landmark. Surprisingly enough, Chhetri has a better goal scoring ratio (0.65) in comparison to Ronaldo and Messi. Just an year ago, in the AFC he matched the great Ferenc Puskas from Hungary. Now with an year being passed he has gone on to add 6 more goals and is now 4th highest overall goal scorer in International football.
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After the game Chhetri said, “It’s always very good to keep a clean-sheet and win the match, tough conditions to play on but what a win that too in front of this crowd, thanks to them they turned up – this is what we play for.”
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