It’s been a brilliant World Cup qualifying cycle so far for Cristiano Ronaldo. He’s up nine goals in just four matches, good for top scorer in UEFA, and he reached 70 goals for Portugal in their match against Hungary.
Cristiano Ronaldo scores 70th international goal for Portugal vs. Hungary
He’s only the third European player to reach that mark.
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Here’s his first of the night, a stunner from the edge of the penalty area.
And his second goal was just as good.
Ronaldo is now tied for 12th all-time among international goal-scorers, and is just one goal away from breaking into the top 10. The only Europeans who have more international goals than him are Miroslav Klose with 71 and Hungary legend Ferenc Puskas with 84.
While Ronaldo has a shot at running down Puskas and becoming Europe’s greatest ever international goal-scorer, he might have a hard time running down first place in the world. That honor belongs to Iran striker Ali Daei, who finished his career with 109 international goals.
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