Cristiano Ronaldo reached another record and his legend gigantic: he became the top scorer at the national team level in history

Cristiano Ronaldo came with great enthusiasm to this Eurocup, the fifth he played in his entire career and with which he became the first footballer to play that amount. This edition turns out to be very special for the Juventus forward since, in addition to reaching this mark, he also was established as the top scorer in the history of the European Championship with 14 goals and the top European gunner.

As if that were not enough, the Portuguese star has just reached another record after converting two goals to France on the last date of the group stage of the tournament. With 109 goals for the Portuguese national team, the 36-year-old footballer he equaled Iranian Ali Daei as the top scorer in history at the national team level.

The two goals against Hungary in their debut within Group F and the scream before Germany in the 4-2 defeat they joined the two penalty goals that he scored this Wednesday against France with which he helped his team to qualify for the knockout stages of the tournament.

With this amount of goals, Ronaldo climbs to first place and, still with a margin of time in his favor, he could escape even more from his immediate pursuers to continue increasing his numbers.

With 109 goals in 178 games, CR7 matched former footballer Daei (with the same number at 149), who retired in 2006 (he was the captain of Iran in the World Cup that year). Behind and up to ninth place appear names of players who have already retired as Ferenc Puskas (3rd with 84) or Pele (7th with 77).

Those who they continue in the race, but still far from that figure, they are the Indian Sunil chhetri (74 goals in 117 games) and the Argentine Lionel messi (73 goals in 145 games).

Below are other representatives of current football. Neymar, who is nine goals away from becoming Brazil’s top scorer in history, ranks 23 (68 goals in 103 games) of this ranking that today is led by Cristiano Ronaldo. Behind the Brazilian is Uruguay’s historic scorer Luis Suárez, with 63 in 115 and one notch below the last winner of the The Best Robert Lewandowski (67 at 114).

“Records are made to be broken. Ronaldo really has the qualities to do it. I have a lot of respect for him. He is such a great player that there is no need to praise him, ”Daei declared to the Khabar Online agency in 2018, understanding that his reign on the list was coming to an end.

This race has fascinated the Iranian media in recent weeks. In the sports press articles appeared with each new goal of CR7 That brought it closer to the magic number of 109, until it was finally surpassed.

The Iranian set his record by scoring during 13 years with the national team shirt of Iran, for example the five goals to Sri Lanka (7-0) in 1996 or four games signing four goals, one of which was against Guam in one of the most prolific duels in World Cup qualifying history: 17-0 in 2000. For his goals, longevity and aura, Daei (52) is a legend live in Iran.

Although you are surely proud of reaching this many goals, Ronaldo knows that there is a lot ahead and he only thinks about revalidating the title he won with his team in the last edition of the Eurocup: “The most beautiful record would be to win it twice in a row”, he assured days ago when asked about the brands that he could overcome in this tournament.

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