Cristiano Ronaldo climbs into the top 10 international goalscorers of all time after scoring 70th & 71st goal for Portugal

The Real Madrid forward struck his 69th and 70th goals for his country in their comfortable 3-0 victory over Hungary last week

Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo has climbed into the top 10 international goalscorers of all time with his strike against Sweden on Tuesday.



The Real Madrid star bagged two against Hungary last week to register his 69th and 70th goals for the European Championship holders, before following up with another in Portugal's friendly with Sweden on Tuesday.


The Madeira man was able to drift into the six-yard box to meet Gelson Martins' clever cross, before neatly guiding the ball past a helpless Karl Johnsson.

The goal moves him joint-ninth in the all-time goalscorers list, alongside Germany's Miroslav Klose, and just six behind Brazil legend Pele.

Ronaldo also goes joint-third in the European list, with only Sandor Kocsis (75) and Ferenc Puskas (84) having scored more.

Pos	Player	Country	Goals
1	Ali Daei	Iran	109
2	Ferenc Puskas	Hungary	84
3	Kunishige Kamamoto	Japan	80
4	Hussein Saeed	Iraq	78
5	Pele	Brazil	77
6	Godfrey Chitalu	Zambia	76
7	Sandor Kocsis	Hungary	75
7	Bashar Abdullah	Kuwait	75
9	Majed Abdullah	Saudi Arabia	71
9	Kiatisuk Senamuang	Thailand	71
9	Miroslav Klose	Germany	71
9	Cristiano Ronaldo	Portugal	71

Source: Goal.com