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3. Cristiano Ronaldo unstoppable in his inexorable march through the record books

What a phenomenon Cristiano Ronaldo is. He followed up a brilliant brace in the crucial World Cup qualifier against Hungary by scoring in the first international he's played in his hometown of Madeira. That last goal has now taken him to 71 international goals – that’s put him at tenth in the all-time list, and joint third in Europe (with Miroslav Klose). He is also, by a country mile, the leading international goalscorer in the world right now (active).

Here's the full list –

Rank	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
8	Bashar Abdullah	Kuwait	75
9	Majeed Abdullah	Saudi Arabia	71
	Kiatsuk Senamuang	Thailand	71
	Miroslav Klose	Germany	71
	Cristiano Ronaldo	Portugal	71*

Despite his recent struggles in the pristine white of Real Madrid, he was back to his blistering best for his nation – the goals against Hungary were simply sublime, especially that left hammer of a shot that opened his account (around 4:10 in the video below)

Oh, and he had an airport named after him... Of course, he did.