Top 10 International goal scorers of all time

#3 Kunishige Kamamoto (Japan) - 80 goals

Kamamoto helped Japan win the bronze medal at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics

At number three, it’s Japan’s all-time top scorer Kunishige Kamamoto, who was one of the most lethal strikers of his generation.

Considered to be the greatest Japanese footballer of all time and one of the finest Asian footballers of his generation, Kamamoto scored 80 goals for his country in just 84 appearances in an international career spanning from 1964-1977.

Kamamoto was still in college when he first played for the national team in 1964 and was included in the squad to play at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo where Japan reached the quarter-finals.

Kamamoto’s finest hour with the national team came four years later during the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City where he was the top scorer with seven goals and helped Japan to the bronze medal, making them the first Asian nation to win an Olympic medal in football.

Kamamoto was awarded the Japanese Footballer of the Year seven times. He retired from the national team in 1977 aged 33.