Five Records set by Cristiano Ronaldo with Portugal you didn't know about

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Portugal v Morocco: Group B - 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia
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When we talk about Cristiano Ronaldo and records, it is hard not to have goals in the conversation. The Portuguese is a fantastic goalscorer at both club and country level, and has been making and smashing records at will in the entire span of his career. It is, therefore, quite fitting that he is Portugal's record goalscorer, with 85 goals from 154 appearances.

The Portuguese is second in the list of FIFA All time world top scorer, behind Iran's Ali Daei, who scored 109 goals from 149 appearances from 1993 to 2006. Among the current crop of players, Ronaldo has the most goals, followed by India's Suniel Chhetri, who has 67 goals from 107 games and Argentina's Lionel Messi, who has 65 goals from 128 appearances.

In his country, no one comes close to Ronaldo in the goalscoring charts. Pauleta is second with 47 goals from 88 appearances, while Eusebio is third with 41 goals from 64 appearances. Luis Figo has 32 goals from 127 appearances, while among the active players, only Nani makes up the top ten list. The former Manchester United winger has 24 goals from 112 games so far.

As such, this record too, might stand the test of time and Ronaldo could be remembered in history as the greatest goalscorer ever for Portugal.

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