Twitter hails Sunil Chhetri as he climbs to 3rd on highest active international goalscorers' list

The Indian captain scored a brilliant hat-trick to take his tally up to 59

Sunil Chhetri scores his Hat-Trick Goal!! What a beauty!! You are a Legend!! 🙌

Sunil Chhetri scores his Hat-Trick for India after 8 Years 👏👏

Let's Go India!!!! Let's Go India!!! 😍🙌#BackTheBlue #INDvTPE #IND #TPE #WeAreIndia #AsianDream
— Saurabh Kahadane (@SKahadane) June 1, 2018

With Netherlands and Italy out, my support in the World Cup would have been leaning towards Argentina.

But now that @chetrisunil11 is just 5 goals behind Lionel Messi, I think I'll have to rethink my options. #BackTheBlue #IndianFootball https://t.co/smmdCkkxc3
— Soumo Ghosh (@soumo17) June 1, 2018

Top 5 Active International Goalscorers:

🇵🇹 Cristiano Ronaldo (81)
🇦🇷 Lionel Messi (64)
🇪🇸 David Villa (59)
🇮🇳 SUNIL CHHETRI (59)
🇺🇸 Clint Dempsey (57)

Captain. Leader. Legend. 👑 pic.twitter.com/rU9UJiBeX4
— Ramesh 🇵🇹 (@RameshUtd) June 1, 2018

Dear Taipei players
From Sunil Chhetri : #INDvTPE pic.twitter.com/TNNp7bGoyF
— Anshuman Mishra (@Anshuman86m) June 1, 2018

Legend with a brilliant hattrick.
Sunil Chhetri 🙏 #INDvTPE #BackTheBlue @IndianFootball
— Madhurzya (@FlyinGiggsy) June 1, 2018

Hattrick
Who Else @chetrisunil11

😍😍😍😍

Oh When He scores, we go freaking mad, we have got Sunil Chhetri

La la laa#HeroIntercontinentalCup
— Sanji (@_Sanjikun) June 1, 2018

Sunil Chhetri has outdone Baichung Bhutia's legacy. What a player.
— Teerth Waraich💜 (@twaraich7) June 1, 2018

TBH #SunilChhetri has done much more to Indian Football than many of the greatest footballers have done to their respective nation. Absolute Legend. #INDvTPE
— কমলজিত (@KamaljitMedhi) June 1, 2018

Sunil Chhetri is the GOAT.
— Merci Arsène (@pranesh711gr) June 1, 2018

Active International Goal Scorers

Cristiano Ronaldo - 81 (Portugal)
Lionel Messi - 64 (Argentina)
Sunil Chhetri - 58 (India)
Clint Demsey - 57 (Estados unidos)
Neymar - 53 (Brazil)
Dzeko - 52 (Bosnia)
Ali Ashfaq - 52 (Maldives)#INDvTPE
— -CR7 PAAJI- (@Kakarla07) June 1, 2018

If Shenron was real, I would ask him to make Sunil Chhetri 20 a year old. #neverstopsscoring #INDvTPE @GurpreetGK @chetrisunil11 @fni pic.twitter.com/gk2wYJyTpa
— Tanmay (@foreversaint_) June 1, 2018

Sunil Chhetri is now third in the list of active goal scorers.

1. Ronaldo - 81 goals
2. Messi - 64 goals
3. Chhetri, Villa - 59 goals https://t.co/CnhNUaIYQW
— N (@coderzombie) June 1, 2018