10 Players With Most International Goals 2022
10 Players With Most World Cup Goals
The soccer party takes place less than 24 hours before the 2022 World Cup begins. All teams expect their strikers to score the maximum number of goals to get closer to winning the competition and eliminating the opposing country.
We have seen many articles discussing the 10 active footballers with the most goals in international football or the 10 top scorers in international football of all time, most of whose players come from countries that did not compete in the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
Today we are going to show you all the top 10 players with the most international goals representing their countries at the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.
10. Olivier Giroud (France)
Olivier Giroud is one of the most underrated footballers in the world. The French star has scored 49 goals in 114 appearances for France. He is just three goals away from becoming his country's all-time goalscorer breaking legendary Thierry Henry's record 51 goals for France.
Giroud played an important role as a target man for France in winning the 2018 World Cup. However he failed to score a single goal in the competition. He was named in the 25-man squad for the Qatar World Cup where he will play alongside Karim Benzema.
9. Aleksandar Mitrović (Serbia)
Mitrovic has played an important role for Serbia in the last two years. On 27 March 2021, he scored Serbia's first goal in a 2–2 draw with Portugal, breaking Stjepan Bobek's previous record of 38 goals and becoming the national team's all-time leading goalscorer.
Mitrovic scored a last-minute winner against Portugal on 14 November 2021, taking Serbia to the 2022 FIFA World Cup with a 2-1 win. He has scored a total of 50 goals for Serbia in 76 appearances. He is aiming to deliver an extraordinary performance in the World Cup.
8. Harry Kane (England)
Kane scored back-to-back first-half hat-tricks in England's last two 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Albania and San Marino (including a "perfect hat-trick" against the former and a poker against the latter) to help seal England's victory. 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification. Kane scored his 50th international goal against Germany in the 2022–23 UEFA Nations League league stage in June 2022. In doing so, he became only the second player in England's history to do so. He was three goals behind Wayne Rooney.
However, England's Harry Kane is one of the best strikers of this generation scoring 51 goals for England in 75 appearances. Kane was the top scorer at the 2018 FIFA World Cup. He is most likely to be the top scorer at the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
7. Edinson Cavani (Uruguay)
With ten goals, Uruguay striker Edinson Cavani leads CONMEBOL's 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification. Cavani was a member of the Uruguay team that won the China Cup in March 2018. He scored in a 2-0 semi-final win against the Czech Republic, and he scored the only goal in the final against Wales, his 100th appearance. However, he has 58 goals in 113 appearances and could be dangerous alongside Valverde and Nunez at the 2022 World Cup.
6. Luis Suarez (Uruguay)
Suárez is the all-time leading scorer in CONMEBOL World Cup qualifying matches as well as the all-time leading goalscorer for Uruguay at international level. However, He has competed for his country in three FIFA World Cups, four Copa América tournaments, the 2012 Summer Olympics, and the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup. In 134 matches, he has scored 68 goals.
5. Romelu Lukaku (Belgium)
Romelu Lukaku of Belgium scored his 50th and 51st goals for his country against San Marino in a 9-0 home win in a Euro 2020 qualifying match. He scored twice in Belgium's 3-0 win against Russia in their opening UEFA Euro group stage match 2020 on 12 June 2021. However, Lukaku was selected as the only player from Belgium in the UEFA Euro 2020 Team of the Tournament two days later. after finals. He was given the striker's spot. In 102 matches, he has scored a total of 68 goals.
4.Neymar (Brazil)
With a total of 12 goals, Neymar holds the record for the most goals scored by a Brazilian player in a FIFA World Cup qualifying match. On July 10, Argentina beat Brazil 1-0 in the championship game. Despite the loss, Argentina's Neymar and Messi are the top players of the tournament for their respective appearances. However, Neymar became Brazil's all-time leading scorer in a FIFA World Cup qualifying match on 9 September 2021, with his second goal in a 2-0 win over Peru. Neymar now has a total of 12 goals. He has made 121 appearances for Brazil and scored 75 goals.
3. Robert Lewandowski (Poland)
Lewandowski became Poland's all-time leading scorer on 5 October 2017, when he scored a hat-trick in a 6–1 win against Armenia, breaking Wodzimierz Lubaski's previous record of 48 goals. He set a European World Cup qualifying record by scoring 16 goals overall to complete the qualification process for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. The first Polish player to score in three consecutive European Championships was on 19 June 2021. Lewandowski has scored 76 goals in 134 appearances for National team. However, he is yet to score a goal in the FIFA World Cup.
2. Lionel Messi (Argentina)
Lionel Messi, perhaps the best player in world football and Cristiano Ronaldo's nemesis, has a surprisingly poor record on the international stage by his standards. However, the former Barcelona superstar has just seven career hat-tricks for Argentina while having an unparalleled 48 for the La Liga side. He has scored 90 goals in 164 games and is aiming to seize his last chance to help Argentina win the World Cup.
1.Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)
Cristiano Ronaldo is the clear leader among international soccer goalscorers, topping the list with a staggering 117 goals in 191 appearances. On 2 September 2021, the Portugal international scored against the Republic of Ireland in a World Cup Qualifying match to surpass Iran's Ali Daei as the top international goalscorer in men's football.
However, 10 hat tricks have been scored by Cristiano Ronaldo for the Portugal national team. Since turning 37 he has the most goals in the competition with 14 at the UEFA Euros and seven at the FIFA World Cup. At UEFA Euros, he also has the most international appearances.