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The top ten scorers in the history of the national team: Melo leads, Lewandowski is seventh, Haaland is not obsessed with statistics

12:36pm, 14 October 2025【Football】

In the early morning of October 13, in the 8th round of Group G of the European Group Stage of the World Cup, Poland defeated Lithuania 2-0 in an away game. Lewandowski scored a goal, the 87th goal of his national team career, which ranked Lewandowski seventh on the national team's historical scorer list.

Top 10 national team historical scorers:

First: Cristiano Ronaldo/Portugal, 141 goals in 224 games, still playing.

Second: Messi/Argentina, 114 goals in 194 games, still playing.

Third: Ali Daei/Iran, 108 goals in 148 games, retired.

Fourth: Sunil Chhetri/India, 95 goals in 156 games, still playing.

Fifth: Mokhtar Dahari/Malaysia, 89 goals in 142 games, retired.

Tie for fifth place: Lukaku/Belgium, 89 goals in 124 games, still playing.

Seventh: Lewandowski/Poland, 87 goals in 161 games, still playing.

Eighth: Ali Mabkhout/UAE, 85 goals in 115 games, still playing.

Ninth: Puskas/Hungary, 84 goals in 89 games, retired.

Tenth: Neymar/Brazil, 79 goals in 128 games, still playing.

The so-called number of goals scored by the national team and the so-called number of goals scored in the World Cup qualifiers, especially in the European region, was reduced by Haaland's 8 goals in 2 World Cup qualifiers. The 25-year-old Haaland scored 50 goals in 46 games for the Norwegian national team. What a terrifying existence this is. Haaland only needed 46 games to reach 50 goals for the national team, while Ronaldo took 114 games, Messi took 107 games, Lewandowski and Mbappe both took 90 games, Neymar took 74 games, and Kane took 71 games.

Fortunately, Haaland can only play in the World Cup and is not obsessed with improving statistics for the national team. Norway has a bye in this week's World Cup preliminaries and faces New Zealand in a friendly match. Haaland left the team early and returned to Manchester City to prepare for the Premier League game against Everton, so that the devil will have enough rest time. Otherwise, with Haaland's 8 goals in the last two World Cup qualifying games, playing in New Zealand, his goal statistics will definitely be refreshed.