Daei strengthens record
Iranian tops all-time international goalscoring chart
Iran’s Ali Daei became the first player to score one hundred international goals when he netted four times in a 7-0 rout of Laos in a World Cup soccer qualifier yesterday.
The 35-year-old striker now has 102 goals in 133 appearances for Iran. They secured a place in next year’s final round of 2006 Asian World Cup qualifiers with this victory in Tehran.
Daei - who made his full international debut against Pakistan in June 1993 - has had spells in Germany at Bayern Munich and Hertha Berlin.
The top ten all-time international goalscorers are:
1 Ali Daei [Iran] - 100 goals (133 apps) - 1993/2004
2 Ferenc Puskás [Hungary & Spain] - 84 (89) - 1945/56
3 Pelé [Brazil] - 77 (92) - 1957/71
4 Sándor Kocsis [Hungary] - 75 (68) - 1948/56
5 Gerd Müller [West Germany] - 68 (62) - 1966/74
6 Majed Abdullah [Saudi Arabia] - 67 (139) - 1978/94
7= Hossam Hassan [Egypt] - 63 (163) - 1985/2004
7= Jassem Al-Houwaidi [Kuwait] - 63 (74) - 1992/2002
7= Kiatisuk Senamuang [Thailand] - 63 (116) - 1993/2004
10 Imre Schlosser [Hungary] - 59 (68) - 1906/27
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