IFFHS NEWS AND STATISTICS OF THE WEEK 37
Picture : Cristiano Ronaldo already 101 international goals with Portugal
RONALDO NEAR OF A HISTORICAL RECORD
The 35 year-old Cristiano Ronaldo is only the second men's player in football History to reach 100 goals for his country after Ali Daei (picture down), who scored 109 times for Iran ! He has now 9 goals to score in the next months to be the only most international goals All-Time Recordman !
Ferenc Puskas (84 goals with Hungary), Kunishige Kamamoto (80 goals with Japan) and Godfrey Chitalu (79 goals with Zambia) complete the ALL-TIME WORLD TOP 5 !
After his two goals against Sweden yesterday night, Cristiano has scored until today 101 goals with Portugal (14 times 2 goals, 7 times 3 goals, 2 times 4 goals).
17 Women Players have scored 100 or more international goals with their country. Canadian Christine Sinclair (Picture) , always in activity, leads the World Ranking for Women and Men with 186 goals before US Legends Abby Wambach 184 and Mia Hamm 158. Carli Lloyd (USA) with 123, Marta (Brazil) with 108 and Alex Morgan (USA) with 107 can reach the Top 5 in the next months !
THE YOUNGEST
Eduardo Camavinga became yesterday the youngest player in France since Maurice Gastager (8 February 1914 against Luxembourg with 17 years and 128 days) to play with the French A National Team. He is 17 years and 303 days old ! He made a great match against Croatia, France winning his second Nations League game in 2020.
TRANSFERS
James Rodriguez (Colombia) joined Everton (England) after his stay in Madrid.
Lucy Bronze returned to Manchester City after 3 years in Lyon (3 UEFA Champions League titles !).