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  cristiano ronaldo's 71st goal for portugal took him into the all-time top 10 in international history. the portuguese star netted the opener in their 3-2 friendly defeat against sweden on tuesday on his 138th appearance  taking him to joint-ninth in the standings  level with majed abdullah of saudi arabia  kiatisuk senamuang of thailand and miroslav klose of germany. he still has some way to go to catch all-time leader ali daei  however  who netted 109 times for iran in 149 caps. ronaldo's goal also took him to joint-third with klose in the european list  behind the legendary hungarian pair of ferenc puskas (84)  and sandor kocsis (75).
article_headline: cristiano ronaldo into all-time top 10 international goalscorers