Lewandowski breaks Ronaldo’s European Qualifiers idea record

A hat-trick by Robert Lewandowski in Armenia not usually done him Poland’s all-time tip scorer on 50 goals yet also pennyless a European subordinate record set as recently as Aug by Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo.

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Lewandowski began a day on 47 goals in 89 Poland games, yet presumably reduction wakeful of a fact Ronaldo’s three-way opposite a Faroe Islands on 31 Aug had changed him on to 14 goals in these European Qualifiers for a 2018 FIFA World Cup – equalling Predrag Mijatović’s record transport for Yugoslavia in a 1998 preliminaries (which enclosed 7 play-off goals).

Lewandowski’s 3 goals during Group E rivals Armenia have now taken a 29-year-old Bayern male on to 15 strikes – in a European subordinate debate for a World Cup or EURO – and undisguised initial place. Ronaldo, though, still has a ‘game in hand’ with dual matches left in Portugal’s report to Poland’s one.

One thing Lewandowski can't obscure is that Ronaldo’s hat-trick carried him to 29 career World Cup subordinate goals, 3 forward of Andriy Shevchenko with whom he formerly common a record. Ronaldo now has 32 career World Cup goals including finals, again giving him a undisguised record.

• Most goals in a singular UEFA comparison men’s subordinate campaign

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Robert Lewandowski (Poland) World Cup 2018

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Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) World Cup 2018
Predrag Mijatović (Yugoslavia) World Cup 1998

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David Healy (Northern Ireland) EURO 2008
Robert Lewandowski (Poland) EURO 2016

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Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (Netherlands) EURO 2012
Davor Å uker (Croatia) EURO 1996

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Robin outpost Persie (Netherlands) World Cup 2014
Pauleta (Portugal) World Cup 2006
Raúl González (Spain) EURO 2000
Toni Polster (Austria) EURO 1996
Ole Madsen (Denmark) EURO 1964

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Romelu Lukaku (Belgium) World Cup 2018
Edin Džeko (Bosnia and Herzegovina) World Cup 2014
Theofanis Gekas (Greece) World Cup 2010
Eduardo (Croatia) EURO 2008
Andriy Shevchenko (Ukraine) World Cup 2002
Hristo Stoichkov (Bulgaria) EURO 1996
Darko Pancev (Yugoslavia) EURO 1992

• Most goals in a World Cup subordinate debate (any confederation)
  

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Karim Bagheri (Iran) AFC 1998

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Mohammed Al-Sahlai (Saudi Arabia) 2018
Ahmed Khalil (UAE) 2018
Archie Thompson (Australia) OFC 2002

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Robert Lewandowski (Poland) UEFA 2018
Carlos Pavón (Honduras) CONCACAF 2002

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Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) UEFA 2018
Jared Borgetti (Mexico) CONCACAF 2006
Kazu Miura (Japan) AFC 1998

• All-time tip UEFA EURO and World Cup subordinate scorers

Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) 49 (including 6 in play-offs)
Robbie Keane (Republic of Ireland) 41 (including 5 in play-offs)
Zlatan Ibrahimović (Sweden) 38 (including 5 in play-offs)
Edin Džeko (Bosnia and Herzegovina) 37 (including 1 in play-offs)
Andriy Shevchenko (Ukraine) 36 (including 3 in play-offs)
Hakan Şükür (Turkey) 36 (including 2 in play-offs)
Robert Lewandowski (Poland) 31
Wayne Rooney (England) 30

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Ronaldo’s initial 100 UEFA bar foe goals

ALL RONALDO’S RECORDS (we think)

National team

• Most EURO finals appearances: 21
• Most EURO finals goals: 9 (level with Michel Platini)
• Most EURO final tournaments scored in: 4
• Only actor to measure 3 goals in mixed EUROs
• Most EURO goals including qualifying: 29
• Most World Cup goals including subordinate by a European: 32
• Most European World Cup subordinate goals: 29
• Most goals in UEFA EURO and European FIFA World Cup qualifiers: 49
• Most Portugal caps: 144
• Most Portugal goals: 78

Club individual

• Most UEFA bar foe goals: 112
• Most UEFA Champions League goals: 109
• Most goals in a UEFA Champions League season: 17 (2013/14)
• Most Real Madrid goals: 411
• Most ESM Golden Shoe awards (equal with Lionel Messi): 4 (2007/08, 2010/11, 2013/14, 2014/15)
• Most appearances in UEFA.com users’ Team of a Year: 11 (2004, 2007–2016)
• Most UEFA Men’s Player of a Year awards: 3 (2014, 2016, 2017)

Europe’s all-time tip general goalscorers

Ferenc Puskás (Hungary Spain) 84
Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) 78
Sándor Kocsis (Hungary) 75
Miroslav Klose (Germany) 71
Gerd Müller (West Germany) 68
Robbie Keane (Republic of Ireland) 68

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Top scorers in all UEFA competitions (men’s/women’s/club/national team/youth/futsal/amateur)*

1 Cristiano Ronaldo 146
2 Raúl González 106
3 Lionel Messi 99
4 Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 91
5 Andriy Shevchenko 90
6 Zlatan Ibrahimović 87
7 Filippo Inzaghi 86
8 Margrét Lára Vidarsdóttir 84
9 Thierry Henry 81
10= Gerd Müller 77
10= Ruud outpost Nistelrooy 77

*Competitions comprise: UEFA European Championship, UEFA Champions League/European Cup, UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup, UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup, UEFA Super Cup, UEFA Intertoto Cup, UEFA Women’s EURO, UEFA Women’s Cup/UEFA Women’s Champions League, UEFA Women’s Under-17, Under-18 and Under-19 Championships, UEFA Futsal Cup, UEFA Futsal EURO, UEFA Meridian Cup, UEFA Regions’ Cup, UEFA European Under-16, Under-17, Under-18, Under-19, Under-21 and Under-23 Championships, UEFA European Under-21 Futsal Tournament, UEFA Under-18 Champions League, UEFA Youth League. Does not embody FIFA World Cup inc qualifiers.

Data scold as of 01/09/2017