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12:00 AM, June 21, 2018 / LAST MODIFIED: 12:06 AM, June 21, 2018

Europe's most prolific

Portugal 1 : Morocco 0

Cristiano Ronaldo became Europe's all-time leading international scorer with 85 goals when he headed in Portugal's winning goal in their World Cup Group B match against Morocco on Wednesday.

Ronaldo had scored a hattrick in Portugal's dramatic 3-3 draw against Spain on Friday to match the great Ferenc Puskas, who represented Hungary between 1945 and 1956, as Europe's record top scorer with 84 goals.

The 33-year-old forward scored in the fourth minute against Morocco to give Portugal the early lead and is now only behind Ali Daei of Iran, on 109 goals, in the global all-time scoring charts.

Kunishige Kamamoto of Japan is in fourth place with 80 goals from 84 appearances while Zambia's Godfrey Chitalu rounds out the top five with his 79 goals from 111 matches. Brazil legend Pele is in seventh place with 77 goals from 92 matches.

"I'm very happy. The most important thing was to win the game and to get the three points," Ronaldo said afterwards.


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