LONDON: Cristiano Ronaldo has won, for the fifth time in seven years, the award of the world’s leading international goalscorer for the calendar year with country and club.

After 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, he is again the No1 in the world, having scored 14 international goals with Portugal and seven international goals with FC Juventus in UEFA Champions League.

With 21 international goals in 2019, Ronaldo led Ali Mabkhout (United Arab Emirates), who scored 19 international goals with
his country and England’s Harry Kane, also 19 goals (12 goals with England and seven with Tottenham).

Ali Mabkhout topped 2019 for national team goals (19 with UAE)) while Bafetimbi Gomis the club goals tally for his 13 with Al Hilal of Saudi Arabia.

Some 34 players were computed by the International Federation of Football Historians and Statisticians as having scored 10 international goals or more – from UEFA (14), AFC (8), CONMEBOL (4), CAF (3), OFC (3), CONCACAF (2).

The most represented clubs in the top 34 are Liverpool, Manchester City, Tottenham Hotspur, Bayern München, Inter Milan, Zenit St Petersburg and Al Sadd, (all with two players.

The most represented leagues are English Premier League  (10), Serie A Italy (three), Premier Liga Russia (three), Bundesliga Germany (two), Saudi Football League (two) and Qatar Stars League (2).

Player Country Club Country Club TOTAL
1 Cristiano RONALDO Portugal FC Juventus 14 7 21
2 Ali MABKHOUT UAE Al-Jazira FC 19 19
3 Harry KANE England Tottenham Hotspurs 12 7 19
4 Raheem STERLING England FC Manchester City 8 9 17
5 Ali ALMOEZ Qatar Al-Duhail SC 15 1 16
6 Robert LEWANDOWSKI Poland FC Bayern München 6 10 16
7 Omar AL SOMAH Syria Al-Ahli Saudi FC 8 7 15
8 Baghdad BOUNEDJAH Algeria Al-Sadd FC 8 6 14
8 Lautaro MARTINEZ Argentina FC Inter Mian 8 6 14
10 Olivier GIROUD France FC Chelsea 6 8 14
11 Eldor SHOMURODOV Uzbekistan FC Rostov 13 13
12 Serge GNABRY Germany FC Bayern München 9 4 13
13 Sardar AZMOUN Iran Zenit St Petersburg 8 5 13
14 Lionel MESSI Argentina FC Barcelona 5 8 13
15 Bafetimbi GOMIS France Al-hilal Saudi FC 13 13
16 Gabriel JESUS Brazil FC Manchester City 7 5 12
17 Baha FAISAL Jordan Al-Wedhat SC 6 6 12
18 Heung-min SON South Korea Tottenham Hotspurs 3 9 12
19 Aleksander MITROVIC Serbia Fulham FC 11 11
19 Eran ZAHAVI Israel Guangzhou RF 11 11
21 Toni KALTACK Vanuata Erakor Golden Star 10 1 11
22 Artyom DZIOUBA Russia Zenit St Petersburg 9 2 11
23 Raul JIMENEZ Mexico Wolverhampton 8 3 11
23 Georgino WIJNALDUM Netherlands FC Liverpool 8 3 11
25 Sadio MANE Senegal FC Liverpool 7 4 11
25 Romelu LUKAKU Belgium ManUnited/Inter Milan 7 4 11
27 Akram AFIF Qatar Al-Sadd FC 6 5 11
27 Memphis DEPAY Netherlands Olympique Lyon 6 5 11
29 Enner VALENCIA Ecuador Tigres UANL 4 7 11
30 Jackson MULEKA DR Congo TP Mazembe 3 8 11
31 Ross ALLEN Guernsey Team

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