It is expected that there will be a lot of goals scored throughout the competition since certain players who hold scoring records will be participating for their national teams in the famous event. With less than five days remaining before the beginning of the World Cup 2022, the celebration of football has already begun. Every squad hopes that its attackers will be able to score as many goals as possible so that they can get closer to winning the tournament and eliminating the nations that they are competing against.
We’ve seen many articles about the top 10 active footballers with the most goals in international football or the top 10 goalscorers in international football of all time, and most of those players are from countries that won’t be at FIFA World Cup 2022. These players come from countries that won’t be competing at the FIFA World Cup 2022.
Today, we will take a look at the top 10 players in the world who have scored the most goals for their national teams and will be competing in the FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar.
10. Olivier Giroud (France)
Olivier Giroud is often considered to be one of the most underappreciated football players on the planet. The French superstar has played 114 times for his country and has scored 49 goals for them. Only three more goals would put him in the record books as the all-time leading scorer for his nation, surpassing the mark of 51 goals held by the famous Thierry Henry who played for France.
Giroud was an integral part of France’s 2018 World Cup championship run, playing a pivotal role as the team’s target man. However, he was unable to score even a single goal for the whole of the tournament. It has been announced that he will be a part of the 25-man men’s team that will compete in the World Cup in Qatar with Karim Benzema.
9. Aleksandar Mitrović (Serbia)
In the previous two years, Mitrovic has been a very valuable contributor to Serbia. He broke Stjepan Bobek’s previous record of 38 goals and became Serbia’s all-time greatest scorer on March 27, 2021, when he scored the opening goal for Serbia in a 2-2 game with Portugal.
On November 14, 2021, Mitrovic scored the game-winning goal for Serbia in the 94th minute of their match against Portugal. This victory brought Serbia closer to qualifying for the 2022 FIFA World Cup. In 76 matches for Serbia, he has been responsible for a total of 50 goals scored. He has his sights set on turning up a spectacular performance in the World Cup.
8. Harry Kane (England)
Kane contributed to England’s qualification for the 2022 FIFA World Cup by scoring first-half hat-tricks in England’s last two 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Albania and San Marino. Against Albania, Kane scored a “perfect hat-trick,” and against San Marino, he scored a poker. Kane’s performance helped England qualify for the 2022 FIFA World Cup. In June of 2022, as England was competing against Germany in the league phase of the UEFA Nations League 2022-2023, Kane scored his 50th goal for his country. Because of this, he is just the second player in England’s long history to achieve this feat. He is now three goals behind Wayne Rooney in the race.
Harry Kane, who plays for England and has made 75 appearances for his national team, is one of the top strikers of this age. He has scored 51 goals for England. Kane finished the 2018 FIFA World Cup with the most goals scored by any player. It is quite possible that he will finish the 2022 FIFA World Cup as the tournament’s top goalscorer.
7. Edinson Cavani (Uruguay)
Edinson Cavani, a striker for Uruguay, currently leads CONMEBOL qualifying for the 2018 FIFA World Cup with 10 goals scored. In March 2018, Uruguay won the China Cup, and Cavani was a part of the Uruguayan team that won the tournament. He scored the lone goal in the championship game against Wales, which was his 100th cap, and he scored in the semi-final victory against the Czech Republic, which they won 2-0. On the other hand, he has scored 58 goals in 113 games and has the potential to be a threat with Valverde and Nunez in the 2022 World Cup.
6. Luis Suarez (Uruguay)
Suarez is the all-time top goal scorer for Uruguay at the international level, as well as the all-time leading goal scorer for the CONMEBOL World Cup qualifying games. Suarez also holds the record for the most goals scored in the history of CONMEBOL World Cup qualifying games. On the other hand, he has represented his nation in three FIFA World Cups, four Copa America tournaments, the Olympic Games in 2012, and the FIFA Confederations Cup in 2013. He has 68 goals scored for him in 134 games played.
5. Romelu Lukaku (Belgium)
During Belgium’s 9-0 win against San Marino at home in a Euro 2020 qualifying match, Romelu Lukaku of Belgium scored both of his country’s goals, giving him 50 and 51 for his career. On June 12, 2021, he scored twice as Belgium defeated Russia 3-0 in their first group-stage match of the UEFA Euro 2020 tournament. The match took place in Belgium. Two days after the conclusion of the tournament, Lukaku was the only player from Belgium to be selected for the UEFA Euro 2020 Team of the Tournament. The striker position was assigned to him. He has a total of 68 goals scored for him throughout 102 game
4. Neymar (Brazil)
Neymar now holds the record for the most goals scored by a Brazilian player in FIFA World Cup qualifying games with a total of 12 goals scored in his career. In the championship event, which took place on July 10, Argentina prevailed against Brazil by a score of 1-0. Despite the loss, Neymar and Messi of Argentina were the best players in the competition due to their great performances in their respective roles. On September 9, 2021, however, Neymar became Brazil’s all-time top scorer in FIFA World Cup qualifying games when he scored the second goal in a 2-0 win against Peru. This became Neymar the country’s all-time leading scorer in FIFA World Cup qualification games. Neymar has scored a total of 12 goals thus far. He has played for Brazil 121 times and has scored 75 goals for the national team.
3. Robert Lewandowski (Poland)
On October 5, 2017, when Lewandowski scored a triple trick in Poland’s 6-1 win against Armenia, he broke Wodzimierz Lubaski’s previous record of 48 goals to become Poland’s all-time best scorer. Lubaski’s record had been in place for a decade. He finished the process of qualifying for the 2018 FIFA World Cup with a total of 16 goals scored, which established a new record for the most goals scored in a World Cup qualifier played in Europe. It wasn’t until the 19th of June in 2021 that a Polish player became the first to score in all three of Poland’s consecutive European Championship appearances. Lewandowski has played for Poland’s national team a total of 134 times and has scored 76 goals for his country. On the other hand, he does not yet have any goals to his name at the FIFA World Cup.
2. Lionel Messi (Argentina)
Lionel Messi, who is widely regarded as the finest player in the world of football and is Cristiano Ronaldo’s greatest adversary, has a record that is shockingly low when compared to his standards when it comes to playing on the international scene. On the other hand, the former superstar of Barcelona only has seven career hat tricks for Argentina, although he has a record-setting 48 for the La Liga squad. He has scored 90 goals in 164 matches, and he wants to make the most of his last chance to contribute to Argentina’s success in the World Cup.
1. Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)
Cristiano Ronaldo is the undisputed leader when it comes to the most goals scored in the history of international football. He now sits atop the chart with an incredible 117 goals scored in 191 total appearances. The international player from Portugal scored a goal on September 2, 2021, against the Republic of Ireland, to move ahead of Ali Daei of Iran as the all-time highest goalscorer in men’s international football. He did this by scoring in a World Cup Group Qualifying game.
On the other hand, Cristiano Ronaldo has scored ten hat tricks for Portugal’s national team. Because the 37-year-old forward scored 14 goals at the UEFA Euro and seven goals at the FIFA World Cup, he now holds the record for the most goals scored in this tournament. In addition, he has appeared for his country the most times in UEFA international competitions.
