Guwahati, June 09 (NKTV): Captain of the Indian Football Team Sunil Chhetri has recently surpassed Argentina’s Lionel Messi to become the second-highest active international goal-scorer with as many as 74 strikes.
Chhetri achieved this feat in his performance against Bangladesh in the joint preliminary qualifying round match for 2022 FIFA World Cup and 2023 AFC Asian Cup on Monday.
It may be mentioned here that Chhetri now stands only behind Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo (103) in the active international goal-scorers list.
The India captain is also just a goal away from entering World Football’s All-Time Top 10. He is behind Hungary’s Sandor Kocsis, Japan’s Kunishige Kamamoto and Kuwait’s Bashar Abdullah, who all have 75 goals.