17 June,2017 01:33 PM IST | New Delhi | PTI
Indian football captain Sunil Chhetri has become the fourth highest international goal scorer among active players with his 54th strike for the country against Kyrgyzstan
Sunil Chhetri
New Delhi: Indian football captain Sunil Chhetri has become the fourth highest international goal scorer among active players with his 54th strike for the country against Kyrgyzstan.
The magnificent goal he scored against Kyrgyzstan in India's 1-0 win in the 2019 Asian Cup Qualifiers match in Bangalore on June 13 has taken him past England striker Wayne Rooney (53 goals in 119 matches). Chhetri was playing in his 94th match.
Chhetri is currently behind Portugal superstar Cristiano Ronaldo (73 in 139 matches), Argentine maestro Lionel Messi (58 in 118 matches) and American Clint Dempsey (56 in 134 matches).
Chhetri's strike rate is better than Ronaldo, Messi, Dempsey and Rooney. He has a goal per match ratio of 0.57 as against 0.525 of Ronaldo, 0.49 of Messi, 0.42 of Dempsey and 0.45 of Rooney. Only Brazilian superstar Neymar Junior (0.68), Ali Ashfaq (0.68) of Maldives and Edin Dzeko (0.63) of Bosnia have a better strike rate then Chhetri.
