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Sunil Chhetri: Second-Highest Active International Goal-Scorer
- Indian Football team’s captain Sunil Chhetri has surpasses Argentina’s Lionel Messi and became the second-highest active international goal-scorer with 74 strikes.
- He made this record in a joint preliminary qualifying round match for the 2022 FIFA World Cup and 2023 AFC Asian Cup.
- Chhetri moved past Argentinian Messi’s 72 goals when he scored two goals against Bangladesh in a qualifying match for the 2022 FIFA World Cup and 2023 AFC Asian Cup played at Qatar’s capital Doha.
- He is currently behind Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo (103) in the active international goal-scorer list.
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