Portuguese national team striker Cristiano Ronaldo has come one step closer to Ali Daei’s record with the goal he scored against Luxembourg.

In one of the Euro qualifiers last night, the Portuguese national team defeated Luxembourg by three goals in Lisbon. Portugal’s second goal was scored by Cristiano Ronaldo. With this goal, Ronaldo’s increased his national goalscoring number to 94 to reduce the margin with Ali Daei for the title of World Top International scorer to 15.

This has been widely reflected in world media, including FIFA itself. FIFA’s official account last night reported the official FIFA figures after Ronaldo scored reminded Mr Goli Ali Daei of the number of goals he and Ronaldo scored.

Daei and Ronaldo have met once in the match between Iran and Portugal during the FIFA World Cup Germany 2006. The match in Frankfurt ended 2-0 to Portugal.