Cristiano Ronaldo moved into the top 10 international goalscorers of all-time with his strike in Portugal's 3-2 friendly defeat against Sweden on Tuesday night.

The Real Madrid forward, who scored his 69th and 70th international goals in the 3-0 defeat of Hungary on Saturday, notched his 71st to open the scoring at the Estádio dos Barreiros.

Ronaldo slotted past goalkeeper Karl Johnsson in the 18th minute to take his place among some of international football’s greats.

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The goal put Ronaldo joint-ninth in the all-time rankings, alongside Germany’s Miroslav Klose, Saudi Arabia’s Majed Abdullah, Malawi’s Kinnah Phiri and Thailand’s Kiatsuk Senamuang.

By equalling Klose’s record, Ronaldo also becomes the joint-third highest European international goalscorer in history. Only Hungary’s Sandor Kocsis (75) and Ferenc Puskas (84) have scored more.



Though Portugal took the lead on the night and doubled it through a Andreas Granqvist own goal, a second-half collapse and a late own goal of their own allowed Janne Andersson's side to leave victorious.