Egyptian king Salah surpasses Ronaldo’s international goals record

The forward has had a huge impact on the Egyptian national team, most especially their FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign.

The Pharaohs sealed their place in next year's World Cup after defeating Djibouti 3-0 and topping their table with 23 points.

Salah scored two goals to help his team claim a comfortable away victory and extend his international goal record.

Liverpool star Salah has increased his international goals for Egypt, having scored two goals yesterday.

The 33-year-old has been on fire in World Cup qualifiers, racking up nine goals and three assists in just nine games. 

According to reports on X, “Mo Salah (63) has now scored more international goals than Ronaldo (62) and Zlatan Ibrahimovic (62).”

The winger now has 63 goals for his country, with his goals beating Ronaldo and Ibrahimovic, who had 62 goals each for their respective countries.

Salah is also Egypt's top scorer by a large margin, beating Mohamed Aboutreika, Hossam Hassan and others.

The Egyptian international will be looking to help his country in the FIFA World Cup and also extend his goal tally.