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Romelu Lukaku Nets FOUR Goals Against Azerbaijan As Belgium Star Jumps Up To 7th On List Of Top Scorers In Men's International Soccer

Romelu Lukaku scored four goals as Belgium beat Azerbaijan 5-0. Lukaku moved up to 7th on the list of top scorers in men's international soccer, with 83 goals.

Robert Summerscales

Romelu Lukaku Nets FOUR Goals Against Azerbaijan As Belgium Star Jumps Up To 7th On List Of Top Scorers In Men's International Soccer
Romelu Lukaku Nets FOUR Goals Against Azerbaijan As Belgium Star Jumps Up To 7th On List Of Top Scorers In Men's International Soccer /

Romelu Lukaku scored four goals as Belgium concluded their Euro 2024 qualification campaign with a 5-0 home win over Azerbaijan on Sunday.

All four of Lukaku's goals came in the first 37 minutes of the match.

Three of them arrived after Azerbaijan midfielder Eddy Israfilov had been shown a red card midway through the first half.

Lukaku was substituted off at half-time before Leandro Trossard completed the scoring in the 90th minute.

Highlights: Belgium 5-0 Azerbaijan

Belgium won Euro 2024 Qualifying Group F with 20 points from eight games, after scoring 22 goals and conceding just four.

Lukaku was responsible for 14 of those goals as he set a new record for the highest-scoring Euros qualifying campaign ever.

Sunday's four-goal haul also saw Lukaku jump up to joint-seventh on the all-time list of leading scorers in men's international soccer.

Lukaku had been tied with Brazil legend Neymar and former Zambia forward Godfrey Chitalu on 79 goals before the weekend.

As well as moving clear of those two players on Sunday, Lukaku leapfrogged Poland star Robert Lewandowski on the list.

Lukaku is now level with UAE striker Ali Mabkhout on 83 goals.

The only players with more goals than Lukaku in the history of men's international soccer are Ferenc Puskas (84), Mokhtar Dahari (89), Sunil Chhetri (93), Lionel Messi (106), Ali Daei (108) and Cristiano Ronaldo (128).

Top Goalscorers In Men's International Soccer

Player

Country

Goals

1. Cristiano Ronaldo*

Portugal

128

2. Ali Daei

Iran

108

3. Lionel Messi*

Argentina

106

4. Sunil Chhetri*

India

93

5. Mokhtar Dahari

Malaysia

89

6. Ferenc Puskas

Hungary

84

=7. Romelu Lukaku*

Belgium

83

=7. Ali Mabkhout*

UAE

83

9. Robert Lewandowski*

Poland

81

=10. Godfrey Chitalu

Zambia

79

=10. Neymar*

Brazil

79

12. Hussein Saeed

Iraq

78

Belgium captain Romelu Lukaku pictured celebrating one of his four goals during a 5-0 win over Azerbaijan in November 2023
Belgium captain Romelu Lukaku pictured celebrating one of his four goals during a 5-0 win over Azerbaijan on Sunday :: IMAGO/Photo News/Nico Vereecken
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ROBERT SUMMERSCALES

Robert Summerscales launched FanNation Futbol in February 2022. Rob is a British journalist who previously spent two years on the sports desk at the Daily Mail in London, having earlier served as editor of CaughtOffside.com. He has been to the last two FIFA Men's World Cups, in Russia and Qatar, and is looking forward to completing his hat-trick in North America in 2026.

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