After Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, Clint Dempsey ranks third on the list of most goals scored by players currently active at an international level.
I found this mildly interesting. He wouldn't have been my guess for third! I would have guessed Rooney.
Here's the top ten in case you're interested:
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- Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) 75 goals in 14 years/143 appearances
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- Lionel Messi (Argentina) 58 goals in 12 years/118 appearances
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- Clint Dempsey (USA) 57 goals in 13 years/137 appearances
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- Sunil Chhetri (India) 54 goals in 12 years/94 appearances
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- Wayne Rooney (England) 53 goals in 14 years/119 appearances
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- Ali Ashfaq (Maldives) 52 goals in 14 years/77 appearances
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- Neymar (Brazil) 52 goals in 7 years/77 appearances
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- Asamoah Gyan (Ghana) 51 goals in 14 years/105 appearances
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- Bader Al-Mutawa (Kuwait) 51 goals in 14 years/158 appearances
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- Edin Dzeko (Bosnia ) 50 goals in 10 years/85 appearances
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- Shinji Okazaki (Japan) 50 goals in 9 years/108 apperances
EDIT: Shinji Okazaki (Japan) has also scored 50 goals, so is joint 10th.
EDIT2: Credit to /u/Vlaji for years and app info
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Today is Lionel Messi's 30th Birthday, Here's the top 30 moments of Messi in his career.
/u/crashhacker made the original list at /r/barca, but I posted here after a request since original OP is banned from /r/soccer.
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His whole match against celta Vigo with that Cruyff penalty.
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Whenever he gives his penalties to Suarez and Neymar depending on who has a bad game.
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