Viktor Gyokeres Overtakes Haaland And Ronaldo On UEFA Nations League Top Score List

Viktor Gyokeres (center) passed Haaland and Ronaldo's goal at the UEFA Nations League (Instagram/@victorgyokeres).

JAKARTA - Swedish striker Viktor Gyokeres scored four goals on Tuesday, November 19, 2024, in a 6-0 win over Azerbaijan.

The 26-year-old started with five goals from the previous five matches in the 2024/2025 UEFA Nations League League League.

Four goals in the sixth match of Group C1 made his collection nine. The record surpassed Erling Haaland and Cristiano Ronaldo in the list of UEFA Nations League's top goalscorers.

Haaland, who defended Norway in League B, scored seven goals, while Ronaldo, who played with Portugal, only scored five goals.

His third goal against Azerbaijan was made in the 58th minute, just seconds after Dejan Kulusevski's goal.

The goal saw the Sporting CP forward score eight goals in six UEFA Nations League games, one more goal than Haaland.

Gyokeres, who is currently a hot commodity for big European clubs, did not stop at the third goal. He added a goal in the 70th minute.

"I'm hungry and want to score a lot of goals. I feel in good shape. I'm often in the right place and try to finish it in that area."

"We need to win by a certain goal difference and we did it. It was a good night. It was great to score so many goals," said Gyokeres as reported by ESPN.

Not only scoring four goals, Gyokeres was involved in Dejan Kulusevski's opening goal in the 10th minute.

He then entered the scoreboard in the 25th minute after receiving a cross from Kulusevski. The second goal occurred in the 37th minute from a tight angle after being forced to widen by a defender.

Gyokeres completed the hat-trick with an unusual style from Azerbaijan's starting kick. In fact, Kulusevski had just scored a goal a few seconds earlier.

The goal started when Azerbaijan's players passed the ball to defender Zamig Aliyev at the start. However, Aliyev, who made his national team debut, was pressured by Gyokores and let the ball go.

As a result, Gyokeres made an easy finish. Gyokeres scored again in the 70th minute after receiving a cross from Anton Saletros.

Meanwhile, at the end of the UEFA Nations League group phase, Cristiano Ronaldo became the top scorer in League A with five goals.

Then, Haaland became the League B top scorer with seven goals. His last three goals were scored as Norway silenced Kazakhstan 5-0 on November 17, 2024.