“THE NAME’S DENIS LAW, REF!”

Cristiano Ronaldo, Ferenc Puskas, Pele and Sandor Kocsis are among the 10 leading goalscorers in international history – as are these lesser- known stars

GODFREY CHITALU

Africa’s leading scorer with 79 goals, Chitalu was once sent off for trying to tell a referee that his name was Denis Law. He somehow netted over 100 times for club and country in 1972, then became Zambia manager following retirement – but he was among 30 dead in the 1993 plane crash which rocked a heartbroken nation.

HUSSEIN SAEED

Before Daei, Saeed was Asia’s top scorer with 78 goals. The talisman for Iraq’s only World Cup appearance scored as his nation beat Syria to qualify in ’ 86 – a game which took place in Saudi Arabia because Iraq were at war with Iran. He later became No. 2 at the Iraq FA, whose chairman was Saddam Hussein’s son, Uday. Awkward.

KUNISHIGE KAMAMOTO

The Japanese icon spent his entire club career with Yanmar Diesel, but netted 75 goals in 76 international matches. His finest feat was leading Japan to bronze at the ’ 68 Olympics: six of his 11 qualification goals came in one game against the Philippines, and he got seven more at the finals. Kamamoto went on to become a politician.

BASHAR ABDULLAH

The star of Kuwait’s biggest victory, Abdullah scored eight times as they mauled Bhutan 20- 0 in qualifying for the 2000 Asian Cup. Four days later, he followed that with a meagre five efforts against Nepal. The striker became a national hero with 75 goals, helping Kuwait to two Gulf Cup triumphs, plus entry to the Sydney Olympics.

SUNIL CHHETRI

Still playing at 35, Chhetri has scored his 72nd goal for India and is behind only Ronaldo in the list of active footballers. As of mid- March, Lionel Messi ( 70), Neymar ( 61) and Robert Lewandowski ( 61) trailed him in the top five. Chhetri spent time at Kansas and Sporting, but work permit issues foiled a switch to QPR back in 2009.