More years, more goals: Like a fine wine, Ronaldo has got better with age when it comes to scoring. Hat-tricks and more: In his 100 appearances for Portugal, Ronaldo has registered seven hat-tricks (including two against his favourite opponents Lithuania), and also scored four goals in one game against Andorra. He has also hit the net 31 times in the EURO preliminaries. Qualifying specialist: Ronaldo has participated in three World Cup qualifying campaigns and left his mark on each of them: he scored seven on the road to Germany 2006, eight in the build-up to Brazil 2014 and 15 en route to Russia 2018. Nine goals in FIFA competitions: Ronaldo has found the target seven times at World Cups and twice at the FIFA Confederations Cup™. For now, we shine the spotlight on his 101 goals and his standing in international football.ĭecisive goals: Of the 101 Portugal goals he has scored, only 17 came in friendlies.Ĭomplete player: 55 of his goals have been with his right foot, 22 with his left and 24 with his head.įrom open play and set-pieces: Ronaldo has scored ten direct free-kicks, 11 penalties and the rest from open play.ĭeadly in the closing stages: 30 of his 101 goals have arrived in the final 15 minutes or in added time. With the next continental showdown around the corner and the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ coming up in two years, he will have plenty of opportunities to break the record. He is the only currently active male player to be in the century club and IR Iran’s Ali Daei, with 109, is the only other man in history to have scored more. Sixteen years later, Portugal’s No7 reached the next career landmark against Sweden, taking his tally to 100 and then 101 international goals. He was just 19 at the time and the goal was ultimately for nothing, as Portugal lost 2-1 in their opening game at UEFA EURO 2004 against a Greece side that would go on to lift the trophy. We analyse his goals and standing in international footballĬristiano Ronaldo’s first international goal was a 93rd-minute header from a cross by Luis Figo, a moment that symbolically represented a passing of the torch. He became the second man to join the international century club Ronaldo has tried to the best of his abilities and we wish he wins the 2022 Fifa World Cup before saying good-bye to football.Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 100th & 101st goals for Portugal against Sweden Prior to his fourth tournament, he had scored just three times in 13 appearances – once in 2006, once in 2010 and once in 2014 – which was, in truth, a dismal return for a man who has broken record after record with his goals at club level and indeed for his country. He also more than doubled his overall goal tally by scoring four times – including a hat-trick against Spain and his Fifa goal score went to 7. Russia 2018 was Ronaldo’s fourth time playing at a World Cup and he brought his number of appearances in the tournament to 17 in that edition. Ronaldo’s first goal at the tournament came in the second game against Iran as he scored a penalty – stepping up to the mark ahead of Figo – in a 2-0 win in Frankfurt.
He made his Fifa World Cup debut in 2006.
Having made his debut for Portugal in 2003, Ronaldo is now his country’s record-holder for both goals and appearances, as well as their captain and leader. The defining virtue of his game is his ability to adapt.
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Only a handful of athletes in any sport can claim to match the longevity Cristiano Ronaldo has had at the highest level and for this reason, he can genuinely lay claim to being the greatest athlete in the history of professional sports.
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