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On 2 June 2004, Ronaldo scored an unusual hat-trick of penalties for Brazil against arch-rivals Argentina in a 2006 World Cup qualifying match, which put them top of the group. [172] With 10 goals in 15 games, including a goal against Venezuela in the last game to secure first place, Ronaldo was the South American top scorer in Brazil's ...
Grzegorz Lato (left) became the top scorer for Poland at FIFA World Cups during the 1974 tournament, with ten total goals. Teófilo Cubillas is the top scorer for Peru at the World Cup, with ten goals. Cristiano Ronaldo is the only male player to score in five different World Cup tournaments. With six goals for Ghana, Asamoah Gyan is the only ...
He has scored ten international hat-tricks, and on two occasions, four international goals in a single match. On 5 March 2014, Ronaldo scored twice in Portugal's 5–1 friendly win over Cameroon to take his tally to 49 goals, thus becoming his country's all-time leading goalscorer, surpassing the 47 set by Pauleta. [5]
Cristiano Ronaldo of Portugal is the all-time leading goalscorer for men's national teams. This article lists the top all-time goalscorer for each men's national football team . This list is not an all-time top international goalscorers list , as several countries have two or more players with more goals than another country's top scorer.
The final was between Germany and Brazil in Yokohama, where Ronaldo scored two goals in Brazil's 2–0 triumph. [59] Ronaldo also won the Golden Shoe as the tournament's leading scorer with 8 goals. [60] Brazil's success saw them receive the Laureus World Sports Award for Team of the Year. [61]
Brazil 1–1 Switzerland, 19 May 1982 Brazil 8–0 China, 10 September 2012 101,670 (vs. Argentina, 23 March 1994) 8–1–0 88% 6 Engenhão: Rio de Janeiro, RJ: Brazil 0–0 Bolivia, 10 September 2008 Brazil 1–0 Peru, 5 July 2021 31,422 (vs. Bolivia, 10 September 2008) 5–1–0 83% 5 Neo Química Arena: São Paulo, SP
With 15 goals, Ronaldo is the second-most successful striker in World Cup history, behind only Miroslav Klose (16). Five Brazilians have won the World Cup Golden Boot Award over the years: Leônidas with 7 goals in 1938, Ademir with 9 goals in 1950, Garrincha and Vavá with 4 goals each in 1962 and Ronaldo with 8 goals in 2002.
In their final game against Costa Rica, Brazil completed a 5–2 win. Ronaldo scored two goals, with Edmílson, Rivaldo and Júnior scoring the others. [29] Brazil finished in first place in their group with nine points and eleven goals. [15] In the round-of-16, Brazil faced Group H runners-up Belgium at the Kobe Wing Stadium in Kobe, Japan. [30]