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In the final against Germany in Yokohama, Japan, Ronaldo scored twice in Brazil's 2–0 win and tied Pelé's Brazilian record of 12 career World Cup goals. [165] Ronaldo was the first player to seek out German players to offer his condolences, [159] before he was congratulated by Pelé when receiving his World Cup winners medal. [166]
The 2002 Ballon d'Or, given to the best football player in Europe as judged by a panel of sports journalists from UEFA member countries, was awarded to Ronaldo on 12 December 2002. [1] This was Ronaldo's second Ballon d'Or, his first award was in 1997. Ronaldo was the first Brazilian national to win the award, when he won his first Ballon in ...
He scored his 50th goal in a friendly match against Sierra Leone on 6 July 1978, aged 23 years, 8 months and 6 days. [36] Stern John of Trinidad and Tobago was the first player from North America to score 50 international goals. He scored 70 goals in 115 matches, with his 50th goal coming in a friendly match against the Dominican Republic on 13 ...
On 9 February, Ronaldo scored all four goals in a 4–0 win over Al-Wehda, his first goal of the match being his 500th career league goal. [320] On 25 February, he scored his second hat-trick for the club, helping his side to a 3–0 away league victory against Damac , in the process, he became the first player in the history of Saudi Pro ...
Widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, Ronaldo holds the record for most goals in the UEFA Champions League (140 goals), and the record for most goals in the UEFA European Championship (14), its qualification stage (40), and the FIFA Club World Cup (7), as well as most goals scored in a UEFA Champions League season (17 in ...
Cristiano Ronaldo has another spectacular strike to add to his collection of memorable goals after the soccer great scored a stunning 40-yard lob in the Saudi Pro League.
Ronaldo, who than was signed by Inter for a then world record fee of $27 million, fell one short of 100 appearances for the club, due to various injuries during his Inter career. [ 4 ] As of 2024, more than 280 players have played between 25 and 99 competitive matches for the club.
The opponent against whom he has scored most often is Luxembourg, with eleven goals. [3] He has scored 16 international goals at Estádio Algarve, his most at a single ground. On 12 October 2021, Ronaldo scored his tenth international hat-trick, surpassing the record previously set by Sven Rydell with Sweden. [16]