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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 qualifying campaign. [173] Prior to the tournament, questions were asked of his weight and fitness, [174] [175] but was declared fit for Brazil's opening match with Croatia. [176]
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 ...
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 Ronaldo playing for Al Nassr in 2023 Personal information Full name Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro Date of birth (1985-02-05) 5 February 1985 (age 39) Place of birth Funchal, Madeira, Portugal Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) Position(s) Forward Team information Current team Al Nassr Number 7 Youth career 1992–1995 Andorinha 1995–1997 Nacional 1997–2002 Sporting CP Senior ...
Cristiano Ronaldo scored his first goal of 2024 to give Al-Nassr a 1-0 win over fellow Saudi Arabian club Al-Fayha on Wednesday in the first leg of the Asian Champions League's round of 16.
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.
By March 2016, Ronaldo had scored 252 goals in 228 matches in La Liga to become the competition's second-highest goalscorer. Ronaldo's four goals in a 7–1 home win over Celta de Vigo on 5 March 2016 took his total to 252 goals in La Liga, becoming the competition's second-highest scorer in history behind Messi. [180]
A total of over 2,700 goals have been scored in matches across the 22 final tournaments of the men's FIFA World Cup, not counting penalties scored during shoot-outs. [1] Since the first goal scored by French player Lucien Laurent in 1930, [2] nearly 1,300 footballers have scored goals at the World Cup tournaments, [3] of whom 101 have scored ...