Veteran Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo scored two goals in the 2024 European Cup preparations for his country’s 3-0 win over Ireland yesterday, making him 130 goals.
Even at the age of 39, he is still breaking records and making history in football.
- With 130 goals in 207 international matches, he is 22 goals clear of the retired Iranian Ali Dei and 24 goals clear of Argentina’s Lionel Messi, who is the all-time top scorer for national teams.
- The former Spanish Real Madrid striker, England’s Manchester United and Italy’s Juventus and current top scorer for Al Nasser in Saudi Arabia, is now just 5 goals short of 900 goals for club and national team. No
- The first player to score with the national team in 21 consecutive years when he joined the “Brazil Europe” team in 2004.
- Participated in European governments 6 times (record).
- Top scorer in the final with 14 goals.
- All-time top scorer in soccer, 895 goals.
- Real Madrid’s all-time top scorer with 450 goals.
- He is the all-time top scorer in the Champions League with 140 goals.
- The first player to be crowned the league’s top goalscorer in 4 different countries (England, Spain, Italy and Saudi Arabia).
With the two goals he scored against Ireland, Ronaldo scored 130 and 895 goals in his career. pic.twitter.com/7IMV3ENcvN
– Al Jazeera Net Sports (@AJASports) June 11, 2024