Cristiano Ronaldo scores his 100th international goal for Portugal
Cristiano Ronaldo becomes second men’s player to score 100 international goals
Cristiano Ronaldo has scored his 100th International goal for Portugal. This was during a UEFA Nations League match against Sweden. Ronaldo became the second man to score 100 international goals after Ali Daei of Iran who had scored 109 goals.
The 35-year-old Juventus forward became the first European to reach 100 goals for his country. It took him 165 appearances to reach the milestone.
CR7 hits 100 goals for Portugal in all competitions.
— Cristiano Ronaldo News (@CRonaldoNews) September 8, 2020
The five-time Ballon d’Or winner’s goal was also the 57th of his career from a direct free-kick and the 10th in his nation’s colours.
🇵🇹 Cristiano Ronaldo has scored his 100th international goal – has now scored for Portugal in 17 successive calendar years
2004 7
2005 2
2006 6
2007 5
2008 1
2009 1
2010 3
2011 7
2012 5
2013 10
2014 5
2015 3
2016 13
2017 11
2018 6
2019 14
2020 1 pic.twitter.com/glhDClD82q— Sky Sports Statto (@SkySportsStatto) September 8, 2020
In his long career for Portugal, he has scored seven goals vs Lithuania, six vs Sweden, five vs Andorra, Armenia, Latvia, and Luxembourg.
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🏆 #NationsLeague 2019🇵🇹 The second-ever player to score 100 international goals… pic.twitter.com/2zjuuU3HcF
— UEFA Nations League (@EURO2020) September 8, 2020
Ronaldo scored the first goal at the UEFA Euro 2004 at the tender age of 19. He has six international hat tricks. Also scored seven goals in the FIFA World Cup stage and another nine at the UEFA Euros in his career.
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