List of international goals scored by Cristiano Ronaldo
Cristiano Ronaldo is the all-time top goalscorer for the Portugal national football team and has the most goals among currently active players. As of 13 November 2016, he has scored 68 goals in 136 appearances since his debut on 20 August 2003.
On 5 March 2014, he netted 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.[1] On 14 November 2014, he scored the only goal in a UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying match against Armenia, his 23rd in European Championship matches. This surpassed the record previously held by Turkey's Hakan Şükür and Denmark's Jon Dahl Tomasson.[2] He has scored four international hat-tricks and one double brace.
Cristiano Ronaldo has participated in seven major tournaments: four UEFA European Championships in 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016 and three FIFA World Cup in 2006, 2010 and 2014, scoring in all seven events. At Euro 2016, Portugal won its first ever major trophy, defeating hosts France 1–0 after extra time, with the winning goal scored by Éder. Cristiano Ronaldo later lifted the trophy as his team's captain, and was also awarded the Silver Boot as one of the second-highest goalscorers of the tournament, with three goals and three assists; he was also named to the team of the tournament for the third time in his career. With this victory, Portugal won their first major tournament, while Ronaldo won his first trophy with his national team. He has total of 9 goals at European Championships and 3 at the World Cup. Ronaldo has scored 22 goals in World Cup qualifiers, and 20 in European qualifiers. His other 14 goals have come in friendly matches. The opponent against whom he has scored most often is Armenia with 5 goals, and he has scored 7 international goals at Lisbon's Estádio José Alvalade and Estádio Algarve, his most at a single ground.
Goals
- As of 13 November 2016
- Scores and results list Portugal's goal tally first.[3]
Goal | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 12 June 2004 | Estádio do Dragão, Porto, Portugal | Greece | 1–2 | 1–2 | UEFA Euro 2004 |
2 | 30 June 2004 | Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon, Portugal | Netherlands | 1–0 | 2–1 | UEFA Euro 2004 |
3 | 4 September 2004 | Skonto Stadium, Riga, Latvia | Latvia | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification |
4 | 8 September 2004 | Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa, Leiria, Portugal | Estonia | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification |
5 | 13 October 2004 | Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon, Portugal | Russia | 2–0 | 7–1 | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification |
6 | 4–0 | |||||
7 | 17 November 2004 | Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg, Luxembourg | Luxembourg | 2–0 | 5–0 | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification |
8 | 4 June 2005 | Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon, Portugal | Slovakia | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification |
9 | 8 June 2005 | A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia | Estonia | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification |
10 | 1 March 2006 | LTU Arena, Düsseldorf, Germany | Saudi Arabia | 1–0 | 3–0 | Friendly |
11 | 3–0 | |||||
12 | 17 June 2006 | Waldstadion, Frankfurt, Germany | Iran | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2006 FIFA World Cup |
13 | 7 October 2006 | Estádio do Bessa, Porto, Portugal | Azerbaijan | 1–0 | 3–0 | UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying |
14 | 3–0 | |||||
15 | 15 November 2006 | Estádio Cidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal | Kazakhstan | 2–0 | 3–0 | UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying |
16 | 24 March 2007 | Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon, Portugal | Belgium | 2–0 | 4–0 | UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying |
17 | 4–0 | |||||
18 | 22 August 2007 | Hanrapetakan Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia | Armenia | 1–1 | 1–1 | UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying |
19 | 8 September 2007 | Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon, Portugal | Poland | 2–1 | 2–2 | UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying |
20 | 17 October 2007 | Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty, Kazakhstan | Kazakhstan | 2–0 | 2–1 | UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying |
21 | 11 June 2008 | Stade de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland | Czech Republic | 2–1 | 3–1 | UEFA Euro 2008 |
22 | 11 February 2009 | Estádio Algarve, Faro, Portugal | Finland | 1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly |
23 | 21 June 2010 | Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town, South Africa | North Korea | 6–0 | 7–0 | 2010 FIFA World Cup |
24 | 8 October 2010 | Estádio do Dragão, Porto, Portugal | Denmark | 3–1 | 3–1 | UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying |
25 | 12 October 2010 | Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland | Iceland | 1–0 | 3–1 | UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying |
26 | 9 February 2011 | Stade de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland | Argentina | 1–1 | 1–2 | Friendly |
27 | 10 August 2011 | Estádio Algarve, Faro, Portugal | Luxembourg | 2–0 | 5–0 | Friendly |
28 | 2 September 2011 | GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus | Cyprus | 1–0 | 4–0 | UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying |
29 | 2–0 | |||||
30 | 11 October 2011 | Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark | Denmark | 1–2 | 1–2 | UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying |
31 | 15 November 2011 | Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1–0 | 6–2 | UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying |
32 | 3–1 | |||||
33 | 17 June 2012 | Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv, Ukraine | Netherlands | 1–1 | 2–1 | UEFA Euro 2012 |
34 | 2–1 | |||||
35 | 21 June 2012 | National Stadium, Warsaw, Poland | Czech Republic | 1–0 | 1–0 | UEFA Euro 2012 |
36 | 15 August 2012 | Estádio Algarve, Faro, Portugal | Panama | 2–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
37 | 7 September 2012 | Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg, Luxembourg | Luxembourg | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification |
38 | 6 February 2013 | Estádio D. Afonso Henriques, Guimarães, Portugal | Ecuador | 1–1 | 2–3 | Friendly |
39 | 10 June 2013 | Stade de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland | Croatia | 1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly |
40 | 14 August 2013 | Estádio Algarve, Faro, Portugal | Netherlands | 1–1 | 1–1 | Friendly |
41 | 6 September 2013 | Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland | Northern Ireland | 2–2 | 4–2 | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification |
42 | 3–2 | |||||
43 | 4–2 | |||||
44 | 15 November 2013 | Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal | Sweden | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification |
45 | 19 November 2013 | Friends Arena, Solna, Sweden | Sweden | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification |
46 | 2–2 | |||||
47 | 3–2 | |||||
48 | 5 March 2014 | Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa, Leiria, Portugal | Cameroon | 1–0 | 5–1 | Friendly |
49 | 5–1 | |||||
50 | 26 June 2014 | Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha, Brasília, Brazil | Ghana | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2014 FIFA World Cup |
51 | 14 October 2014 | Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark | Denmark | 1–0 | 1–0 | UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying |
52 | 14 November 2014 | Estádio Algarve, Faro, Portugal | Armenia | 1–0 | 1–0 | UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying |
53 | 13 June 2015 | Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia | Armenia | 1–1 | 3–2 | UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying |
54 | 2–1 | |||||
55 | 3–1 | |||||
56 | 29 March 2016 | Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa, Leiria, Portugal | Belgium | 2–0 | 2–1 | Friendly |
57 | 8 June 2016 | Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal | Estonia | 1–0 | 7–0 | Friendly |
58 | 3–0 | |||||
59 | 22 June 2016 | Parc Olympique, Lyon, France | Hungary | 2–2 | 3–3 | UEFA Euro 2016 |
60 | 3–3 | |||||
61 | 6 July 2016 | Parc Olympique, Lyon, France | Wales | 1–0 | 2–0 | UEFA Euro 2016 |
62 | 7 October 2016 | Estádio Municipal de Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal | Andorra | 1–0 | 6–0 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
63 | 2–0 | |||||
64 | 4–0 | |||||
65 | 5–0 | |||||
66 | 10 October 2016 | Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands | Faroe Islands | 4–0 | 6–0 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
67 | 13 November 2016 | Estádio Algarve, Faro, Portugal | Latvia | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
68 | 3–1 |
Statistics
- As of 13 November 2016.
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See also
References
- ↑ "Records come naturally to me, says Ronaldo". ESPN. 5 March 2014. Retrieved 16 May 2014.
- ↑ "European Championship's all-time top scorers". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 14 November 2014. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
- ↑ "Cristiano Ronaldo". fpf.pt. Portuguese Football Federation. Retrieved 16 June 2015.