Absurd record as a senior: now Ronaldo is approaching the 1000 goal mark

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When it comes to Cristiano Ronaldo (38), every superlative has probably been used at least once. Therefore, we let the facts speak for the latest milestone in the Portuguese’s career, they are impressive enough.

The five-time world footballer scored twice again in the 3-2 win in the European Championship qualifier against Slovakia. International goals 124 and 125 for the 38-year-old. And here it goes: Ronaldo scored 73 of these 125 goals after his 30th birthday on February 5, 2015.

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As amateur footballers in this country reach senior status at the age of 30 and many of his professional colleagues enter the autumn of their careers, Ronaldo really heats things up with the number 3 on his back. 73 goals – with this figure he would be the record scorer for the respective national teams in Switzerland, Germany, France, Italy, England, Spain, the Netherlands and 186 other countries!

Only the record scorers from Iran (Ali Daei), Brazil (Neymar), Argentina (Lionel Messi), India (Sunil Chhetri), Malaysia (Mokhtar Dahari), Poland (Robert Lewandowski) and Iraq (Hussein Saeed Mohammed) scored more than 73 times .

By comparison, Swiss record player Alex Frei scored 42 goals in his entire national career. The second best of all time in the national team kit, Kubilay Türkyilmaz, is at the age of 34. Combined, he is only three more than Ronaldo, who is over 30.

When Ronaldo parted ways with Saudi Arabia at club level in early 2023, many predicted he would soon end up in the Portuguese national team. Ronaldo proves that despite the daily life in a lottery competition at international level, top performances are still possible. Thanks to talent and especially thanks to a lot of hard work in the extra training, which Ronaldo has never lacked. Ronaldo scored seven times in six games during this year’s European Championship qualifiers.

When will he score the thousandth goal?

By the way: with 202 international matches (since 2003), Ronaldo is also the player with the most international appearances in the history of the world association, according to Fifa counting methods.

And Ronaldo hasn’t had enough yet. Not only does he want to participate in the 2024 European Championship (Portugal has already qualified), he also has his sights set on the 2026 World Cup in the US, Canada and Mexico. The aim is to have reached the magical limit of 1000 career goals by then. He currently has 851 professional goals (transfermarkt.ch).

Ronaldo about his latest project: “Before you reach 1000, you must first reach 900. I think I will.” If you trust anyone, it’s him…

Source : Blick