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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 ...
Leônidas scored a record eight World Cup goals for Brazil, coming at the 1934 and 1938 tournaments. Ademir scored a record nine World Cup goals for Brazil, all coming at the 1950 tournament. Sándor Kocsis was the first player to score ten or more goals in a single World Cup: he scored a record eleven goals in just five matches for Hungary ...
[12] [13] [14] He has scored a record 14 goals at the European Championships, eight at the World Cup, nine in the UEFA Nations League and two at the Confederations Cup. [3] Ronaldo has scored 36 goals in FIFA World Cup qualifiers and 41 goals in UEFA Euro qualifiers, hence becoming the first player to score more than fifty goals in European ...
In the 2018 World Cup, Ronaldo became the oldest player to score a hat-trick in a World Cup match, in a 3–3 draw against Spain. [224] The following match, Ronaldo scored the only goal in a 1–0 win against Morocco , breaking Puskás' record as the highest European goalscorer of all time, with 85 international goals. [ 225 ]
On 29 March 2022, Portugal secured qualification for the World Cup with a 2–0 victory over North Macedonia; Ronaldo assisted the opening goal by Bruno Fernandes. [462] Ronaldo during a group stage game against Uruguay at the 2022 World Cup. Ronaldo was named in Portugal's squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, making
“The world record, the only player to score in five World Cups, makes me very proud.” Ronaldo started World Cup play in 2006 in Germany and scored his first World Cup goal that year against Iran.
The 37-year-old striker converted a penalty in the 65th minute to give Portugal a 1-0 lead. Ronaldo scored one goal at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, another at the 2014 tournament in Brazil ...
The system used in the World Cup up to 1990 was 2 points for a win. In this ranking 3 points are awarded for a win , 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss. As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.