A Breakdown of Cristiano Ronaldo’s record-breaking 111 International goals
Cristiano Ronaldo, the man for the big moments, has done it again! At the age of 36, the Manchester United striker is showing no sign of relenting as he continues to shatter age-long records in the game.
Ronaldo is now the record holder of the most international goals in the history of football after she equaled and smashed Iran’s Ali Daei’s record within eight minutes.
It could have been a hat trick and 112 for the Portuguese captain in the night but he missed a penalty earlier in the first half as Portugal sealed a 2-1 victory over the Republic of Ireland in their World Cup qualification series match.
Here is a breakdown of Ronaldo scored his 111 goals so far:
Cristiano Ronaldo’s international goals:
🇵🇹 Total: 111
🦶 Right foot: 58
🦶 Left foot: 25
😚 Head: 28
⚽ Inside box: 90
💥 Outside box: 21
☄️ Free-kicks: 10
✅ Penalties: 14
🎩 Hat-tricks: 9
Cristiano Ronaldo’s journey of International international goals started in a 2-1 loss to Greece at Euro.2004 where he scored the consolation goal.
The 36-year-old striker says he has a few more years to go before the end of his career. Barring injuries and unforeseen circumstances, it will be absolutely ridiculous to bet against him not scoring up to 120 goals at least.
Other active international goal scorers with 60+ goals include:
Ali Mabkhout (United Arab Emirates) 76 goals
Lionel Messi (Argentina) 76 goals
Sunil Chetri (India) 74 goals
Robert Lewandowski (Poland) 69 goals.
