The star has scored more than 850 goals since his debut with Sporting Lisbon in 2002.
Will Cristiano Ronaldo ever reach his thousandth goal? The Al-Nassr striker is now a little closer after his double for Portugal against Slovakia, but he knows that reaching that figure is by no means easy.
How many goals has Cristiano Ronaldo scored in his career?
Currently, the star has scored more than 850 goals since his debut with Sporting Lisbon in 2002 and until his new stage in Arabia. Among the historical top scorers, Cristiano has already surpassed Gerd Müller’s 735, Puskas’ 746 and also Pelé (767) or Romário (772). He also broke Ali Daei’s record as top scorer in national teams with 120 goals to the Iranian’s 109.
This Friday, Ronaldo admitted that one of the goals he has set is to reach 900 goals, after a conversation this week with Porto president Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa, who challenged him to reach 1,000. “It’s going to be quite difficult, but it’s about seeing how I am mentally, my motivation. Yes, physically my legs are treating me as well as I’m treating them… We’ll see, it’s small stages. Until we reach 1,000, first we have to reach 900. I think I will get there,” the former Real Madrid player told the press, who was “confident that he would reach 900, but 1,000 goals are a lot of stones that must be broken.’
The 38-year-old attacker was decisive in Friday’s victory over Slovakia, which guaranteed the Portuguese a place at the next European Championship in Germany 2024. “On a personal level, I am very happy with what I have done. Now we have to continue: “We have a few more races and we have to perfect the machine. The team was very good and with different systems,” he said. “Portugal qualified because they played well. They have a good team and an excellent coach (the Spaniard Roberto Martínez). It’s no coincidence that we qualified.”
“I’m enjoying the moment, that’s good, I feel good, my body is responding to what I’ve given it in recent years. I’m happy both with the national team and at the club. I’ve scored a lot of goals and I feel physically good,” he added after the match against Portugal.
Source: Goal