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List of international goals scored by Cristiano Ronaldo

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Cristiano Ronaldo is a Portuguese professional footballer who has represented the Portugal national team since his debut on 20 August 2003 against Kazakhstan in a Friendly.[1] He would later score his first international goal on 12 June 2004, during a UEFA Euro 2004 group stage match against Greece.[2] Throughout his international career, he has become the current all-time record goalscorer for the Portugal national team, and the highest overall men's international goalscorer in history, having scored 146 goals in 233 appearances.[3]

Ronaldo (pictured in 2025) has scored 146 international goals since making his debut for Portugal in 2003.

On 6 September 2013, Ronaldo scored his first international hat-trick against Northern Ireland during a 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier.[4] He has scored ten international hat-tricks, and on two occasions, four international goals in a single match. On 5 March 2014, Ronaldo scored 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.[5] He scored the only goal in a UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying match against Armenia on 14 November 2014, his 23rd goal in UEFA European Championship qualifying and finals matches, surpassing the record previously held by Turkey's Hakan Şükür and Denmark's Jon Dahl Tomasson.[6] On 20 June 2018, Ronaldo scored his 85th goal for Portugal in a 1–0 win over Morocco at the 2018 World Cup, surpassing Hungary's Ferenc Puskás as the all-time top scorer for a European national team.[7] On 8 September 2020, he scored his 100th and 101st goals for Portugal in a 2–0 win against Sweden in the 2020–21 UEFA Nations League, to become the first European player to reach this milestone.[8] Ronaldo scored his 108th and 109th international goals in a UEFA Euro 2020 draw against France on 23 June 2021, surpassing Iran's Ali Daei as the outright leading scorer in men's international football.[9]

Ronaldo has participated in fifteen major international tournaments: six UEFA European Championships in 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020 (played in 2021) and 2024, six FIFA World Cups in 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022 and 2026, one FIFA Confederations Cup in 2017, and two UEFA Nations League Finals in 2019 and 2025, scoring in all of them but Euro 2024.[3] Following Portugal's win at UEFA Euro 2016, Ronaldo lifted the trophy as his team's captain,[10] and was also awarded the Silver Boot as the joint second-highest goalscorer of the tournament, with three goals and three assists;[11] he was also named to the team of the tournament for the third time in his career.[12][13][14] He has scored a record 14 goals at the European Championships, 11 at the World Cup, 15 in the UEFA Nations League and two at the Confederations Cup.[3] Ronaldo has scored 41 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 qualification matches.[15] His other 22 goals have come in friendly matches. The opponent against whom he has scored most often is Luxembourg, with eleven goals.[3] He has scored 16 international goals at Estádio Algarve, his most at a single ground. On 12 October 2021, Ronaldo scored his tenth international hat-trick, surpassing the record previously set by Sven Rydell with Sweden.[16]

Youth goals

Ronaldo represented the under-15, under-17, under-20, under-21, and under-23 national sides. Ronaldo made his international youth team debut for Portugal on 24 February 2001 against South Africa in a friendly in Torres Novas, Portugal, under the management of Carlos Dinis.[17] He made 34 youth caps, scoring 18 goals overall.[18] Ronaldo has participated in numerous youth competitions, including the 2001 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival, 2002 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, 2003 Toulon Tournament and the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Scores and results list Cristiano Ronaldo's team's goal tally first.[19]
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Goals

As of match played 6 July 2026
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Hat-tricks

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1 6 September 2013 Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland  Northern Ireland 3 – (68', 77', 83') 4–2 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification [133]
2 19 November 2013 Friends Arena, Solna, Sweden  Sweden 3 – (50', 77', 79') 3–2 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification [134]
3 13 June 2015 Republican Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia  Armenia 3 – (29' pen., 55', 58') 3–2 UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying [135]
4 7 October 2016 Estádio Municipal de Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal  Andorra 4 – (2', 4', 47', 68') 6–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification [136]
5 31 August 2017 Estádio do Bessa, Porto, Portugal  Faroe Islands 3 – (3', 29' pen., 65') 5–1 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification [137]
6 15 June 2018 Fisht Olympic Stadium, Sochi, Russia  Spain 3 – (4' pen., 44', 88') 3–3 2018 FIFA World Cup [138]
7 5 June 2019 Estádio do Dragão, Porto, Portugal   Switzerland 3 – (25', 88', 90') 3–1 2019 UEFA Nations League Finals [139]
8 10 September 2019 LFF Stadium, Vilnius, Lithuania  Lithuania 4 – (7' pen., 62', 65', 76') 5–1 UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying [140]
9 14 November 2019 Estádio Algarve, Faro/Loulé, Portugal  Lithuania 3 – (7' pen., 22', 65') 6–0 UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying [141]
10 12 October 2021 Estádio Algarve, Faro/Loulé, Portugal  Luxembourg 3 – (8' pen., 13' pen., 87') 5–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification [142]
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Statistics

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  1. Six appearances and two goals in UEFA Euro 2004, five appearances and five goals in the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification.
  2. Six appearances and one goal in the 2006 FIFA World Cup, four appearances and three goals in the UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying.
  3. Appearances in the UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying.
  4. Three appearances and one goal in UEFA Euro 2008, two appearances in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification.
  5. Four appearances and one goal in the 2010 FIFA World Cup, two appearances and two goals in the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying.
  6. Appearances in the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying.
  7. Five appearances and three goals in UEFA Euro 2012, four appearances and one goal in the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification.
  8. Three appearances and one goal in the 2014 FIFA World Cup, two appearances and two goals in the UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying.
  9. Appearances in the UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying.
  10. Seven appearances and three goals in UEFA Euro 2016, three appearances and seven goals in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification.
  11. Six appearances and eight goals in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification, four appearances and two goals in the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup.
  12. Appearances in the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
  13. Eight appearances and eleven goals in the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying, two appearances and three goals in the 2019 UEFA Nations League Finals.
  14. Seven appearances and six goals in the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification, four appearances and five goals in UEFA Euro 2020.
  15. Two appearances in the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification, five appearances and two goals in the 2022–23 UEFA Nations League, five appearances and one goal in the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
  16. Appearances in the UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying.
  17. Five appearances in the UEFA Euro 2024, five appearances and five goals in the 2024–25 UEFA Nations League.
  18. Four appearances and three goals in the 2024–25 UEFA Nations League, five appearances and five goals in the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification.
  19. Appearances in the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

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