Real Football Man All of the Football, All of the time
The phenomenon which is Cristiano Ronaldo shows absolutely no sign of slowing down. After a headline grabbing brace in last weekend’s Champions League Final against Juventus he was at it again last night with a brace against Latvia in the FIFA World Cup Qualifiers.
That in itself may not sound all that important but going into the game he was tied with Miroslav Klose as the third highest European international goalscorer on 71 goals but with that brace he has now gone clear third with a tally of 73 goals.
The next person in his sights will be that of Hungarian international Sandor Kocsis who scored just two more with 75 goals to his name. With the Real Madrid star needing just a hat-trick to go second in the all time list that is something that looks more than achievable.
Once Kocsis has been overtaken then there is only one name left on the list to get the better off and that is none other then Ferenc Puskas, Puskas registered 84 goals in 85 appearances between 1945 and 1956 before defecting to the West after a fixture in Bilbao.
That means that Cristiano Ronaldo requires 12 more international goals to become the all time top European international scorer, the fact that the former Manchester United player can probably play to Euro 2024 due to his freakish level of fitness means it is just a case of when and not if this long standing record is toppled.
Here is a list of all his goals for Portugal – Source Wikipedia
| Goal | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 June 2004 | Estádio do Dragão, Porto, Portugal |  Greece |
1–2 | 1–2 | UEFA Euro 2004 |
| 2 | 30 June 2004 | Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon, Portugal |  Netherlands |
1–0 | 2–1 | UEFA Euro 2004 |
| 3 | 4 September 2004 | Skonto Stadium, Riga, Latvia |  Latvia |
1–0 | 2–0 | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 4 | 8 September 2004 | Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa, Leiria, Portugal |  Estonia |
1–0 | 4–0 | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 5 | 13 October 2004 | Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon, Portugal |  Russia |
2–0 | 7–1 | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 6 | 4–0 | |||||
| 7 | 17 November 2004 | Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg, Luxembourg |  Luxembourg |
2–0 | 5–0 | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 8 | 4 June 2005 | Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal |  Slovakia |
2–0 | 2–0 | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 9 | 8 June 2005 | A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia | Estonia |
1–0 | 1–0 | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 10 | 1 March 2006 | LTU Arena, Düsseldorf, Germany |  Saudi Arabia |
1–0 | 3–0 | Friendly |
| 11 | 3–0 | |||||
| 12 | 17 June 2006 | Waldstadion, Frankfurt, Germany |  Iran |
2–0 | 2–0 | 2006 FIFA World Cup |
| 13 | 7 October 2006 | Estádio do Bessa, Porto, Portugal |  Azerbaijan |
1–0 | 3–0 | UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying |
| 14 | 3–0 | |||||
| 15 | 15 November 2006 | Estádio Cidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal |  Kazakhstan |
2–0 | 3–0 | UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying |
| 16 | 24 March 2007 | Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon, Portugal |  Belgium |
2–0 | 4–0 | UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying |
| 17 | 4–0 | |||||
| 18 | 22 August 2007 | Hanrapetakan Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia |  Armenia |
1–1 | 1–1 | UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying |
| 19 | 8 September 2007 | Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal |  Poland |
2–1 | 2–2 | UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying |
| 20 | 17 October 2007 | Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty, Kazakhstan | Kazakhstan |
2–0 | 2–1 | UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying |
| 21 | 11 June 2008 | Stade de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland |  Czech Republic |
2–1 | 3–1 | UEFA Euro 2008 |
| 22 | 11 February 2009 | Estádio Algarve, Faro, Portugal |  Finland |
1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly |
| 23 | 21 June 2010 | Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town, South Africa |  North Korea |
6–0 | 7–0 | 2010 FIFA World Cup |
| 24 | 8 October 2010 | Estádio do Dragão, Porto, Portugal |  Denmark |
3–1 | 3–1 | UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying |
| 25 | 12 October 2010 | Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland |  Iceland |
1–0 | 3–1 | UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying |
| 26 | 9 February 2011 | Stade de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland |  Argentina |
1–1 | 1–2 | Friendly |
| 27 | 10 August 2011 | Estádio Algarve, Faro, Portugal | Luxembourg |
2–0 | 5–0 | Friendly |
| 28 | 2 September 2011 | GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus |  Cyprus |
1–0 | 4–0 | UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying |
| 29 | 2–0 | |||||
| 30 | 11 October 2011 | Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark | Denmark |
1–2 | 1–2 | UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying |
| 31 | 15 November 2011 | Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal |  Bosnia and Herzegovina |
1–0 | 6–2 | UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying |
| 32 | 3–1 | |||||
| 33 | 17 June 2012 | Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv, Ukraine | Netherlands |
1–1 | 2–1 | UEFA Euro 2012 |
| 34 | 2–1 | |||||
| 35 | 21 June 2012 | National Stadium, Warsaw, Poland | Czech Republic |
1–0 | 1–0 | UEFA Euro 2012 |
| 36 | 15 August 2012 | Estádio Algarve, Faro, Portugal |  Panama |
2–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
| 37 | 7 September 2012 | Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg, Luxembourg | Luxembourg |
1–1 | 2–1 | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 38 | 6 February 2013 | Estádio D. Afonso Henriques, Guimarães, Portugal |  Ecuador |
1–1 | 2–3 | Friendly |
| 39 | 10 June 2013 | Stade de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland |  Croatia |
1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly |
| 40 | 14 August 2013 | Estádio Algarve, Faro, Portugal | Netherlands |
1–1 | 1–1 | Friendly |
| 41 | 6 September 2013 | Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland |  Northern Ireland |
2–2 | 4–2 | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 42 | 3–2 | |||||
| 43 | 4–2 | |||||
| 44 | 15 November 2013 | Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal |  Sweden |
1–0 | 1–0 | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 45 | 19 November 2013 | Friends Arena, Solna, Sweden | Sweden |
1–0 | 3–2 | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 46 | 2–2 | |||||
| 47 | 3–2 | |||||
| 48 | 5 March 2014 | Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa, Leiria, Portugal |  Cameroon |
1–0 | 5–1 | Friendly |
| 49 | 5–1 | |||||
| 50 | 26 June 2014 | Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha, Brasília, Brazil |  Ghana |
2–1 | 2–1 | 2014 FIFA World Cup |
| 51 | 14 October 2014 | Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark | Denmark |
1–0 | 1–0 | UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying |
| 52 | 14 November 2014 | Estádio Algarve, Faro, Portugal | Armenia |
1–0 | 1–0 | UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying |
| 53 | 13 June 2015 | Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia | Armenia |
1–1 | 3–2 | UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying |
| 54 | 2–1 | |||||
| 55 | 3–1 | |||||
| 56 | 29 March 2016 | Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa, Leiria, Portugal | Belgium |
2–0 | 2–1 | Friendly |
| 57 | 8 June 2016 | Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal | Estonia |
1–0 | 7–0 | Friendly |
| 58 | 3–0 | |||||
| 59 | 22 June 2016 | Parc Olympique Lyonnais, Lyon, France |  Hungary |
2–2 | 3–3 | UEFA Euro 2016 |
| 60 | 3–3 | |||||
| 61 | 6 July 2016 | Parc Olympique Lyonnais, Lyon, France |  Wales |
1–0 | 2–0 | UEFA Euro 2016 |
| 62 | 7 October 2016 | Estádio Municipal de Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal |  Andorra |
1–0 | 6–0 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 63 | 2–0 | |||||
| 64 | 4–0 | |||||
| 65 | 5–0 | |||||
| 66 | 10 October 2016 | Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands |  Faroe Islands |
4–0 | 6–0 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 67 | 13 November 2016 | Estádio Algarve, Faro, Portugal | Latvia |
1–0 | 4–1 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 68 | 3–1 | |||||
| 69 | 25 March 2017 | Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal | Hungary |
2–0 | 3–0 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 70 | 3–0 | |||||
| 71 | 28 March 2017 | Estádio do Marítimo, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal | Sweden |
1–0 | 2–3 | Friendly |
| 72 | 9 June 2017 | Skonto Stadium, Riga, Latvia | Latvia |
1–0 | 3–0 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 73 | 2–0 |
But now he has surpassed Miroslav Klose here is a chance to reflect on all of the goals scored by the German international
