Cristiano Ronaldo has hit his latest ridiculous milestone, having scored the 900th goal of his legendary career in Portugal’s 2-1 Nations League victory over Croatia.
“It means a lot,” Ronaldo said after the game, via the Associated Press.
“It was a milestone I wanted to reach for a long time. I knew I would reach this number, because as I continue to play, it would happen naturally.”
Ronaldo looked almost tearful as he wheeled away to celebrate by the corner flag, having doubled Portugal’s first-half lead after timing his run to perfection to meet Nuno Mendes’ deep cross with a classic first-time finish.
“It was emotional because it’s a milestone,” he said, per AP.
“It seems like any other milestone, but only I know, and the people around me, how hard it is to work every day, to be physically and psychologically fit, to score 900 goals. It’s a unique milestone in my career.”
The 39-year-old had spoken recently of his ambitions to reach the next landmark in his glittering career.
“I want to reach 1,000 goals,” the Al Nassr star told Rio Ferdinand, speaking on his own newly-launched YouTube channel.
“If I don’t have any injuries, this for me is the most important [thing]I want that. For me, the best mark that I can have in football is to reach, first, 900 goals. After, my challenge is to be at 1,000 goals.”
Ronaldo’s latest milestone of 900 goals for club and country reminded us all of his greatness. We’ve broken down the numbers behind this astonishing record:
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Overall
Games: 1,236
Goals: 900
Goals per game: 0.73
Hat-tricks: 66
Free-kicks: 64
Penalties (missed): 164 (30)
Assists: 254
Season by season breakdown
2002-03: 5 goals in 31 appearances
2003-04: 8 goals in 53 appearances
2004-05: 16 goals in 60 appearances
2005-06: 15 goals in 62 appearances
2006-07: 28 goals in 61 appearances
2007-08: 46 goals in 61 appearances
2008-09: 27 goals in 60 appearances
2009-10: 34 goals in 46 appearances
2010-11: 56 goals in 59 appearances
2011-12: 69 goals in 69 appearances
2012-13: 59 goals in 64 appearances
2013-14: 62 goals in 57 appearances
2014-15: 66 goals in 60 appearances
2015-16: 57 goals in 61 appearances
2016-17: 56 goals in 56 appearances
2017-18: 54 goals in 55 appearances
2018-19: 31 goals in 47 appearances
2019-20: 48 goals in 52 appearances
2020-21: 46 goals in 59 appearances
2021-22: 32 goals in 49 appearances
2022-23: 23 goals in 46 appearances
2023-24: 57 goals in 63 appearances
2024-25: 5 goals in 5 appearances
Competitions
League: 549 goals
Sporting: 3 goals (25 appearances)
Manchester United: 103 goals (236 appearances)
Real Madrid: 311 goals (292 appearances)
Juventus: 81 goals (98 appearances)
Saudi Pro League: 51 goals (49 appearances)
Champions League: 140 goals
Manchester United: 21 goals (59 appearances)
Real Madrid: 105 goals (101 appearances)
Juventus: 14 goals (23 appearances)
Domestic cup: 54 goals
Taca de Portugal: 2 goals (3 appearances)
League Cup: 4 goals (12 appearances)
FA Cup: 13 goals (27 appearances)
King’s Cup: 22 goals (30 appearances)
Italian Cup: 4 goals (10 appearances)
Saudi King Cup: 3 goals (6 appearances)
Arab Club Champions Cup: 6 goals (6 appearances)
Other club competitions: 26 goals
Saudi Super Cup: 2 goals (4 appearances)
AFC Champions League: 6 goals (9 appearances)
Europa League: 2 goals (6 appearances)
Italian Super Cup: 2 goals (3 appearances)
Club World Cup: 7 goals (8 appearances)
Spanish Super Cup: 4 goals (7 appearances)
UEFA Super Cup: 2 goals (2 appearances)
Champions League qualifying: 1 goal (4 appearances)
International: 131 goals
Euros qualify: 41 goals (44 appearances)
World Cup qualifier: 36 goals (47 appearances)
World Cup: 8 goals (22 appearances)
European Championship: 14 goals (30 appearances)
Confederations Cup: 2 goals (4 appearances)
Nations League: 8 goals (12 appearances)
International Friendly: 22 goals (54 appearances)
Top 10 club opponents scored against – No. of goals
Twenty-seven goals: Sevilla
Twenty-five goals: Atletico Madrid
Twenty-three goals: Getafe
Twenty goals: Barcelona, Celta Vigo
Seventeen goals: Malaga, Athletic Club
Fifteen goals: Villarreal, Valencia, Espanyol, Real Sociedad
How Ronaldo has scored
Right foot: 574 goals (63.7%)
Left foot: 173 goals (19.2%)
Header: 151 goals (16.7%)
Other body part: 2 goals (0.2%)
Open play: 672 (74.6%)
Penalties: 164 (18.2%)
Free kicks: 64 (7.1%)
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