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Europe’s top scorers: Ronaldo in the lead | UEFA Nations League

Cristiano Ronaldo is the all-time top scorer of the European national teams and also the world record holder. In autumn 2020 he was the first player to reach the 100 goal milestone for the national team, meanwhile he has scored 117 goals.

The Portuguese forward broke the previous European record set by Ferenc Puskás at the 2018 World Cup (84 goals) and scored his 100th free-kick on 8 September 2020 in Solna against Sweden.


What other records does Cristiano Ronaldo hold?

Ronaldo has equaled the previous world record set by Iranian Ali Daei at UEFA EURO 2020 and now holds the record on his own.

To die all-time top scorer

1. Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) – 117 goals in 190 appearances
2. Ali Daei (Iran) 109-148

3. Mokhtar Dahari (Malaysia) – 89 out of 142
4. Lionel Messi (Argentina) – 88 out of 163

5. Ferenc Puskás (Hungary and Spain) – 84 out of 89

The best European scorers of all time

Great goals from Ronaldo for Portugal

Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) – 117 goals in 190 national teams
Ferenc Puskás (Hungary and Spain) – 84 out of 89
Robert Lewandowski (Poland) – 76 out of 133
Sándor Kocsis (Hungary) – 75 out of 68
Miroslav Klose (Germany) – 71 out of 137
Gerd Muller (Germany) – 68 out of 62
Romelu Lukaku (Belgium) – 68 out of 102
Robbie Keane (Republic of Ireland) – 68 out of 146
Edin Džeko (Bosnia and Herzegovina) – 63 out of 125
Zlatan Ibrahimović (Sweden) – 62 out of 121
Imre Schlosser (Hungary) – 59 out of 68
David Villa (Spain) – 59 out of 98
Jan Koller (Czech Republic) – 55 out of 91
Joachim Streich (GDR) – 55 out of 102
Wayne Rooney (England) – 53 out of 120
Poul Nielsen (Denmark) – 52 out of 38
Jon Dahl Tomasson (Denmark) – 52 out of 112
Lajos Tichy (Hungary) – 51 out of 72
Hakan Sukur (Turkey) – 51 out of 112
Thierry Henry (France) – 51 out of 123
Harry Kane (England) – 50 out of 74
Robin van Persie (Netherlands) – 50 out of 102

Cristiano Ronaldo: my history of Portugal

How Ronaldo’s goals in the national team fell

At home or away?

Ronaldo has scored 56 of his home goals (including five at UEFA EURO 2004 and the 2019 UEFA Nations League finals in Portugal). He scored 33 goals away from home and 28 on neutral ground.

Win, lose or draw?

Ronaldo has scored in 76 games with Portugal winning 63. Six games ended in a draw and seven were lost.

At the EURO-Tore von Cristiano Ronaldo

One, two, three and four

Ronaldo has scored ten hat-tricks, including two from four. Added to this are 19 braces, while the remaining 47 goals were singles.

favorite opponent

After his hat-trick against Luxembourg in October 2021, Ronaldo scored nine goals against his new favorite opponent. He scored seven goals against Lithuania and Sweden. He has already scored six goals against Hungary and Andorra, plus five goals each against Switzerland, Armenia and Latvia. His UEFA EURO 2020 goals were his first against Germany and France; however, he never scored against Italy or England.

All Cristiano Ronaldo’s international goals

Top scorer at the UEFA European Championships, including qualifiers: 45
Top scorer in the finals of the UEFA European Championship: 14
Scored in most of the finals of the UEFA European Championship: 5
All-time international top scorer: 117
Most goals by a European in international competitions: 97
Most goals in European FIFA World Cup qualifiers: 34
First goal in a UEFA Nations League final: Against Switzerland (semi-finals, 5 June 2019, Porto) – and first hat-trick

Stand: 24. September 2022

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