Cristiano Ronaldo scored the 900th goal of his professional career on Thursday (5 September) in Portugal’s opening match of the 2024/25 Nations League against Croatia at the Estádio da Luz in Lisbon, his record over Lionel Messi as the best goalscorer of all time at international level.

When his team was already leading 1-0, Ronaldo doubled Portugal’s lead with converted Nuno Mendes’ cross from the left from close range directly in the 34th minute.

The former Real Madrid star has now scored 131 goals for Portugal in 213 appearances, a ratio of 0.61 per game, which is below his record in domestic and European competitions.

Cristiano Ronaldo’s goals per club

To date, 769 of Ronaldo’s He scored 900 goals at club level, where he played 1,025 games (an average of 0.75 goals per game).The majority of these (450) During his nine-year tenure at real Madridalthough he was also very productive with Manchester United (145 goals), Juventus (101) and Al Nassr (68).

Right at the beginning of his career scored five goals for Sporting CP as a teenager in the 2002/03 season before moving to the Red Devils.

The Portuguese holds the record for most goals in the UEFA Champions League (140 in 183 appearances, 0.77 per game)11 more than Messi, although he has played 20 more games. He is also the best goalscorer in European Championship history (14) He has also played significantly more games than any other player.

Cristiano Ronaldo’s goals by type

Of the 900 goals, Ronaldo scored 574 with the right foot and 173 with the left. 151 were headerswith two of them attributed to “other body parts”, according to the Messi vs. Ronaldo app.

The attacker has converted 164 of 194 penalties (85.4% conversion rate) he has scored in his career, as well as 64 free kicks (7.1% conversion rate). These account for all but four of the He scored 68 goals from outside the penalty areawith 604 of his goals were scored inside the penalty area. (without penalties).

Ronaldo has just started the 23rd season of his career at Al Nassr, where he joined in January 2023. He has already scored four goals in four appearances for his club this season and there are likely to be many more to come. At 39 years old he certainly couldn’t 1,000could he?