‘I dreamed of this, and I have many more dreams. Thank you all!’, Cristiano Ronaldo wrote a message of gratitude to his teammates who helped him complete the milestone of scoring 900 goals in his career.

Ronaldo just scored to help the Portuguese team defeat strong opponent Croatia with a score of 2-1 on September 6 in the UEFA Nations League. The goal of the 39-year-old player increased the score to 2-0 in the 34th minute, after Diogo Dalot opened the score in the 7th minute. At the end of the first half, Dalot was the one who scored an own goal to help the Croatia team shorten the score to 1-2.

Ronaldo celebrates scoring the second goal for Portugal

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“This is officially the 900th goal of Ronaldo’s career,” according to AS (Spain). Previously, Marca reported that this famous player reached 900 goals when scoring for Al Nassr Club. However, in reality, Ronaldo scored 450 goals for Real Madrid instead of the statistics of 451 goals.

In total, with the goal just scored, Ronaldo has 131 goals for the Portuguese team after 213 appearances, reaching a rate of 0.61 goals per match. The remaining 769 goals, this famous player scored at the club level where he played 1,025 matches (average 0.75 goals per match). Specifically, 450 goals were scored for Real Madrid, MU with 145 goals, Juventus ( 101 goals) and Al Nassr (68 goals). Before that, when starting his career with Sporting CP Club, Ronaldo scored 5 goals.

Ronaldo also became the first player in history to score 900 goals in professional matches. Following him are Messi with 842 goals and “King of Football” Pele with 765 goals. Ronaldo was also the first to reach the 800-goal mark, achieving this feat in 2021 while playing for MU.

Ronaldo’s message of gratitude

Photo: Cristiano Ronaldo/X

 

In the Champions League, Ronaldo holds the record for most goals scored with 140 in 183 appearances (an average of 0.77 goals per game), 11 more than Messi. He is also the player with the most goals in EURO history (14 goals) and has also played more matches than any other player.

Of the 900 goals, Ronaldo scored 574 with his right foot and 173 with his left. 151 were with his head, while the other two were scored with “other parts of his body,” according to AS .

Reaching the historic milestone, Ronaldo sent a message of thanks to all the players, clubs he played for and the national team, who helped him fulfill his dream of scoring a historic goal. Ronaldo also expressed: “I won 2 championship titles with the Portuguese team (EURO 2016 and Nations League 2019). I am satisfied with what I have and am enjoying every day. In my opinion, winning the EURO is as valuable as winning the World Cup”.