FARO, Portugal (AP) — Cristiano Ronaldo grew to become the highest-scoring man within the worldwide soccer historical past along with his one hundred and tenth aim for Portugal on Wednesday.
The Portugal captain scored within the 89th minute towards Eire in a World Cup qualifier, transferring forward of former Iranian striker Ali Daei. He added a second — one other header — minutes later in a 2-1 victory. Earlier within the recreation, he had a penalty saved within the fifteenth minute.
The 36-year-old Ronaldo, who on Tuesday after leaving Juventus, was taking part in in his a hundred and eightieth recreation for Portugal. The ahead made his debut for the nationwide crew in 2003 and started his historic scoring run on the 2004 European Championship in a 2-1 loss to Greece within the group stage.
The one two males to web greater than 100 instances for his or her international locations are Ronaldo and Daei, who scored 109 targets in 149 video games for Iran from 1993-2006 and performed for German golf equipment Bayern Munich and Hertha Berlin.
Probably the most prolific scorer in worldwide soccer is 38-year-old Christine Sinclair of Canada, who scored her 187th aim on the Tokyo Olympics the place she gained gold final month.
Ronaldo, whose solely title with Portugal got here at Euro 2016, was high scorer at this yr’s European Championship with 5 targets in 4 video games however his crew’s title protection ended within the spherical of 16.
Ronaldo grew to become the primary participant to attain in 5 completely different editions of the continental event, taking his haul to 11 to overhaul Michel Platini’s file of 9 targets at Euros.
Ronaldo can also be the highest scorer within the historical past of the Champions League with 134 targets — 14 greater than Lionel Messi, in line with UEFA.
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