A Seleção Star's Comeback: How Many Goals Has Cristiano Ronaldo Scored For Portugal?

Jimmy Henton

The Portuguese player has scored many goals for his country since opening his account in 2004. Cristiano Ronaldo is one of the greatest players the game has ever seen. There we said it. The Manchester United star is the all-time leading international goalscorer in the world and holds many other records at the club and international levels.
For the national team, it all started in 2003 when Ronaldo made his debut against Kazakhstan in August 2003. Primarily playing as a winger, Ronaldo scored his first goal for Portugal at a high level in a friendly 1-2 loss to Greece at the 2004 Euro Championship. That turned out to be the start of an international scoring record and Ronaldo scored at will.
However, have you ever wondered how many goals the Portuguese legend has and in which tournament he scores most often? Scroll down to find out!

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Total Goals Of Cristiano Ronaldo For Portugal

CompetitionGamesGoals
World Cup188
World Cup qualification4736
Euro Championships2514
European Championships qualifier3531
UEFA Nations League117
FIFA Confederations Cup42
International friendlies5220
192118

How Many Goals Has Cristiano Ronaldo Scored At The World Cup?

EditionGamesGoals
2006 World Cup61
2010 World Cup41
2014 World Cup31
2018 World Cup44
2022 World Cup11
188

Cristiano Ronaldo's Euro Championship Record

EditionGamesGoals
Euro 200462
Euro 200841
Euro 201253
Euro 201673
Euro 202045
2614

World Cup Qualifying Goals

EditionGoals
2006 World Cup qualifiers7
2010 World Cup qualifiersNone
2014 World Cup qualifiers8
2018 World Cup qualifiers15
2022 World Cup qualifiers6
36

Ronaldo's Friendly Goals For Portugal

GamesGoals
5220

Ronaldo scored a hat-trick for Portugal

MatchGoalsCompetitionDate
Portugal 4-2 Northern Ireland32014 FIFA World Cup qualifierSeptember 6, 2013
Portugal 3-2 Sweden32014 FIFA World Cup qualifierNovember 19, 2013
Portugal 3-2 Armenia3Euro 2016 qualifiersJune 13, 2015
Portugal 6-0 Andorra42018 FIFA World Cup qualifierOctober 7, 2016
Portugal 5-1 Faroe Islands32018 FIFA World Cup qualifierAugust 31, 2017
Portugal 3-3 Spain32018 FIFA World CupJune 15, 2018
Portugal 3-1 Switzerland32019 UEFA Nations League finalsJune 5, 2019
Portugal 5-1 Lithuania4Euro 2020 qualifiersSeptember 10, 2019
Portugal 6-0 Lithuania3Euro 2020 qualifiersNovember 14, 2019
Portugal 5-0 Luxembourg32022 FIFA World Cup qualifierOctober 12, 2021

Ronaldo's favourite opponents

TeamGoals
Luxembourg9
Lithuania7
Sweden7
Andorra6
Hungary6
Armenia5
Latvia5
Switzerland5
Estonia4
Faroe Islands4
Netherlands4
Belgium3
Denmark3
Northern Ireland3
Russia3
Spain3
*Data accurate as of November 24