Cristiano Ronaldo Scores Against Croatia To Reach 900 Career Goal

The date of September 5th, 2024, has gone down in the history books for Cristiano Ronaldo.

The superstar forward achieved the milestone of 900 career goals when he scored against Croatia at the Estádio da Luz in Lisbon during the UEFA Nations League.

Ronaldo needed just 1238 official games to reach 900 goals an average of 0.73 per game. The special moment came in the 34th minute of the first half CR7 received a cross from Nuno Mendes and slotted it home with no chance for Livakovic.

In celebration, he got down on one knee and became emotional.

Cristiano after the match, “900 goals seem like any other milestone, but only I know how hard it is to work every day to score your 900th goal”. It’s a unique milestone in my career”.

“I don’t break records… they haunt me!”.

The five-time Ballon d’Or winner is 58 goals ahead of his nearest challenger, Lionel Messi, who is on 842. Brazilian legend Pelé is third on the list with 765.

Of Cristiano Ronaldo’s 900 goals, this was his 131st in the Portugal shirt (in 213 games). The 39-year-old is the all-time leading scorer in the history of international football.

The remaining 769 goals have been scored while playing for the five clubs that Cristiano Ronaldo has represented throughout his career: Sporting, Manchester United, Real Madrid, Juventus, and Al Nassr.

Cristiano Ronaldo’s 900 goals:

Sporting: 5

Manchester United: 145

Real Madrid: 450

Juventus: 101

Al-Nassr: 68

Portugal: 131