Cristiano Ronaldo is a Portuguese professional footballer who has represented the Portugal national team since his debut on 20 August 2003 against Kazakhstan in a Friendly. He would later score his first international goal on 12 June 2004, during a UEFA Euro 2004 group stage match against Greece. Throughout his international career, he has become the current all-time record goalscorer for the Portugal national team, and the highest overall men's international goalscorer in history, having scored 146 goals in 234 appearances.
On 6 September 2013, Ronaldo scored his first international hat-trick against Northern Ireland during a 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier. He has scored ten international hat-tricks, and on two occasions, four international goals in a single match. On 5 March 2014, Ronaldo scored twice in Portugal's 5–1 friendly win over Cameroon to take his tally to 49 goals, thus becoming his country's all-time leading goalscorer, surpassing the 47 set by Pauleta. He scored the only goal in a UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying match against Armenia on 14 November 2014, his 23rd goal in UEFA European Championship qualifying and finals matches, surpassing the record previously held by Turkey's Hakan Şükür and Denmark's Jon Dahl Tomasson. On 20 June 2018, Ronaldo scored his 85th goal for Portugal in a 1–0 win over Morocco at the 2018 World Cup, surpassing Hungary's Ferenc Puskás as the all-time top scorer for a European national team. On 8 September 2020, he scored his 100th and 101st goals for Portugal in a 2–0 win against Sweden in the 2020–21 UEFA Nations League, to become the first European player to reach this milestone. Ronaldo scored his 108th and 109th international goals in a UEFA Euro 2020 draw against France on 23 June 2021, surpassing Iran's Ali Daei as the outright leading scorer in men's international football.
Ronaldo has participated in fifteen major international tournaments: six UEFA European Championships in 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020 (played in 2021) and 2024, six FIFA World Cups in 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022 and 2026, one FIFA Confederations Cup in 2017, and two UEFA Nations League Finals in 2019 and 2025, scoring in all of them but Euro 2024. Following Portugal's win at UEFA Euro 2016, Ronaldo lifted the trophy as his team's captain, and was also awarded the Silver Boot as the joint second-highest goalscorer of the tournament, with three goals and three assists; he was also named to the team of the tournament for the third time in his career. He has scored a record 14 goals at the European Championships, 11 at the World Cup, 15 in the UEFA Nations League and two at the Confederations Cup. Ronaldo has scored 41 goals in FIFA World Cup qualifiers and 41 goals in UEFA Euro qualifiers, hence becoming the first player to score more than fifty goals in European qualification matches. His other 22 goals have come in friendly matches. The opponent against whom he has scored most often is Luxembourg, with eleven goals. He has scored 16 international goals at Estádio Algarve, his most at a single ground. On 12 October 2021, Ronaldo scored his tenth international hat-trick, surpassing the record previously set by Sven Rydell with Sweden.
Youth goals Ronaldo represented the under-15, under-17, under-20, under-21, and under-23 national sides. Ronaldo made his international youth team debut for Portugal on 24 February 2001 against South Africa in a friendly in Torres Novas, Portugal, under the management of Carlos Dinis. He made 34 youth caps, scoring 18 goals overall. Ronaldo has participated in numerous youth competitions, including the 2001 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival, 2002 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, 2003 Toulon Tournament and the 2004 Summer Olympics.
Scores and results list Cristiano Ronaldo's team's goal tally first.
+All youth international goals scored by Cristiano Ronaldo Team Cap Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1 Portugal U15 1 24 February 2001 Estádio Municipal Dr. Alves Pereira, Torres Novas, Portugal South Africa U152–0 align=center Friendly 2 2 25 February 2001 Estádio Municipal Dr. Alves Pereira, Torres Novas, Portugal Sweden U152–1 align=center Friendly 3 4 11 April 2001 France France U151–0 align=center Tournoi de Montaigu 2001 (France) 4 614 April 2001France Japan U151–0 rowspan="3" align=center Tournoi de Montaigu 2001 (France) 53–0 65–0 7 9 25 July 2001 Estadio de La Condomina, Murcia, Spain Finland U151–0 align=center 2001 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival 8 Portugal U17 1 10 October 2001 Estádio Municipal José dos Santos Pinto, Covilhã, Portugal Netherlands U172–0 align=center Friendly 9 3 13 December 2001 Estádio Municipal Miróbriga, Santiago do Cacém, Portugal England U171–1 align=center Friendly 10 4 6 March 2002 Estadi Nacional, Andorra la Vella, Andorra San Marino U172–0 align=center 2002 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualifying 1158 March 2002Estadi Nacional, Andorra la Vella, Andorra Andorra U171–0 rowspan="2" align=center 2002 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualifying 123–0 13 Portugal U21 1 19 November 2002 Estádio Adelino Ribeiro Novo, Barcelos, Portugal Greece U212–0 align=center Friendly 14 3 28 March 2003 Estádio Municipal de Rio Maior, Rio Maior, Portugal England U214–2 align=center 2004 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification 15 Portugal U20 1 11 June 2003 Stade des Costières, Nîmes, France England U203–0 align=center 2003 Toulon Tournament 16 Portugal U21 10 18 November 2003 Stade Gabriel-Montpied, Clermont-Ferrand, France France U211–0 align=center 2004 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification play-offs 17 Portugal U23 1 4 August 2004 Estádio Algarve, Algarve, Portugal Paraguay U232–0 align=center Friendly 18 3 15 August 2004 Pankritio Stadium, Heraklion, Greece Morocco U232–0 align=center 2004 Summer Olympics
Goals
Portugal score listed first, score column indicates score after each Ronaldo goal + Table key Indicates goal was scored from a penalty kickIndicates Portugal won the matchIndicates the match ended in a draw (a penalty shoot-out is statistically a draw regardless of shoot-out results)Indicates Portugal lost the match