Cristiano Ronaldo, 40 years old since February 5, is still chasing more records.
The Portuguese National Leader scored two goals against Armenia within 58 minutes in the first qualifying match for the 2026 World Cup, which allowed him to score 140 goals with the Portuguese national team. With her, in her 41st years, she wants to compete in the 2026 World Cup, which will organize the US, Canada and Mexico.
In Erevan, the leader scored for a fourth consecutive game for the national team, continuing a series that already included Spain, Germany and Denmark. Indeed, in his last 10 international appearances (all in official matches), he has scored 10 goals in eight of these matches.
Al Nasr's striker superstar is showing a spectacular physical fitness and a remarkable series of scoring, repeating what he did four years ago when he had a series of four consecutive games in which he scored for the national team, according to Portuguese.
It only achieved a better result in 2019, when he scored in seven matches. Starting tomorrow (9/9) in Hungary for this challenge, he will find himself against an opponent with beautiful memories of the striker and Portugal. It was June 15, 2021, in the final phase of Euro 2020, when Portugal won 3-0 and Ronaldo scored twice.
In addition to the goal of the best series of his career for the national team, Cristiano Ronaldo has another challenge ahead of him: to become the top scorer of all time in the World Cup qualifiers. The Portuguese striker has 38 goals, two fewer than Carlos Ruiz from Guatemala, a player who has already retired.
Just behind Cristiano Ronaldo is Lionel Messi, with 36 goals, but only one more match still in the qualifying phase against Ecuador, making it almost certain that the Argentine star will leave the national team shortly after the World Cup.
Ronaldo, on the other hand, has five more matches in this qualifying phase, the first tomorrow (9/9) at Puskás Arena, a space with beautiful memories.
The top 11 scorers of the World Cup qualifiers:
1st) Carlos Ruiz - 39 goals in 47 appearances
2nd) Cristiano Ronaldo - 38 of 48
3rd) Lionel Messi - 36 of 72
4th) Ali Daei - 35 of 51
5th) Robert Levadovsky - 32 of 41
6th) Chris Wood - 29 of 31
6th) Sardar Azmun - 29 of 41
6th) Luis Suarez - 29 of 64
9th) Karim Banger - 28 of 29
9th) Edin Jeko - 28 of 40
11th) Kazu Miura - 27 of 25
