Cristiano Ronaldo: Portugal's football legend Cristiano Ronaldo achieved another milestone by becoming the first player in the world to score the 900th career goal in the record books. Ronaldo achieved this feat after playing 1236 matches in his 21-year career.
Portugal beat Croatia 2-1 in Nations League
With the help of Ronaldo's goal, Portugal won 2-1 against Croatia in the opening round match of the European Nations League Football Championship. Earlier, Delot had given Portugal the lead in the 7th minute. Then Ronaldo scored in the 34th minute. However, Delot's goal in the 41st minute gave Croatia the lead. Ronaldo created history as soon as he scored the goal and completed 900 goals.
Now the target is 1000
The 39-year-old Ronaldo is now on his way to scoring 1000 goals. In an interview with his Manchester United teammate Rio Ferdinand, Ronaldo said on a YouTube channel, “I believe I will achieve the feat of 1000 goals in the coming years.
A look at the Paleo-Romanian claim
Brazilian football legends Pele and Romario have previously claimed to have scored over 1,000 goals in their careers at different times, however, if goals scored in friendly matches are excluded from their tally, their goal totals fall between 700 and 800. Ronaldo's goals are from official matches.