Breaking down Cristiano Ronaldo’s 900 career goals | OneFootball

Cristiano Ronaldo achieved another remarkable feat this week when the Portugal forward scored the 900th goal of his career.

Ronaldo turned in Rafael Leao’s cross during Portugal’s 2-1 win over Croatia in the UEFA Nations League to become the first player in history to reach 900 career goals.

It’s another astonishing statistic from a record-breaking career showing few signs of slowing, even as Ronaldo approaches his 40th birthday.

Following his milestone moment, we’ve broken down Ronaldo’s 900 career goals.

A breakdown of which teams Ronaldo scored his 900 career goals for

Sporting Lisbon (5)

Ronaldo’s exciting emergence began in Lisbon, where the twinkle-toed highlighted-hair winger came through the ranks at Sporting CP. He made 31 appearances during the 2002/03 campaign, scoring five times, before Europe’s biggest clubs came calling.

Suitably impressed after the teenager tormented his side in a friendly defeat to open the Estádio José Alvalade in 2003, Sir Alex Ferguson paid £12.8m to bring Ronaldo to Manchester United.

Manchester United (145)

An electric debut proved to be a precursor of what was to come, though the early version of Ronaldo offered more flair than end product.

After seasons of five, six, nine and 12 goals respectively, the forward exploded in output during the 2006/07 season. He scored 23 goals in all competitions as Manchester United reclaimed the Premier League title and became the first man to win the PFA Player’s Player, Fans’ Player, Young Player of the Year awards, and the Football Writers’ Association’s Footballer of the Year in the same season.

Ronaldo’s game elevated again in 2007/08 with a 42-goal campaign to fire the Red Devils to a Premier League and Champions League double. His performances were recognised with a maiden Ballon d’Or, while his first spell with the club concluded with 118 goals scored in 292 games.

He returned to Manchester United for a short second stint in 2021, where he scored 27 goals in 54 appearances.

Real Madrid (450)

Real Madrid broke the world transfer record by signing Ronaldo in 2009, as the Spanish side spent £80m to land their long-term target.

Ronaldo returned 33 goals in all competitions during his debut season and from there continued to fire. His stratospheric scoring saw the forward break countless records, claiming the Pichichi Trophy as La Liga’s leading scorer on three occasions.

He ended his nine-year spell with Real Madrid having averaged better than a goal-per-game, scoring 450 times in 434 appearances to shatter Raul’s goal record for the club.

His list of honours included four Ballon d’Or wins, two La Liga titles and four Champions League trophies while setting new records in Europe with the three most prolific UCL campaigns ever.

Juventus (101)

Ronaldo moved to Juventus in 2018 as the Italian side smashed the Serie A transfer record to sign him in a €100m deal.

He became the first player to win league titles in England, Spain and Italy during his debut season, clinching the Serie A Most Valuable Player award in the process.

Across three seasons in Turin, he became the first player in history to reach 50 goals in the Premier League, La Liga and Serie A, the first to finish as leading scorer in each of those leagues, and broke Juventus’ goal record for a single season (37).

Ronaldo scored 101 goals in just 134 games for the Old Lady.

Al-Nassr (68)

After his return to Manchester United ended unceremoniously, Ronaldo became the first marquee arrival in the big-spending Saudi Pro League.

The Portuguese icon has certainly lived up to that billing with 68 goals in 74 appearances, including 50 in all competitions in 2023/24.

Portugal (131)

Ronaldo holds the record for the most goals (131) and caps (213) in men’s international football during a Portugal career that is unlikely to be topped.

After making his debut as a teenager, Ronaldo has represented his country at a record five World Cups and six European Championships, while captaining Portugal to their first-ever tournament successes at Euro 2016 and the 2019 UEFA Nations League.

His 131 goals are more than the next three highest-scoring Portuguese players, Pauleta, Eusebio and Luis Figo, scored for the national team combined.

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