Cristiano Ronaldo

Position

Forward^[1]

Current club

Al-Nassr^[1]

National team

Portugal (captain)^[1]

Champions League goals

140 (record)^[1]

European Championship goals

14 (record)^[1]

Senior international caps

234 (record)^[1]

Senior international goals

146 (men's record)^[1]

Club career

Ronaldo began his senior career at Sporting CP and joined Manchester United in 2003.^[1] In his first spell there he won three consecutive Premier League titles, the 2007–08 UEFA Champions League and the 2008 FIFA Club World Cup.^[1]

Real Madrid signed him in 2009 for €94 million (£80 million), then a record football transfer fee.^[1] He helped the club win four Champions League titles between 2014 and 2018, including La Décima in 2014, and became its all-time leading goalscorer.^[1] While at the Bernabéu he won the Ballon d'Or in 2013, 2014, 2016 and 2017.^[1]

Juventus signed him in 2018 for €100 million, a Serie A transfer record at the time.^[1] In Turin he won consecutive Serie A titles and the Coppa Italia, and took the Capocannoniere as the league's top scorer in 2021.^[1]

He returned to Manchester United in 2021, and the club ended his contract in 2022.^[1] He joined Al-Nassr in 2023, finished as the Saudi Pro League's leading scorer in 2024 and 2025, and led the club to the league championship in 2026.^[1]

International career

Ronaldo won his first cap for Portugal in 2003 and scored his first international goal at Euro 2004, where Portugal reached the final.^[1] He became captain before Euro 2008.^[1]

He captained Portugal to their first major tournament title at Euro 2016 and won the Golden Boot as top scorer at Euro 2020.^[1] He also won the UEFA Nations League with Portugal in 2019 and 2025, finishing as top scorer in both editions.^[1]

In 2026 he became the first player to score at six different World Cup finals tournaments, and with 11 goals he remains Portugal's all-time leading World Cup scorer.^[1]

Records and individual awards

Ronaldo holds the Champions League records for goals (140) and assists (42), and the European Championship records for goals (14) and assists (8).^[1]

No outfield player has made more professional appearances than his total of more than 1,300, and his official senior goals for club and country now number more than 980.^[1] He is the only player to have scored 100 goals for four different clubs and the only player to have been top scorer in four different domestic leagues.^[1]

His individual honors include five Ballon d'Or awards, three UEFA Men's Player of the Year awards and four European Golden Shoes, and he has been named FIFA's best player five times.^[1]

He holds the records for the most international appearances (234), the most men's international goals (146) and the most international victories (141).^[1]

His 35 career trophies include five UEFA Champions League titles, two UEFA Nations League titles and the UEFA European Championship.^[1]

Off the pitch

In April 2026, Sportico ranked Ronaldo the third highest-paid athlete of all time.^[1] The same year he appeared on the Forbes World's Billionaires list for the first time, with a reported net worth of $1.2 billion.^[1] Time named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2014.^[1]

He is considered the most popular athlete on social media, with more than one billion followers across Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Instagram as of 2026.^[1]

Selected video compilations

Manchester United's own compilation of his top 20 goals for the club ranks a strike against FC Porto from the 2008/09 season first.^[2]

Real Madrid published a compilation of every goal Ronaldo scored for the club between 2009 and 2018 on its official YouTube channel.^[3]

0:00 20 Everton 2007/08 Chapter of Manchester United's "Cristiano Ronaldo: TOP 20 GOALS" compilation, showing the goal ranked number 20 against Everton in the 2007/08 season.

0:25 19 Fulham 2004/05 Chapter of Manchester United's compilation showing the goal ranked number 19 against Fulham in the 2004/05 season.

0:51 18 Bolton 2005/06 Chapter of Manchester United's compilation showing the goal ranked number 18 against Bolton in the 2005/06 season.

1:23 17 Fulham 2005/06 Chapter of Manchester United's compilation showing the goal ranked number 17 against Fulham in the 2005/06 season.

0:24 The first goals for Real Madrid Real Madrid's compilation of every goal Cristiano Ronaldo scored for the club between 2009 and 2018, from its 2009/10 chapter, where the goals begin.

1. 2003 According to Wikipedia contributors, he signed for Manchester United and made his senior debut for Portugal.^[1]
2. 2007-08 Won the 2007–08 UEFA Champions League with Manchester United.^[1]
3. 2008 Won the 2008 FIFA Club World Cup with Manchester United.^[1]
4. 2009 Joined Real Madrid in a then-record €94 million transfer.^[1]
5. 2013-2017 Won four Ballon d'Or titles (2013, 2014, 2016, 2017) at Real Madrid.^[1]
6. 2014-2018 According to Wikipedia contributors, he won four Champions Leagues with Real Madrid, including La Décima in 2014.^[1]
7. 2016 Led Portugal to their first major tournament title at Euro 2016.^[1]
8. 2018 According to Wikipedia contributors, he signed for Juventus in a Serie A record €100 million transfer.^[1]
9. 2019 Won the UEFA Nations League with Portugal, finishing as top scorer.^[1]
10. 2021 According to Wikipedia contributors, he returned to Manchester United; received a FIFA award for Outstanding Career Achievement.^[1]
11. 2022 Manchester United terminated his contract.^[1]
12. 2023 Joined Al-Nassr.^[1]
13. 2025 Won the UEFA Nations League with Portugal, finishing as top scorer.^[1]
14. 2026 According to Wikipedia contributors, he won the Saudi Pro League with Al-Nassr and became the first player to score in six World Cup tournaments.^[1]