(Scroll sideways to view all columns in the table)Īll the nine hat-tricks have come in FIFA or UEFA tournaments or qualifying games. Ronaldo hit a hat-trick between the 50th and 79th minute while the Swedish star hit two in four minutes in the middle of the outburst. Well have more on FIFA Soccer 06 in the coming weeks and months because football makes the. Ronaldo had scored the only goal in the first leg, and then exchanged goals with Zlatan Ibrahimovic in the second. Goals are precious enough that a frantic, over-the-top celebration here and there would be worth it. His 100th goal came at a stadium in Sweden which was the scene of a memorable Ronaldo display in the second leg of a World Cup qualifying playoff in 2013. He holds the records for most goals scored by an European man in competitive internationals (84) as well as the most goals in an international career (101 in 165 matches) by an European man ever (Ferenc Puskas is second with 84 goals in 85 games). Incredibly for Ronaldo, just 17 of his 100 goals have come in friendly matches, and his nine hat-tricks all came in Fifa or Uefa tournaments or qualifying games. Ronaldo, capped 165 times by Portugal, is second only to Iran’s Ali Daei, on 109, in the list of top men’s international goal scorers. Read: Away fans’ jeering motivates me: Cristiano Ronaldo on playing in empty stadiumsĪfter making his first senior international appearance as an 18-year-old in 2003, Ronaldo notched up his first goal for Portugal in a 2-1 defeat by eventual winners Greece at Euro 2004.
The bonus second goal, and his 101st, came in the 72nd minute, the former Manchester United and Real Madrid player cutting back inside the Swedish defence and producing a deft finish into the far corner from 20 yards.