{"id":5003,"date":"2026-06-18T05:04:58","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T05:04:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/?p=5003"},"modified":"2026-06-18T05:04:58","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T05:04:58","slug":"tracking-every-cristiano-ronaldo-goal-at-the-2026-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/?p=5003","title":{"rendered":"Tracking Every Cristiano Ronaldo Goal At The 2026 World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"subnav-title ff-ffc bold fs-23 lh-25 uc pd-b-10\">\n            POPULAR SEARCHES\n          <\/p>\n<p class=\"subnav-title ff-ffc bold fs-23 lh-25 uc pd-b-10\">\n            BROWSE BY\n          <\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>Cristiano Ronaldo has mostly filled his trophy case, but he is still chasing an unprecedented milestone of 1,000 official career goals in competitive football.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>While\u00a0other legends of the game like Pel\u00e9 and Rom\u00e1rio claimed otherwise when adding in friendly matches, Ronaldo seeks to be the first to reach the mark through competitive professional matches.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>His journey began at Sporting CP with five goals, followed by 145 total goals across two stints at Manchester United. His most prolific period occurred at Real Madrid, where he scored 450 goals, before adding 101 at Juventus and 129 for his current club, Al Nassr.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>Combined with a record 143 international goals for Portugal (with eight goals at the World Cup), Ronaldo continues to increase his tally as he approaches this statistical landmark.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>We will be tracking Ronaldo\u2019s progress game-by-game as he marches toward another career milestone.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>Here&#8217;s the latest on Ronaldo:<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>Ronaldo went scoreless in Portugal&#8217;s World Cup opener against DR Congo, finishing the match without a goal or an assist. Despite attempting three shots during the game, he couldn&#8217;t find the back of the net.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>Ronaldo&#8217;s next chance to bounce back comes on June 23, when Portugal takes on Uzbekistan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14><strong><u>Portugal&#8217;s World Cup Schedule<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>Despite his knack for finding the back of the net and having played in six World Cup tournaments, Ronaldo is not among the top goalscorers at soccer&#8217;s biggest tournament. Here are among the players in front of him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>T1. Miroslav Klose (Germany) \u2014 16 goals<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>T1. Lionel Messi (Argentina) \u2014 16 goals<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>3. Ronaldo (Brazil) \u2014 15 goals<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>T4. Gerd M\u00fcller (Germany) \u2014 14 goals<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>T4. Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 (France) \u2014 14 goals<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>5. Just Fontaine (France) \u2014 13 goals<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>6. Pel\u00e9 (Brazil) \u2014 12 goals<\/p>\n<p><span>Ronaldo only scored one goal during the 2022 World Cup.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>Ronaldo had a relatively quiet 2022 World Cup, scoring just once throughout the tournament. That goal came from the penalty spot against Ghana in Portugal\u2019s opening match, making him the first male player in history to score in five different World Cup tournaments.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>Portugal reached the quarterfinals, but at age 37, Ronaldo saw his minutes reduced after losing his starting role to younger teammates. Now, just four years later, time may be catching up with one of the all-time greats as Ronaldo looks to make one final impact on soccer\u2019s biggest stage.<\/p>\n<p><span>Ronaldo scored four goals during the 2018 World Cup.<\/span> <!--&gt;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>Ronaldo delivered a strong performance at the 2018 World Cup in Russia, something fans had not consistently seen from him in nearly a decade. He scored four goals in total, including a historic hat trick against Spain in Portugal\u2019s opening group match. He added another one against Morocco.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>Despite his efforts, Portugal were eliminated in the Round of 16 by Uruguay and failed to advance as far as many had expected in the tournament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>Entering the tournament in Brazil recuperating from an injury, Ronaldo scored one goal in the final group-stage game against Ghana. It was also the only time that Ronaldo would not lead Portugal into the knockout rounds at the World Cup.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>Ronaldo was firmly a global superstar having already made his move from Manchester United to Real Madrid. He entered the 2010 World Cup in South Africa as a Ballon d'Or and a Champions League winner. But he only scored one goal in 7-0 win over North Korea. But Portugal was ousted in the Round of 16 to eventual champion Spain.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>Already considered one of the best prodigies in the game, Ronaldo's first World Cup goal came in a group-stage match against Iran. He converted a penalty in the 80th minute to give Portugal a 2-0 win at the tournament in Germany. It made Ronaldo the youngest Portuguese player to score in a FIFA World Cup match at 21 years and 132 days. Portugal reached the semifinals, only the second time the team had ever reached that stage.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>POPULAR SEARCHES BROWSE BY Cristiano Ronaldo has mostly filled his trophy case, but he is still chasing an unprecedented milestone of 1,000 official career goals in competitive football.\u00a0 While\u00a0other legends of the game like Pel\u00e9 and Rom\u00e1rio claimed otherwise when adding in friendly matches, Ronaldo seeks to be the first to reach the mark through [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":5002,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soccer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5003","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5003"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5003\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}