Current：Home > ContactRonaldo on scoring his 900th career goal: ‘It was emotional’ -Aspire Financial Strategies
Ronaldo on scoring his 900th career goal: ‘It was emotional’
View
Date：2025-04-27 21:18:22
LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 900th career goal in Portugal’s Nations League victory over Croatia on Thursday.
The star forward found the net in the 34th minute at the Stadium of Light in Lisbon.
“It means a lot,” Ronaldo said after Portugal’s 2-1 win. “It was a milestone I wanted to reach for a long time. I knew I would reach this number, because as I continue to play, it would happen naturally.”
In the celebration, Ronaldo raised his hands to his face and dropped to his knees.
“It was emotional because it’s a milestone,” he said. “It seems like any other milestone, but only I know, and the people around me, how hard it is to work every day, to be physically and psychologically fit, to score 900 goals. It’s a unique milestone in my career.”
It was the 131st goal of his international career.
The goal put Portugal up 2-0. Croatia later made it 2-1.
He is the first man to reach the 900-goal milestone in official matches for club and country.
Ronaldo plays club soccer for Al-Nassr in the Saudi Pro League.
___
AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccer
veryGood！ (24)
Related
- Trump suggestion that Egypt, Jordan absorb Palestinians from Gaza draws rejections, confusion
- COVID test kits, treatments and vaccines won't be free to many consumers much longer
- Fire kills nearly all of the animals at Florida wildlife center: They didn't deserve this
- It's nothing personal: On Wall Street, layoffs are a way of life
- Justice Department, Louisville reach deal after probe prompted by Breonna Taylor killing
- Hollywood goes on strike as actors join writers on picket lines, citing existential threat to profession
- Despite billions to get off coal, why is Indonesia still building new coal plants?
- Markets are surging as fears about the economy fade. Why the optimists could be wrong
- New Mexico governor seeks funding to recycle fracking water, expand preschool, treat mental health
- Armie Hammer and Elizabeth Chambers Settle Divorce 3 Years After Breakup
Ranking
- Kylie Jenner Shows Off Sweet Notes From Nieces Dream Kardashian & Chicago West
- Need a new credit card? It can take almost two months to get a replacement
- Shell reports record profits as energy prices soar after Russia's invasion of Ukraine
- Gas stove makers have a pollution solution. They're just not using it
- 'Survivor' 47 finale, part one recap: 2 players were sent home. Who's left in the game?
- A century of fire suppression is worsening wildfires and hurting forests
- EPA to Probe Whether North Carolina’s Permitting of Biogas From Swine Feeding Operations Violates Civil Rights of Nearby Neighborhoods
- Researchers looking for World War I-era minesweepers in Lake Superior find a ship that sank in 1879
Recommendation
Kylie Jenner Shows Off Sweet Notes From Nieces Dream Kardashian & Chicago West
Heading for a Second Term, Fed Chair Jerome Powell Bucks a Global Trend on Climate Change
Microsoft revamps Bing search engine to use artificial intelligence
Man accused of trying to stab flight attendant, open door mid-flight deemed not competent to stand trial, judge rules
-
Kylie Jenner Shows Off Sweet Notes From Nieces Dream Kardashian & Chicago West
Big Reefs in Big Trouble: New Research Tracks a 50 Percent Decline in Living Coral Since the 1950s
Warming Trends: Tuna for Vegans, Battery Technology and Climate Drives a Tree-Killer to Higher Climes
Titanic Submersible Disappearance: “Underwater Noises” Heard Amid Massive Search