Cristiano Ronaldo continues to write the story! Tuesday evening in Budapest, the captain of Portugal scored a goal on penalty during the victory of his family against Hungary (2-3), as part of the Qualifications for the 2026 World Cup.
This goal, the 141st of his international career, enabled him to join the former Guatemalan striker Carlos Ruiz at the head of the ranking of the best scorers in the history of the World Cup qualifiers, with 39 achievements in 48 games.
The calendar for the next few months offers the fivefold Ballon d'Or a great opportunity to seize this record alone. Portugal will face Ireland twice, receive Armenia and find Hungary in October and November. So many opportunities for Cristiano Ronaldo to score a few goals and take alone the head of the ranking.
The dream of a World Cup for Cristiano Ronaldo
With this new online sight of sight, the former Madrid still shows an extraordinary longevity. The Al-Nassr star celebrated his 223rd selection this Tuesday and has 141 goals with her national team on Tuesday.
Already European champion in 2016 and winner of the Nations League in 2019 and 2025, “CR7” won everything with Portugal. Only lack of his immense list of a World Cup, an ultimate objective which he still hopes to reach.
His best performance in the competition remains a semi-final in 2006, lost at the time against France by Zinedine Zidane. Aged 41 years old in 2026, Cristiano Ronaldo will undoubtedly address his last World Cup, with the hope of writing the most page of his career there.
