Ronaldo's goal was his 95th for Portugal
Cristiano Ronaldo reached a career landmark on Monday by scoring his 700th career goal in Portugal's Euro 2020 qualifier at Ukraine.
The 34-year-old struck in the second half when Portugal were trailing 2-0.
His 700 goals so far have come from 973 matches - and he has scored at least once in 458 of those.
His goal in the 2-1 loss to Ukraine was also his 95th for Portugal, leaving only Iranian Ali Daei in front in the international charts on 109 goals.
Joining the greats
Gerd Muller, Ferenc Puskas, Pele, Romario, Josef Bican are the only players to have scored more than Ronaldo
Ronaldo's goal means he joins an elite group of players to have hit at least 700 goals in their career.
According to data from Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation, Juventus forward Ronaldo is still some way behind the most prolific player of all time, with Czech-Austrian Josef Bican scoring 805 career goals.
Next on the list is Brazil legend Romario, who bagged 772, while his compatriot Pele is third on 767.
Hungary legend Ferenc Puskas hit 746 goals, while former Germany striker Gerd Muller rounds out the top five with 735 goals.
Players with 700+ career goals
Player Nationality Major clubs Goals Years scored between
Joef Biscan Czech-Austrian Rapid Vienna, Slavia Prague 805 1931-1955
Romario Brazilian Vasco da Gama, PSV, Barcelona, 772 1985-2007
Pele Brazilian Santos, New York Cosmos 767 1957-1977
Ferenc Puskas Hungarian Budapest Honvéd, Real Madrid 746 1943-1966
Gerd Muller German Bayern Munich 735 1962-1981
Cristiano Ronaldo Portuguese Sporting CP, Man Utd, Real Madrid, Juventus 700 2002-present
A career packed with goals
Real Madrid were the biggest beneficiary of Ronaldo's goals.
He scored 450 times for the Spanish giants, with 118 of his 700 goals coming during the early part of his career at Manchester United from 2003 to 2009.
His 95 goals for Portugal is more than double the tally of any other player to have featured for the national team. Pauleta has the second most with 47.
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Ronaldo's favourite opponents
Sweden are one of four teams Ronaldo has scored the most against at international level with five goals
Andorra, Armenia, Latvia and Sweden are the countries to have suffered the most at the hands of Ronaldo, who has scored five goals against each of them.
He has four apiece versus Estonia, Faroe Islands, Hungary, Lithuania, Luxembourg and the Netherlands but has never scored against France, Germany, Italy or England.
At club level, Sevilla (27), Atletico Madrid (25), Getafe (23), Celta Vigo (20) and Barcelona (18) are the teams Ronaldo has scored the most against.
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A landmark reached, what next?
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Watch seven great Premier League strikes by Cristiano Ronaldo as he reaches 700 career goals
Ronaldo is no stranger to breaking records. You name it, he has probably broken it.
Most Champions League goals, most goals in a Champions League season, most goals for Real Madrid, most appearances in European Championships, most Portugal caps, to name but a few.
The list is almost endless. So what is left for him to achieve?
There is still his ongoing tussle with Barcelona's Lionel Messi to be statistically the outright best player in Europe.
Ronaldo's goal against Bayer Leverkusen in the Champions League at the start of the month took him up to 605 club goals, two above Messi's 603.
The pair are the joint all-time top goalscorers in Europe's top five leagues on 419. Ronaldo has 422 league goals, but his three in Portugal for Sporting Lisbon do not count as one of the top leagues.
Ronaldo still needs four Champions League final goals to overhaul Puskas' and Alfredo di Stefano's record of seven, while he needs to score in the competition again next season to match Ryan Giggs' record of netting in 16 consecutive seasons.
Still plenty for him to aim for then...
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Line-ups
Match Stats
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Line-ups
Ukraine
12Pyatov
21Karavaev
4Krivtsov
22Matvyenko
16MykolenkoSubstituted forPlastunat 90+4'minutes
8Malinovskiy
6StepanenkoBooked at 72mins
17ZinchenkoBooked at 90mins
7YarmolenkoBooked at 47mins
11MarlosSubstituted forKonoplyankaat 63'minutes
9YaremchukSubstituted forKovalenkoat 73'minutesBooked at 90mins
Substitutes
1Pankiv
2Sobol
3Plastun
5Sydorchuk
10Konoplyanka
13Shakhov
14Buyalskiy
15Tsygankov
18Júnior Moraes
19Bolbat
20Kovalenko
23Lunin
Portugal
1Rui Patrício
2Nélson Semedo
3PepeBooked at 26mins
4Rúben DiasBooked at 63mins
5Guerreiro
13Danilo
20Bernardo Silva
8João MoutinhoSubstituted forBruno Fernandesat 56'minutes
10João MárioSubstituted forTué Na Bangnaat 68'minutes
17Gonçalo GuedesSubstituted forSequeiraat 45'minutes
7Cristiano Ronaldo
Substitutes
6José Fonte
9André Silva
11Tué Na Bangna
12Malheiro de Sá
14Ricardo Pereira
15André Gomes
16Bruno Fernandes
18Neves
19Mário Rui
21Afonso Fernandes
22Beto
23Sequeira
Referee:
Anthony Taylor
Match Stats
Home TeamUkraineAway TeamPortugal
Possession
Home41%
Away59%
Shots
Home5
Away24
Shots on Target
Home4
Away10
Corners
Home1
Away9
Fouls
Home12
Away11
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Match ends, Ukraine 2, Portugal 1.
Full TimePosted at 90'+5'
Second Half ends, Ukraine 2, Portugal 1.
BookingPosted at 90'+5'
Viktor Kovalenko (Ukraine) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Posted at 90'+5'
Bernardo Silva (Portugal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Posted at 90'+5'
Foul by Viktor Kovalenko (Ukraine).
SubstitutionPosted at 90'+4'
Substitution, Ukraine. Igor Plastun replaces Vitalii Mykolenko because of an injury.
BookingPosted at 90'+4'
Oleksandr Zinchenko (Ukraine) is shown the yellow card.
Posted at 90'+3'
Foul by Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal).
Posted at 90'+3'
Vitalii Mykolenko (Ukraine) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Posted at 90'+3'
Danilo Pereira (Portugal) hits the bar with a right footed shot from outside the box. Assisted by Bruma.
Posted at 90'+2'
Attempt saved. Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Raphael Guerreiro.
Posted at 90'+1'
Hand ball by Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal).
Posted at 88'
Attempt saved. Bruno Fernandes (Portugal) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Bruma.
Posted at 83'
Offside, Ukraine. Viktor Kovalenko tries a through ball, but Andriy Yarmolenko is caught offside.
Posted at 83'
Attempt blocked. Bruma (Portugal) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Raphael Guerreiro.
Posted at 82'
Foul by Nélson Semedo (Portugal).
Posted at 82'
Yevhen Konoplyanka (Ukraine) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Posted at 81'
Foul by Nélson Semedo (Portugal).
Posted at 81'
Yevhen Konoplyanka (Ukraine) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Posted at 75'
Attempt saved. Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Bruno Fernandes.
Posted at 75'
Danilo Pereira (Portugal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Posted at 75'
Foul by Andriy Yarmolenko (Ukraine).
Posted at 75'
Attempt missed. Pepe (Portugal) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Bruno Fernandes with a cross following a corner.
Posted at 74'
Corner, Portugal. Conceded by Andriy Pyatov.
Posted at 74'
Attempt saved. Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Bruno Fernandes.
SubstitutionPosted at 73'
Substitution, Ukraine. Viktor Kovalenko replaces Roman Yaremchuk.
Goal!Posted at 72'
Goal! Ukraine 2, Portugal 1. Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top right corner.
DismissalPosted at 72'
Second yellow card to Taras Stepanenko (Ukraine) for hand ball.
Posted at 71'
Penalty conceded by Taras Stepanenko (Ukraine) with a hand ball in the penalty area.
Posted at 71'
Attempt blocked. Bruma (Portugal) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Bernardo Silva.
SubstitutionPosted at 68'
Substitution, Portugal. Bruma replaces João Mário.
Posted at 66'
Attempt missed. Bruno Fernandes (Portugal) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Bernardo Silva with a cross.
Posted at 65'
Foul by Danilo Pereira (Portugal).
Posted at 65'
Ruslan Malinovskiy (Ukraine) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
BookingPosted at 63'
Rúben Dias (Portugal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Posted at 63'
Foul by Rúben Dias (Portugal).
Posted at 63'
Andriy Yarmolenko (Ukraine) wins a free kick on the right wing.
SubstitutionPosted at 63'
Substitution, Ukraine. Yevhen Konoplyanka replaces Marlos Bonfim.
Posted at 60'
Foul by Nélson Semedo (Portugal).
Posted at 60'
Vitalii Mykolenko (Ukraine) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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