Cristiano Ronaldo becomes first player to score in five World Cups

New Delhi: Cristiano Ronaldo scored a goal in the 65th minute to give his team the lead in the FIFA World Cup 2022 match against Ghana) on Thursday night.

With this goal, he has become the first male footballer to score goals in 5 FIFA World Cups.

Cristiano Ronaldo’s World Cup debut was in 2006. In that World Cup, he scored his first goal against Iran from the penalty spot. After this, his next goal in the World Cup came after four years.

In the 2010 World Cup, Ronaldo scored a goal against North Korea. In the World Cup 2014, he also scored in the match against Ghana. The World Cup 2018 was very great for Ronaldo. In the last World Cup, he scored four goals. In this, he scored a hat-trick against Spain.

The 37-year-old Ronaldo has played a total of 18 matches in 5 World Cups for Portugal so far. In these, 8 goals have now been recorded in his name. Overall, he has scored 118 goals for Portugal in his career. Ronaldo made his debut for Portugal in 2003. He scored the first goal of his career against the Greek team at Euro 2004.