Cristiano Ronaldo will look to ally with his favorite number, 7, during the three matches he will play on Wednesday with the national team Portugal, as is 7 goals away from reaching the top scorer of the national team, the Iranian Ali Daei, who retired with 109 goals for the Persian team.
Another record that CR7 is looking for and that, if achieved, would mean reaching 777 official goals in his career, because, currently, according to the portal Transfermarkt, Cristiano accumulates a total of 1,054 games and 770 goals in his participations at Sporting, Manchester United, Real Madrid, Juventus from Turin and the selection of Portugal.
With the “tormentors” team, Ronaldo has already scored 102 goals and the Portuguese’s next three commitments could be perfect for dethroning the Iranian, given that the opposing teams are, a priori, easy rivals.
Portugal will face Azerbaijan in Turin on March 24, Serbia will play Belgrade on March 27 and face Luxembourg at home on March 30.
At 36, Cristiano does not want to miss the opportunity to expand his legend with the national team, with whom he made his debut at the age of 18, on August 20, 2003 in a match against the Kazakh team.
And his first goal with “las quinas” was scored on June 12, 2004, during the reduction of the opening match Portugal-Greece in Euro2004. A confrontation that was repeated in the final won by the Greeks in Lisbon.
In an official match for his club, Funchal scored his first goal for Sporting on 14 August 2002, before being signed by Manchester United.
Since then and for 18 consecutive years, Ronaldo has become a benchmark in international football.
2019 was the best year as a scorer for the national team, with 14 goals that included a poker and two hat-tricks.
However, in the last campaign of 2020, marked by covid-19, Portugal played only 6 games, in which Cristiano scored three goals.
For now, the first match is being played “in their stadium”, since Portugal has decided to play the match against Azerbaijan in Turin, despite the fact that they will play it at home.
Iranian fans are sure to watch the next matches in “las quinas”, as the one from Madeira could dethrone the former footballer Ali Daei, aged 51, who played for Bayern Munich at the end of the ’90s.
Ronaldo’s commitment to his country is indisputable, 102 goals in the various qualifying rounds, Euro Cups, World Cups, Confederations Cup, League of Nations or friendly.
The captain, whose main goal will be to put the Portuguese national team on the right track in Qatar, will once again be able to mark an important milestone in the history of football.