Cristiano Ronaldo
Five-time Ballon d'Or winner, Euro 2016 champion with Portugal, the all-time men's leading goal-scorer.
- Born
- February 5, 1985 (age 41)
- Height
- 1.87 m
- Preferred foot
- Right
- Current club
- Al Nassr
Career goals
979
Assists
291
Appearances
1,337
Team trophies
35
Club career
Senior · official| Club | Years | Apps | Goals | Assists | Trophies |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sporting CP | 2002–2003 | 31 | 5 | 6 | 0 |
| Manchester United (1) | 2003–2009 | 292 | 118 | 70 | 9 |
| Real Madrid | 2009–2018 | 438 | 450 | 131 | 16 |
| Juventus | 2018–2021 | 134 | 101 | 22 | 5 |
| Manchester United (2) | 2021–2022 | 54 | 27 | 6 | 0 |
| Al Nassr | 2023– | 156 | 132 | 19 | 2 |
| Club total | 1105 | 833 | 254 | 32 |
Assists: the club stints above total 254 and the international record 47, which is 301 — 10 more than the 291 published at the top of this page. No governing body publishes a lifetime assist total, and the per-club and career figures come from different compilations that attribute some assists differently. We publish the career figure as the headline and leave the per-club rows as their sources give them rather than forcing them to agree. Treat the career total as indicative.
Appearances: the club stints total 1105 and the caps 233, which is 1338 against the 1337 published above — a difference of 1. The published total is the sourced figure; the difference is 1 appearance we have not yet located in the per-club rows.
International — Portugal
Senior capsTeam honours
- League titles×8
- Domestic cups×6
- Domestic super cups×5
- UEFA Champions League×5
- UEFA Super Cup×3
- FIFA Club World Cup×4
- Other club honours×1
- Copa America / Euros×1
- Finalissima / Nations League×2
Individual awards
- Ballon d'Or×5
- The Best FIFA Men's Player×2
- European Golden Shoe×4
- UEFA Men's Player of the Year×3
- Champions League top scorer×7
Ballon d'Or years
Goals by calendar year
Peak: 69 in 2013Peak seasons
Career highlights2014–15 · Real Madrid
Career-best season for total goals — Pichichi and European Golden Shoe.
2011–12 · Real Madrid
Won La Liga with 100-point Madrid side, scoring 46 league goals.
2013–14 · Real Madrid
La Decima season — set the Champions League single-tournament goal record (17).
2007–08 · Man United
Premier League + first Champions League. First Ballon d'Or.
2019–20 · Juventus
Scored in 11 straight Serie A matches — a Juventus record.
Records held
16 of 38Most career goals in men's football
979 senior career goals and still adding — the all-time men's record on verified senior football.
Most penalty goals in football history
185 successful career penalties, the highest verified total in men's football.
Most headed goals in modern football
150+ career headed goals — more than many strikers' entire totals.
Most Champions League goals
140 UEFA Champions League goals — the all-time leading scorer in the competition's history.
Most Champions League titles (modern era)
Five Champions Leagues — one at Manchester United, four in five years at Real Madrid.
Most goals in a single Champions League season
17 goals in the 2013–14 UCL — a record that still stands.
Only player to win league titles in four different countries
Premier League (Manchester United), La Liga (Real Madrid), Serie A (Juventus), Saudi Pro League (Al Nassr).
Most international goals (men's football)
146 goals for Portugal in 233 caps — the men's international goal-scoring record.
Most international appearances (men's football)
233 senior caps for Portugal — the all-time men's record.
Most goals at men's European Championship finals
14 Euros goals across five tournaments — the all-time record.
Most appearances at men's European Championship finals
30 Euros appearances — the only player to play in five different Euros.
First player to score at six different World Cups
Scored at the 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022 and 2026 World Cups — the only player ever to find the net at six different tournaments.
Most goals in a single Serie A season for Juventus
31 league goals in 2019–20 — first Juventus player to reach 30 in a single league season since the 1960s.
Oldest Champions League goalscorer aged 35+
Scored regularly in the Champions League past age 35 — including a hat-trick at 36.
First male footballer to score 900 senior career goals
Reached the 900-goal milestone on 5 September 2024 — scored for Portugal against Croatia in the Nations League, not for his club.
Oldest player to score a World Cup brace
Aged 41 years and 138 days, scored twice against Uzbekistan at the 2026 World Cup — the oldest player to score two goals in a World Cup match.
His career is broken down club by club from Sporting CP to Al Nassr, year by year from the year-by-year index, and against Messi directly on head to head. How every figure on this page was compiled is set out on methodology.