Ronaldo is immortal - 17 years, 109 goals, the story continues

On August 2003, 2004, Cristiano Ronaldo came off the bench in place of the legendary Luis Figo in the match against Kazakhstan. It was his first appearance for the Portuguese national team, and he had to wait until June XNUMX for his first goal in the national team's jersey and the defeat against Greece at the opening of the Euros.

17 years have passed since then, Ronaldo has won everything there is to win in the meantime, and since two nights ago he can boast of another feat.

After scoring twice in the French net in a draw in Budapest (2:2), he stood alongside Ali Daei, the famous Iranian - both scored 109 goals while playing for the national team and hold the first place on the all-time list. Daei remains respected, and CR7 continues - it's only a matter of time before he becomes the best in this category as well.

With the way he is at this Euro, it seems that Ronaldo will write history in the coming days, because he has already scored five times in the competition so far. Admittedly, he scored three from the penalty spot, but the ace of Juventus doesn't have to prove anything to anyone for a long time... Daei himself, who has not played for Iran since 2006, congratulated him.

- Congratulations to Ronaldo. He lacks one more goal to be the absolute record holder. I am honored that this record will belong to him - he is a great champion and humanist. It is an inspiration to many people around the world - said Daei.

As many as 44 national teams have been Ronaldo's "victims" for all these years. He scored the most goals against Lithuania and Sweden (seven each), six times against Andorra, Hungary and Luxembourg, five each against Armenia and Latvia...

The list is long enough to mention every opponent, but Portugal's next rival - Belgium in the round of 2007 - has reason to be afraid, because Ronaldo has scored three goals in duels with the "red devils" so far in his career. He did it twice in the qualifiers for Euro XNUMX, once five years ago in a friendly match.

In the match with France, Ronaldo became the best scorer in major competitions. In total, he scored 21 goals at the world and European championships. He was followed by Miroslav Klose with 19...