More than 20 years after their professional debut, Cristiano Ronaldo And Lionel Messi Keep fighting for global supremacy supremacy week after week. Now the Portuguese Forward the Argentinian star is presented in another milestone – one that places him at a striking distance of history in World Cup qualifications.
Ronaldo scored a brace for Portugal against Armenia On MatchDay 1 of Group F in UEFA qualify. It not only helped his team to a comfortable 5-0 win and took the first place in the rankings, but it also increases his personal score.
Cristiano has now gone for Messi in the World Cup qualifications of All-Time Score Chart About all confederations. Leo had signed a level last Thursday at 36 goals, when he also yielded a brace against Venezuela in Buenos Aires.
With 38 goals, CR7 is now only one behind the leader of all time. Carlos Ruiz currently has the record with 39 goals for Guatemala in Concacaf qualifications during the World cup cycles for Korea-Japan 2002, Germany 2006, South Africa 2010, Brazil 2014, And Russia 2018.
Carlos Ruiz from Guatemala owns the scoring record of all time in qualifications of the World Cup.
When could Ronaldo break the Ruiz record?
With Carlos Ruiz, since 2016 has been withdrawn from professional football and Lionel Messi has announced that he will no longer play World Cup qualifications for ArgentinaThe path seems clear to Cristiano Ronaldo to claim the record of all time for himself.
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CR7 could even combine the Ruiz record next week – or even surpass -. On Tuesday, September 9, Portugal will play their second group F match against Hungary In the Puskas Arena in Budapest. Once Ronaldo scores, he will bind Ruiz. With two or more goals he will only be at the top.
And even if things don’t go away on Tuesday, the 40-year-old attacker will get at least four chances this year to take the record. That is the minimum number of competitions that Portugal has left in the World Cup qualifications On the way to the 2026 tournament in the United States, Mexico and Canada.
Ronaldo is approaching 1,000 career goals
With Saturday’s brace against Armenia, Cristiano Ronaldo achieved 942 goals In his professional career. This includes goals that are scored with the Portugal National team and with clubs Sporting CP, Manchester United, Real Madrid, Juventus, And Al Nassr. At the age of 40, CR7 remains the top scorer of all time and continues to close the milestone of 1,000 goals.
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