Cristiano Ronaldo will try to unite with his favorite number, 7, during the three games he plays with the national team of Portugal, like 7 goals away from reaching the top scorer of the national team, Iranian Ali Daei, who stopped 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, since, currently, according to the portal Transfer market, Cristiano collects a total of 1,054 matches and 770 goals in his participation in Sporting, Manchester United, Real Madrid, Juventus of Turin and the selection of Portugal
With the team of “the quinas”, Ronaldo has already scored 102 goals and the next three commitments from the Portuguese could be perfect to dethrone the Iranian, bearing in mind that the opponents are easy rivals a priori.
Portugal will play against Azerbaijan on March 24 in Turin, on March 27 it will play against Serbia in Belgrade and on March 30 it will play at home against Luxembourg.
At the age of 36, Cristiano does not want to miss the opportunity to expand his legend with the national team, with which he made his debut at the age of 18, on August 20, 2003 in a game against the Kazakh team.
And his first goal with “las quinas” was scored on June 12, 2004, during the Euro2004 opening match between Portugal and Greece. A confrontation that was repeated in the final that the Hellenes won in Lisbon.
In an official match for his club, the Funchal club scored its first goal for Sporting on August 14, 2002, before being signed by Manchester United.
Since then and for 18 consecutive years, Ronaldo has become a benchmark scorer in international football.
2019 was the best year as a goalscorer for the national team, with 14 goals, including one poker and two hat-tricks.
However, in the last campaign of 2020, marked by covid-19, Portugal only played 6 games, in which Cristiano scored three goals.
For now, the first date will be played “in their stadium” as Portugal decided to play the match against Azerbaijan in Turin, despite the fact that they will play it at home.
Iranian fans will certainly keep an eye on the next games of “las quinas” as Madeira’s could dethrone 51-year-old ex-footballer Ali Daei, who played for Bayern Munich in the late 1990s.
Ronaldo’s dedication to his country is indisputable, 102 goals in the various qualifying stages, Euro Cups, World Cups, Confederations Cup, Nations League or friendly matches.
The captain, whose main goal is to get the Portuguese national team on track in Qatar, will be able to mark yet another milestone in football history.