Ronaldo evades an Iran defender in the group stage of the 2018 World Cup. On 31 August 2017, Ronaldo scored a hat-trick in a 5–1 win in a 2018 World Cup qualifying match over the Faroe Islands, which saw him overtake Pelé and equal Hussein Saeed as the joint-fifth-highest goalscorer in international football with 78 goals.In addition to the finals tournament, Ronaldo also leads the way in qualifying too, having scored a record 41 goals in European Championship qualifiers, as well as a record 36 goals in European World Cup qualifying matches. Cristiano Ronaldo has also now scored the most goals in the history of the international football, with a staggering 128
Goals: 197 Assists: 84. Minutes per goal: 125.4 Minutes per goal or assist: 87.9. Hat-tricks: 10 Penalties: 19/24. League Goals: 119 Champions League Goals: 37 International Goals: 17. Trophies. Club: La Liga x 5, Champions League x 3, Copa del Rey x 1, Supercopa de Espana x 3, UEFA Super Cup x 1. Youth: FIFA Under-20 World Champions x 1
The only other players to score in as many as four World Cup tournaments are compatriot Uwe Seeler, Cristiano Ronaldo and Pelé. Klose made his World Cup debut in the 2002 tournament in Japan and South Korea and got off to the best start possible, scoring a hat-trick in Germany’s emphatic 8-0 win over Saudi Arabia in the Sapporo Dome.D76fx.