UEFA Nations League: Footballer Ronaldo became emotional after scoring 900th career goal, portugal beat croatia 2-1

Ronaldo, who plays club football in saudi arabia, created history in professional football by scoring a goal on Nuno Mendes' cross in the 34th minute of the match played at Estadio da Luz.

Portugal star footballer Cristiano Ronaldo, who was not shortlisted for the Ballon d'Or, became emotional after scoring a career goal in the match against croatia on Thursday. Ronaldo scored a record 900th career goal, helping his team beat croatia 2-1 in the first match of the UEFA Nations League. Ronaldo scored a brilliant free-kick for his club Al-Nasr in saudi arabia a few days ago and came close to this achievement. On thursday night, the 39-year-old footballer celebrated achieving the milestone as if he had scored the first goal of his career.

Ronaldo, who plays club football in saudi arabia, created history in professional football by scoring a goal on Nuno Mendes' cross in the 34th minute of the match played at Estadio da Luz. This was his 131st goal in Portugal's jersey. Ronaldo looked emotional while celebrating the goal. Half of his 900 goals have come for Real Madrid. Apart from international matches, he has scored the rest of the goals for Sporting Lisbon, Manchester United, Juventus, and his current club Al Nasr.

Ronaldo has also shared his milestone on social media. In this post, he wrote something which makes it seem that he is not going to retire anytime soon. He wrote - I dreamed of this, I have many more dreams. Thank you all! Ronaldo is considered one of the greatest footballers in the world. There is a debate between him and Argentina's Lionel Messi about the best footballer of the present time. Although Messi made this debate easier to some extent by winning the FIFA world cup in 2022, Ronaldo's club career is extremely brilliant. Ronaldo is already the highest goal scorer in professional football and international football. He is followed by Messi in second place, who has scored 838 goals in his professional football career.

Talking about the match, before Ronaldo's goal, Diogo Dalot's goal gave portugal the lead in the beginning. However, Dalot also scored an own goal after this, making the score 1-1. portugal managed to win with Ronaldo's goal. Both teams are in Group A-1 of the Nations League along with Poland and Scotland. Portugal will host scotland in Lisbon on Sunday.