Cristiano Ronaldo became the first-ever player to score at five World Cups during Portugal’s Group H opener against Ghana at Stadium 974 in Doha, Qatar on Thursday.
He achieved the feat with a strike in the 65′ through penalty against Ghana, taking his overall tally across five editions to eight goals.
He scored his first goal against Iran in 2006 edition through penalty. Then he scored against North Korea in 2010 edition. In 2014, he scored against Ghana. In 2018, he scored three goals against Spain (one through penalty) and one against Morocco.
Lionel Messi, Miroslav Klose, Pele and Uwe Seeler are the players who have scored at four World Cups.
Ronaldo also became the second-oldest goal scorer at World Cup. The oldest player to have scored a goal in a World Cup is Roger Milla of Cameroon who did it against Russia at the age of 42 years during the 1994 edition in the US.
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