He start of Roberto Martínez’s stage with Portugal started off on the right foot after a resounding victory over Liechtenstein, the same in which Cristiano Ronaldo was the great protagonist of the match after making a historic appearance with the Lusitanian team and scoring a double.
Cristiano reached the 197 parties with Portugal and became the footballer with the most caps in history.
Las two scores for Cristiano with Portugal they further increased the scoring figures of CR7 with the national team of their countrywith which he already reached 120 goals and is on track to continue increasing that great streak that places him as one of the best players in history.
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However, it should be noted that in his return with Portugal for this first official commitment of 2023 with his national team Cristiano extended his history with the Lusitanian club by scoring for the twentieth consecutive year at international level.
Since 2004, Cristiano has scored in each consecutive year for Portugal, which is a piece of information that perfectly complements the record he reached tonight against a Liechtenstein team that put up little resistance on the pitch.
This is how Cristiano’s annotations with Portugal are distributed in the last 20 years
Throughout the 20 years in which Cristiano Ronaldo has scored year after year with the Portuguese team, he has gone through ups and downs, with 2008 and 2009 being his least scoring years at the national team level with just one note.
On the contrary, in 2013, 2016, 2017, 2019 and 2021 they have been his highest scoring years with an average of over 10 goals per year. Here we show you how each of those years is distributed with Portugal.
2004 – 6 goals
2005 – 2 goals
2006 – 6 goals
2007 – 5 goals
2008 – 1 gol
2009 – 1 gol
2010 – 3 goals
2011 – 7 goals
2012 – 5 goals
2013 – 10 goals
2014 – 5 goals
2015 – 3 goals
2016 – 13 goals
2017 – 11 goals
2018 – 6 goals
2019 – 14 goals
2020 – 0 goals (due to pandemic)
2021 – 13 goals
2022 – 3 goals
2023 – 1 goal (so far)
