Cristiano Ronaldo was delighted after scoring his 900th professional goal. Ronaldo became the first man to score 900 goals after Portugal’s UEFA Nations League 2-1 win against Croatia in Lisbon on Thursday.
Ronaldo found the back of the net in the 34th minute after Diogo Dalot scored the opening goal in the seventh minute. The talismanic striker scored with a volley from 6 yards off a cross from Nuno Mendes to put Portugal 2-0 up.
“It means a lot,” Ronaldo said. “It was a milestone I wanted to reach for a long time. I knew I would reach this number, because as I continue to play, it would happen naturally.”
In the celebration, Ronaldo raised his hands to his face and dropped to his knees and admitted it was an emotional moment.
“It was emotional because it’s a milestone,” he said. “It seems like any other milestone, but only I know, and the people around me, how hard it is to work every day, to be physically and psychologically fit, to score 900 goals. It’s a unique milestone in my career.”
Recently, Ronaldo stated that he wants to complete the milestone of scoring 1000 goals in his glorious career.
“I want to reach 1,000 goals,” he told his former Man United teammate Rio Ferdinand for his YouTube channel, estimating that the historic mark could come around the age of 41. “If I don’t have any injuries, this for me is the most important [thing], I want that. For me, the best mark that I can have in football is to reach, first, 900 goals. After, my challenge is to be at 1,000 goals.”
“All the goals I have scored, they have video,” he said. “They all have video. Listen, I respect all of them [Pelé and Di Stéfano]. And if you want more goals, I can bring them from training, too. And I will prove to the people after. They prefer this player, or this is the best one. I don’t care about that.”
Ronaldo will look to keep up the good show for Al Nassr and Portugal.
