Published 17:29 IST, October 10th 2019
Cristiano Ronaldo: The football superstar's international hat-tricks
Cristiano Ronaldo has scored 93 goals for Portugal so far and has eight hat-tricks to his name. Ler's have a brief look at all the hat-tricks he has scored.
Cristiano Ronaldo has broken every record possible for a Portuguese footballer at the international level. Ronaldo's tally has gone up to 93 when he scored four goals in Portugal's Euro 2020 qualifying match against Lithuania recently. The star winger is only 16 goals behind the all-time highest goal-scorer from Portugal, Ali Daei (109 goals). The Juventus player now has a total of eight hat-tricks to his name for Portugal after he scored one in the Lithuania game. Let's have a brief look at all of his hat-tricks.
Cristiano Ronaldo's hat-tricks
Against: Northern Ireland
Minutes: 3 goals (68', 77', 83')
Final Score: 4–2
Venue: Windsor Park, Belfast
Occasion: 2014 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers
Date: 6 September 2013
Against: Sweden
Minutes: 3 goals (50', 77', 79')
Final Score: 3–2
Venue: Friends Arena, Solna
Occasion: 2014 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers
Date: 19 November 2013
Against: Armenia
Minutes: 3 goals (29' pen., 55', 58')
Final Score: 3–2
Venue: Republican Stadium, Yerevan
Occasion: UEFA Euro 2016 Qualifiers
Date: 13 June 2015
Against: Andorra
Minutes: 4 goals (2', 4', 47', 68')
Final Score: 6–0
Venue: Estádio Municipal de Aveiro, Aveiro
Occasion: 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers
Date: 7 October 2016
Against: Faroe Islands
Minutes: 3 goals (3', 29' pen., 65')
Final Score: 5–1
Venue: Estádio do Bessa, Porto
Occasion: FIFA World Cup qualification
Date: 31 August 2017
Against: Spain
Minutes: 3 goals (4' pen., 44', 88')
Final Score: 3–3
Venue: Fisht Olympic Stadium, Sochi
Occasion: FIFA World Cup group stage
Date: 15 June 2018
Against: Switzerland
Minutes: 3 goals (25', 88', 90')
Final Score: 3–1
Stadium: Estádio do Dragão, Porto
Occasion: UEFA Nations League Finals
Date: 5 June 2019
Against: Lithuania
Minutes: 4 goals (7' pen., 62', 65', 76')
Final Score: 5–1
Stadium: LFF Stadium, Vilnius
Occasion: UEFA Euro 2020 Qualifiers
Date: 10 September 2019
Updated 15:11 IST, October 11th 2019