Cristiano Ronaldo

Portugal · FW · age 41

Cristiano Ronaldo controlling the ball in Portugal's red home shirt.
Photo Ludovic Péron / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0

The last dance

The one trophy that still eludes him

Cristiano Ronaldo arrives at 41 as the most-capped men's international in history and the all-time leading scorer in the international game — 226 appearances and 143 goals for Portugal in the projection, numbers that may never be approached again. He has won the Champions League five times, the European Championship in 2016, and individual honours by the armful.

The World Cup is the one prize that has escaped him. Across five tournaments since 2006 the trophy has stayed just out of reach — a quarter-final here, a last-16 exit there, never the final his career seems to demand. 2026 would be a sixth World Cup, a record in itself.

There is no disguising what this is: the last act of one of the two defining footballers of his era, chasing the only honour missing from an otherwise complete collection. Whatever happens, it is almost certainly the final time the World Cup will see him.

Profilo rosa Coppa del Mondo 2026

Squadra
Portugal
Ruolo
FW
Ruolo in rosa
Titolare previsto
Classifica per ruolo
#1
Presenze in nazionale
226
Gol in nazionale
143
Assist in nazionale
46
0.84(rating del modello, 0-1)
44.4%

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Forma recente

Cooling

2025/26 international form vs the player's multi-season baseline (7.43 vs 7.74).

Major tournament stats

TournamentMPMinGAxGShKPPrgPPrgCTklInt
Euro 20245506013.023552100
World Cup 20225303101.911451500
Euro 20204379514.9153193011
World Cup 20184381402.7224213400
All tournaments181,56910212.571165010011
Event data from StatsBomb open data, covering the World Cup, Euro, Copa América and AFCON finals. Small per-tournament samples — totals shown, not per-90 rates.
▸How to read this table— 11 columns explained
MP
Matches played in the tournament.
Min
Total minutes on the pitch.
G
Goals scored (penalties in normal play included; shootouts excluded).
A
Assists — passes that directly led to a goal.
xG
Expected goals — summed per-shot quality (StatsBomb's model).
Sh
Shots taken.
KP
Key passes — passes that led to a shot.
PrgP
Progressive passes — completed passes moving the ball ≥10m toward goal.
PrgC
Progressive carries — carries advancing ≥5m toward goal.
Tkl
Tackles won.
Int
Interceptions.

Radar scouting per il torneo

Defending

Tackles won / 90
0.06
8
Interceptions / 90
0.06
18
Ball recoveries / 90
1.89
5
Blocks / 90
0.80
18
Clearances / 90
0.46
46
Pressures / 90
7.06
5

Passing & progression

Prog. passes / 90
2.87
60
Key passes / 90
0.92
48
Prog. carries / 90
5.74
37
Pass completion %
80.9%
83

Possession

Carries / 90
22.89
35
Dribbles / 90
1.15
45

Medie per 90 minuti da dati evento dei grandi tornei (StatsBomb), confrontate con 65 forward con almeno 270 minuti nelle stesse finali. Più alto = meglio.

429
Partite in carriera
36,411
Minuti in carriera
411
Gol
101
Assist
123.3
xG

Percentili di carriera

Goals / 90
1.02
99
xG / 90
0.30
80
xAG / 90
0.06
54

rispetto a 189 giocatori nel ruolo FW con almeno 3,000 minuti in carriera nel dataset. Più alto = meglio.

Career — goals & xG by season

GoalsxG
Career goals and xG by season — 15 seasons from 2009-10 to 2022-23, 411 total goals, 123.3 total xG.Career goals and xG by season — 15 seasons from 2009-10 to 2022-23, 411 total goals, 123.3 total xG.012243648101112131415161718192021222223

Stagione per stagione

StagioneClubCampionatoGolAssist
2009-10Real MadridLa Liga292,461267——
2010-11Real MadridLa Liga342,914409——
2011-12Real MadridLa Liga383,3504612——
2012-13Real MadridLa Liga342,7163410——
2013-14Real MadridLa Liga302,534319——
2014-15Real MadridLa Liga353,1004816——
2015-16Real MadridLa Liga363,183359——
2016-17Real MadridLa Liga292,539256——
2017-18Real MadridLa Liga272,28526525.25.0
2018-19JuventusSerie A312,68821822.24.6
2019-20JuventusSerie A332,91731528.66.4
2020-21JuventusSerie A332,80229227.73.8
2021-22JuventusSerie A131000.10.1
2021-22Manchester UtdPremier League302,45618317.93.2
2022-23Manchester UtdPremier League9435101.60.4
Dati FBref fino al 2022-23. Le righe con tag wiki provengono dalle classifiche capocannonieri di Wikipedia e riportano solo i gol.
▸How to read this table— 6 columns explained
MP
Matches played in that season (start or sub counts as one).
Mins
Total minutes on the pitch — better signal for workload than MP alone.
Goals
Goals scored (penalties included).
Assists
Passes that directly led to a goal (FBref attribution).
xG
Expected goals — per-shot quality scored 0–1 by distance / angle / pressure, summed across the season.
xAG
Expected assisted goals — the xG of shots created by this player's passes, summed.
FBref data ends 2022-23; current-season rows tagged wiki come from Wikipedia top-scorer tables and carry only goals.

Rest of the Portugal squad