Cristiano Ronaldo broke the all-time international goalscoring record for Portugal.
Ronaldo’s brace against Republic of Ireland took his tally to 111, breaking Ali Daei’s previous long-standing record in the process.
At time of publication, Ronaldo’s Instagram message celebrating this achievement had 7 million likes in under 24 hours with the attached video viewed 18 million times.
Well done Ronaldo
Ronaldo’s feats are a quite staggering achievement and his goalscoring is not done yet.
The former Sporting, Real Madrid and Juventus star is now a Manchester United player and it is a particularly proud moment for him to break the international goal record as a Red Devil.
His achievement was congratulated by new teammate Marcus Rashford, while ex-Brazil star Rivaldo also chimed reached out.
Ronaldo is now expected to head straight to Manchester after he was excused from Portugal’s last two matches of the break, ESPN report.
One is a friendly and Ronaldo is suspended for the second after picking up a booking in the win over Ireland.
Teammate Bruno Fernandes remains with Portugal for their two remaining matches.
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