The number of goals needed by Cristiano Ronaldo to reach 1,000 goals will be discussed here. Currently, the Portuguese superstar has a record of 859 goals throughout his career.
The 38 year old striker added two more goals to his all-time record when the Portuguese national team beat Bosnia-Herzegovina with a score of 5-0 on Tuesday (17/10/2023).
With a score of 859 goals throughout his professional career, Cristiano Ronaldo is currently the top scorer of all time. However, he is adamant about reaching 1,000 goals before retiring one day after being challenged by FC Porto President Jorge Nuno Pinto.
Cristiano Ronaldo admits that it will not be easy. However, as long as his body allows him, he will try to chase this record before hanging up his boots.
“He [Pinto] challenged me to reach 1,000 goals. It will be quite difficult, but let’s see how my mental state and motivation are. “If, physically, my legs are able to serve me, then I will serve them,” Ronaldo said as quoted by the Daily Mail.
Thus, Cristiano Ronaldo needs 141 more goals to reach a total of 1,000 goals in his career. It certainly took several years to reach that record.
If Cristiano Ronaldo is able to score 40 goals for club and country every year, then it will take him more than three years to reach 141 goals. To break the record of 1,000 goals before retiring, Ronaldo must score around 47 goals every year.
When that time comes, Cristiano Ronaldo will be 41 years old. Of course, it’s not something easy even for a megastar like Cristiano Ronaldo who is at the end of his career.
