Here is the full list of trophies, individual awards and records he set along the way.
Trophies
Ronaldo won three major trophies with Portugal: Euro 2016, the 2019 Nations League and the 2025 Nations League. Euro 2016 was Portugal’s first major title.
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Individual awards
He was named in the Team of the Tournament at three European Championships: 2004, 2012 and 2016. He won the top scorer award at Euro 2020 and finished as top scorer at the 2019 Nations League finals, where his hat-trick against Switzerland in the semi-final helped Portugal to the title.
Portugal national team records
Ronaldo retires as Portugal’s most-capped player and all-time leading scorer, with 146 goals in 234 appearances. Both are records in men’s international football.
He broke Ali Daei’s record of 109 international goals on 1 September 2021, scoring twice late on to beat the Republic of Ireland 2-1. In June 2023, he became the first man to win 200 caps and marked the occasion with the winner against Iceland, earning a Guinness World Record. He also scored 10 hat-tricks for Portugal.
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FIFA World Cup records
Ronaldo is the only player to score at six World Cups, from 2006 to 2026. He reached the sixth with two goals in Portugal’s 5-0 win over Uzbekistan in Houston, which also took him past Eusébio as Portugal’s leading World Cup scorer. His first World Cup hat-trick came in a 3-3 draw with Spain in 2018.
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European Championship records
Ronaldo is the European Championship’s all-time top scorer with 14 goals, and its most-capped player with 30 appearances. He was also the first player to appear at six European Championships, from 2004 to 2024.
Nations League
He won the competition twice. In 2025, at the age of 40, he scored the equaliser in the final against Spain in Munich, and Portugal went on to win 5-3 on penalties after a 2-2 draw.
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