Cristiano Ronaldo’s current senior Portugal appearances and goals are shown in the automatically updated summary below. The Portugal record is stored separately from club football, then included once in the official senior career total used across Ronaldo Records.
Portugal goals by year and match type
The senior table separates competitive internationals from matches classified as friendlies. Youth and Olympic appearances are displayed in their own section and never added to the senior career total.
| Year | Competitive apps | Competitive goals | Friendly apps | Friendly goals | Total apps | Total goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 |
| 2025 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 8 |
| 2024 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 |
| 2023 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 10 |
| 2022 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 |
| 2021 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 13 |
| 2020 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 |
| 2019 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 14 |
| 2018 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 |
| 2017 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 11 |
| 2016 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13 |
| 2015 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| 2014 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 5 |
| 2013 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 |
| 2012 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 5 |
| 2011 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 |
| 2010 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 3 |
| 2009 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| 2008 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 2007 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 |
| 2006 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 6 |
| 2005 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 2 |
| 2004 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 7 |
| 2003 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Youth and Olympic history — excluded from senior career totals
| Team | Year | Scope | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portugal U15 | 2001 | Youth | 9 | 7 |
| Portugal U17 | 2001 | Youth | 3 | 2 |
| Portugal U17 | 2002 | Youth | 4 | 3 |
| Portugal U20 | 2003 | Youth | 5 | 1 |
| Portugal U21 | 2002 | Youth | 1 | 1 |
| Portugal U21 | 2003 | Youth | 9 | 2 |
| Portugal U23 | 2004 | Olympic | 3 | 2 |
For an interactive year selector and a compact visual of the same senior series, visit the complete Portugal statistics page. This is a Portugal-only dataset and is never relabelled as combined club-and-country scoring.
What the international total includes
The senior total includes goals in FIFA World Cup and UEFA European Championship matches, their qualifying competitions, the UEFA Nations League, the FIFA Confederations Cup and senior internationals recorded as friendlies. It excludes youth teams, the under-23 Olympic side and penalty-shootout kicks.
Those distinctions prevent two common errors: mixing junior football into the senior record, and counting a successful shootout kick as a match goal. The declared method follows the match record rather than a broad total assembled from incompatible scopes.
Why Ronaldo’s Portugal record matters
Ronaldo’s international career stretches across multiple tournament cycles and generations of teammates. UEFA’s European Championship record overview documents his tournament landmarks, while FIFA’s report on his record 197th cap provides dated international context. The Portuguese Football Federation player profile is the primary federation reference and keeps senior, Olympic and youth records distinct.
Sources, cutoff and corrections
Ronaldo Records imports the current numerical snapshot from RonaldoStats.app and retains the source’s published cutoff. Wikimedia/MediaWiki records remain attributed where they support Portugal match-history validation. A successful source check is reported separately from a change to the underlying figures.
Read the full sources and methodology, compare Portugal with the club-and-country table, or follow the changing career total on the Road to 1,000 tracker.