"How can we be so certain? Well, there are few things (if any) in football that can be bracketed as sure, but Ronaldo hitting the back of the net for club and country has proved to be one of the most reliable and predictable outcomes since he scored the first of his 950 goals to date as a 17-year-old for Sporting CP in a 3-0 win against Moreirense in Lisbon on Oct 7, 2002."
"Twenty-three years later, Ronaldo is 39 goals ahead of Lionel Messi as the most prolific men's international scorer with 143 goals -- his most recent additions being both goals in Portugal's 2-1 World Cup qualification victory against Hungary earlier this month -- and few would bet against him reaching another big mark, 150 international goals, during the 2026 FIFA Men's World Cup next summer."
Cristiano Ronaldo has 950 career goals after scoring in Al-Nassr's 2-0 win at Al Hazm. He signed a two-year contract in June that runs through the end of the 2026-27 season. The 40-year-old is scoring at almost a goal per game for Al-Nassr, making a 1,000th career goal highly likely before the end of 2026 according to ESPN's Global Sports Research projection, most likely in late November or early December 2026. Ronaldo has 143 international goals, 39 more than Lionel Messi, and could reach 150 during the 2026 FIFA World Cup next summer.
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