Guinness World record has honoured Cristiano Ronaldo as the first man to score 111 international goals.
The Portuguese broke the record when he scored two goals in the last seven minutes of the game on Wednesday, September 1st, 2021, during the FIFA World Cup qualifying game against Ireland.
Ronaldo previously shared the record with Iran’s Ali Daei, who scored 109 goals between 1993 and 2006. Daei was the captain of the Iran national football team and started coaching in 2006. Ronaldo scored his first goal for Portugal in 2004 against Greece. The body posted the appreciation post on its Twitter account on Thursday, September 2nd, 2021.
Congratulations @Cristiano https://t.co/MYMvPPJiqO
— Guinness World Records (@GWR) September 1, 2021
This is not the first time the Manchester United player is having his name on the Guinness World Record. He holds the record for the most Champions League goals (134), as well as the most goals scored by an individual in a Champions League season (17) and most goals scored in the UEFA European Championship, including qualifying matches (23).
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He is also the highest-rated player in FIFA 18, with an overall rate of 99% – 1% ahead of Lionel Messi and Pelé, both runners-up at 98%.Â
A top-scorer, athlete, celebrity and social media sensation, Ronaldo is not new to being a champion even when he’s not taking the pitch.Â
He holds the record for most followers for an athlete on Twitter, as well as most followers on Instagram for an athlete. His Instagram account, @Cristiano, is also the overall most followed account on Instagram, beating Selena Gomez’s 120,135,089 followers in 2017.
As a legend of international football, Ronaldo’s Wikipedia page has had 112,000,000 views, the most viewed Wikipedia page for an athlete (male).Â
Furthermore, as of April 2021, he received the most likes for an athlete on Facebook, with a remarkable number of 124,726,150 thumbs up.Â