when did cristiano ronaldo scored his first goal
Cristiano Ronaldo Ronaldo made his debut in the Premier League in a 4–0 home victory over Bolton Wanderers on 16 August 2003, receiving a standing ovation when he came on as a 60th-minute substitute for Nicky Butt.[34][35][36] His performance earned praise from George Best, who hailed it as "undoubtedly the most exciting debut" he had ever seen.[33] Ronaldo scored his first goal for Manchester United with a free-kick in a 3–0 win over Portsmouth on 1 November.[37] Three other league goals followed in the second half of the campaign,[38][39] the last of which came against Aston Villa on the final day of the season, a match in which he also received his first red card.[40] Ronaldo ended his first season in English football by scoring the opening goal in United's 3–0 victory over Millwall in the FA Cup final, earning his first trophy.[41]
List of international goals scored by Cristiano Ronaldo Ronaldo has participated in nine major tournaments: four UEFA European Championships in 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016, four FIFA World Cups in 2006, 2010, 2014 and 2018, and one FIFA Confederations Cup in 2017, and scored in all of them.[1] Following Portugal's win at UEFA Euro 2016, Ronaldo lifted the trophy as his team's captain,[5] and was also awarded the Silver Boot as the joint second-highest goalscorer of the tournament, with three goals and three assists;[6] he was also named to the team of the tournament for the third time in his career.[7][8][9] He has scored nine goals at the European Championships, seven at the World Cup finals and two at the Confederations Cup.[1] Ronaldo has scored 30 goals in FIFA World Cup qualifiers, and 20 in UEFA Euro qualifiers, hence becoming the first player to score 50 goals in European qualifiers.[10] As of May 2018[update] he is second in the list of all-time top scorers in European qualifiers, behind Poland's Robert Lewandowski.[10] His other 17 goals have come in friendly matches. The opponents against whom he has scored most often are Armenia, Andorra, Latvia and Sweden with five goals.[1] He has scored nine international goals at Lisbon's Estádio da Luz, his most at a single ground.