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Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo leaves behind Michel Platini as the leading goal scorer in the history of the European Championships. Football star now has 11 goals with his name in 22 matches from all five editions.
Portugal forward reached this milestone during the opening match of his team against Hungary on Tuesday in the ongoing Euro 2020 edition. He scored 2 goals in the match played in Budapest against Hungary.
Cristiano Ronaldo, made his Portugal debut in August 2003, his first Euro goal came in the 2004 edition at home. In his captaincy, Portugal won the tournament in 2016, the last edition where Ronaldo scored three goals.
In the match against Hungary, Cristiano Ronaldo scored two goals in 5 minutes to help Portugal to a 3-0 win over Hungary in their first Euro 2020 match. Raphaël Guerreiro scored the first goal for Portugal in the 84th minute.
⏰ RESULT ⏰
🔥 Cristiano Ronaldo becomes all-time EURO top scorer
🇵🇹 Ronaldo nets twice in Portugal win; Guerreiro also on targetWho did it best? 🤔#EURO2020
— UEFA EURO 2020 (@EURO2020) June 15, 2021
Top five goal-scorers in EUROs
1) Cristiano Ronaldo (POR) – 11 goals
2) Michel Platini (FRA) – 9 goals
3) Alan Shearer (ENG) – 7 goals
4) Antoine Griezmann (FRA) – 6 goals
5) Ruud van Nistelrooy (NED) – 6 goals