Cristiano Ronaldo doesn’t do quiet milestones. Six minutes into Portugal’s World Cup match against Uzbekistan on June 23, the 41-year-old buried a goal that did more than give his team a 1-0 lead. It made him the first player in history to score in six different FIFA World Cups.
That’s 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022, and now 2026. Two decades of World Cup goals.
What happened in Houston
The match took place at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas, with Portugal needing a result after a disappointing 1-1 draw against DR Congo in their opening group stage fixture. Ronaldo had gone scoreless in that opener.
His sixth-minute strike against Uzbekistan gave Portugal the early cushion they were looking for and simultaneously rewrote the record books.
