Cristiano Ronaldo just did something no footballer has ever done. On June 23, 2026, he scored in his sixth different World Cup, a feat that seemed improbable even for a player who has made a career out of rewriting record books.
The goal came in the sixth minute of Portugal’s 5-0 demolition of Uzbekistan in Houston, connecting with a cross from João Cancelo to open the scoring. Ronaldo, now 41 years old, earned Man of the Match honors and pushed his career World Cup tally to 10 goals across 24 appearances and 1,945 minutes of play.
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A record that spans two decades of World Cups
Ronaldo has now scored in the 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022, and 2026 World Cups. That’s a 20-year span.
