Cristiano Ronaldo has spent two decades doing things that should be physically impossible for someone his age. Scoring his first-ever World Cup knockout-stage goal at 41 years old is just the latest entry on a résumé that refuses to end.
The penalty, converted against Croatia in the Round of 32 at the 2026 World Cup, didn’t just extend Portugal’s tournament run. It made Ronaldo the first male player in history to score in six different World Cups, a streak stretching from 2006 to 2026. And in typical Ronaldo fashion, the milestone came with a side effect: Portugal’s $POR fan token on the Chiliz blockchain saw a noticeable spike in trading activity.
The goal that broke records and moved markets
Ronaldo had never scored in a World Cup knockout game before this tournament. Not in 2006, when Portugal reached the semifinals. Not in 2018, when he put on a clinic in the group stage. Never.
That changed in July 2026 on soil shared by the US, Canada, and Mexico, the three co-hosts of this year’s expanded tournament.
