Cristiano Ronaldo became the all-time top scorer in the history of the European Championship with a late penalty in Portugal’s opening Euro 2020 game against Hungary in Budapest on Tuesday.
Ronaldo’s strike, which put the title holders 2-0 up with three minutes left, was his 10th in the European Championship finals, spread across five tournaments going back to 2004.
Ronaldo then added another goal in stoppage time, his 11th Euros strike securing a 3-0 win in the Group F match.
With his two goals, Ronaldo has now overtaken Michel Platini (9) as the top goalscorer in European Championship history and is also the first man to appear at five different Euros and score at every one of them.
Ronaldo is the oldest player (36y, 130d) to score two-plus goals in a European Championship match, taking the record from Andriy Shevchenko (35y, 256d).
This is Ronaldo’s 106th international goal in 176 appearances after a smart passing move in the penalty area.
He is now three goals shy of being the highest goalscorer in international football.
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