Portugal's top scorer ever: 88 goals
With 88 goals, Cristiano Ronaldo is Portugal's top goalscorer ever. Pauleta is next with 47 followed by Eusebio (41), Figo (32), Nuno Gomes (29), Postiga (27) and Rui Costa (26). CR7 is after the record for the most number of international goals scored by any player which is held by the Iranian Ali Daei (109).
Player with most caps (157)
Cristiano Ronaldo, the Portugal captain, also leads by far in this statistic. Figo (127), Moutinho (115), Nani (112), Couto (110) and Pepe (106) are next. The most number of caps for any player is Ahmed Hassan of Egypt (184).
He has scored against 38 different countries
After knocking out Switzerland, Cristiano Ronaldo has now scored in 38 games for Portugal. Since he scored against Greece in the group stage of Euro 2004, a tournament they would later lose to the same opponent, CR7 has left his mark wherever he has played.
He has scored in 11 different competitions
With his goal in the Nations League, Cristiano Ronaldo has now scored in 11 different competitions: seven goals in four World Cups, nine goals in four European Championships, two in Confederations Cups and one in the Olympic Games.
Sixth hat-trick for Portugal
Against Switzerland, Cristiano Ronaldo scored his sixth hat-trick for Portugal. His 53rd in his career. With the 'Seleçao', he has scored three times in the same game against Northern Ireland, Sweden, Armenia, Faroe Islands, Spain and Switzerland.
The only player to have scored in four World Cups and four European Championships
Cristiano Ronaldo can boost out being the first player in histyory to score in four World Cups (2006, 2010, 2014 and 2018) and in four European Championships (2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016). In Euro 2016 in France, Portugal won the tournament.