Ronaldo Portugal National Football Team

Cristiano ronaldo was released from national team duties after a positive test for covid 19.

Ronaldo portugal national football team. He also starred for the domestic clubs manchester united real madrid and juventus. Five time ballon d or winner ronaldo scored twice as portugal defeated sweden 2 0 in the. Cristiano ronaldo is a portuguese professional footballer who has been representing the portugal national football team as a forward since his debut on 23 august 2003 against kazakhstan in a friendly. The portugal national football team portuguese.

Vítor gonçalves captained portugal in their first international on home soil on 17 december 1922 against the same opponent. Ronaldo and portugal will welcome kulusevski s sweden to lisbon for wednesday s league a group 3 clash. It is controlled by the portuguese football federation the governing body for football in portugal. The portuguese international is doing well without symptoms and in isolation.

He led portugal to the 2016 european championship the first major international title in the country s history. The first international captain to win a match was jorge vieira against italy on 18 june 1925. Cristiano ronaldo portuguese football soccer forward who was one of the greatest players of his generation. Cristiano ronaldo dos santos aveiro goih comm european portuguese.

Portugal s first participation in a major tournament finals was at the 1966 world cup which saw a team featuring ballon d or. Born 5 february 1985 is a portuguese professional footballer who plays as a forward for serie a club juventus and captains the portugal national team often considered the best player in the world and widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time ronaldo has won five ballons d or. He would later score his first international goal on 12 june 2004 during a uefa euro 2004 group stage match against greece. Since then he has been the current all time record goalscorer for the.

The national team released a statement which read cristiano ronaldo was released from the squad of the national team after a positive test for covid 19 so he will not face sweden. Cristiano ronaldo covid 19 test returns positive. Cristiano ronaldo testing positive for covid 19 was announced on tuesday by the portugal football association. Seleção portuguesa de futebol has represented portugal in international men s football competition since 1921.

Football statistics of cristiano ronaldo including club and national team history.