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UEFA Euro 2024 Qualifiers: 38-year-old Cristiano Ronaldo keeps on breaking records

38-year-old Cristiano Ronaldo is now the top scorer in 2023 with 40 goals in 43 appearances.

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Koushik Biswas
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UEFA Euro 2024 Qualifiers: 38-year-old Cristiano Ronaldo keeps on breaking records

Cristiano Ronaldo after scoring his brace against Bosnia and Herzegovina in Zenica Image: Cristiano Ronaldo on X

Cristiano Ronaldo at 38 is still breaking records for fun. The Portuguese legend scored a brace and assist once as Portugal defeated Bosnia and Herzegovina by 5-0 at Stadion Bilino Polje in Zenica.

Cristiano Ronaldo scored from the penalty spot against Bosnia and Herzegovina.  Image: Ronaldo on X
Cristiano Ronaldo scored from the penalty spot against Bosnia and Herzegovina. Image: Ronaldo on X

It was Cristiano Ronaldo's penalty that put Portugal in font after just five minutes and soon he had his second goal with Bruno Fernandes, Joao Cancelo being on target after that. Later it was Joao Felix, who scored the fifth goal for Portugal before the first half.

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Ronaldo's double was his 23rd brace of his international career. He now has 127 international goals and miles ahead of his competitors on the list of most international goals.

The Al-Nassr striker now has scored his 40th goal of 2023 and is topping the chart of most goals in 2023. Erling Haaland with 39 goals and Kylian Mbappé with 35 goals are just behind him on the list.

Cristiano Ronaldo in 2023 so far

Matches: 43

Goals: 40

Assists: 8

Goals/Minutes: 94

Goals/Contribution: 78

With this win, Portugal retained their unbeaten status as they own their eighth game of UEFA Euro 2024 qualifiers.

UEFA EURO 2024 Qualifiers: Scores Round Up

Azerbaijan 0-1 Austria

Gibraltar 0-4 Republic of Ireland

Greece 0-1 Netherlands

Bosnia and Herzegovina 0-5 Portugal

Iceland 4-0 Liechtenstein

Luxembourg 0-1 Slovakia

Belgium vs Sweden: Abandoned for security reasons

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