Brazil beat Croatia 2-1, and Cristiano Ronaldo scored the 900th goal of his career.

He is the first player in history to do it. He is 39 years old and has played for Real Madrid and Manchester United.

As he fell to his knees and cried on the pitch in Lisbon after scoring the six-yard tap-in from a Nuno Mendes cross, he was moved.

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Cristiano Ronaldo scored for Portugal to bring up 900 goals in his careerCredit: EPA

He dropped to the floor in an emotional state at achieving the featCredit: Getty

The goal machine was mobbed by Portugal team-mates

It comes after he said last week that he wants to score 1000 goals before he retires.

 

“Soon I will do 900, and after that I will beat 1,000,” he said on his new YouTube account.

 

“I want to complete 1,000 tasks.” For me, this is the most important thing if I’m not hurt. That is what I want.

“In football, it’s the best marker I can have.” One thing will be different: I can show that all of my goals have videos.

Even for the ex-Man Utd, Real and Juve hero, it was a lot to take inCredit: EPA

Ronaldo couldn’t hold back the emotion after his latest landmark

Some people think that Pele scored more goals than anyone else in history. Fifa lists the late Brazil great with 1,281 goals.

 

But the Brazilian who holds the Guinness world record got there by playing in about 550 exhibition and amateur matches.

 

There has been a long-running argument about which numbers are more accurate since he has played 762 official matches.

The first five goals Ronaldo scored in his career came at Sporting Lisbon. He went on to score 118 goals in 292 games for Manchester United.

His nine years at Real Madrid were even better. In 438 games, he scored an amazing 450 goals.

After three seasons at Juventus, where he scored 101 more goals, he went to Old Trafford for a second time and scored 27 more.

 

After signing with Al-Nassr, he went to Saudi Arabia and scored 68 runs in 74 games.

 

He has scored 131 goals in 212 games for Portugal at the international level.

 

Even though he scored an amazing number of goals for his country and helped them win Euro 2016, he got a lot of bad reviews for how he played at this summer’s Euros.

 

Portugal lost to France in the quarterfinals because Ronaldo didn’t score in any of their five games.

 

Real Madrid fullback Diogo Dalot scored Portugal’s first goal in their Nations League game against Croatia on Thursday night. Ronaldo’s goal was their second of the night.

 

Then Dalot scored in the wrong end as well, but Portugal held on to win 2-1.