{"id":210,"date":"2026-08-24T12:33:27","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T12:33:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trendsmill.com\/infantino-tells-ronaldo-23-more-as-portugal-star-chases-1000-goals\/"},"modified":"2026-08-24T12:33:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T12:33:27","slug":"infantino-tells-ronaldo-23-more-as-portugal-star-chases-1000-goals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trendsmill.com\/?p=210","title":{"rendered":"Infantino Tells Ronaldo: \u201823 More\u2019 As Portugal Star Chases 1,000 Goals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"p1 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Gianni Infantino has highlighted Cristiano Ronaldo\u2019s remaining journey to 1,000 career goals, telling the Portugal captain that he has 23 goals left to reach the landmark.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p2 wp-block-paragraph\">The FIFA president made the reference during a brief meeting with Ronaldo at the closing ceremony of the 2026 Esports World Cup in Paris.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p2 wp-block-paragraph\">Infantino asked Ronaldo about his progress before saying, \u201c23 more, right?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p2 wp-block-paragraph\">Ronaldo replied in the affirmative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p2 wp-block-paragraph\">Infantino then wished him luck as the veteran striker continues his pursuit of the milestone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p2 wp-block-paragraph\">Ronaldo\u2019s current tally stands at 977 career goals. He reached that figure after scoring for Al-Nassr in their 4-0 victory over Al-Riyadh on August 21. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p2 wp-block-paragraph\">The latest goal came after Ronaldo returned to action following Portugal\u2019s campaign at the 2026 World Cup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p2 wp-block-paragraph\">At a stage of his career when many players have already retired, Ronaldo continues to produce goals and remain a central figure for both club and country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p2 wp-block-paragraph\">His pursuit of 1,000 goals has consequently become one of football\u2019s most closely watched individual milestones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p2 wp-block-paragraph\">The remaining 23 goals could take time, but Ronaldo\u2019s recent scoring record means the target remains within sight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p3 wp-block-paragraph\">Infantino\u2019s brief exchange also demonstrated the significance attached to the achievement, with the FIFA president personally acknowledging the forward\u2019s progress towards the four-figure mark.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gianni Infantino has highlighted Cristiano Ronaldo\u2019s remaining journey to 1,000 career goals, telling the Portugal captain that he has 23 goals left to reach the landmark. The FIFA president made<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":209,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAow7J_NDA:productID":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[26],"tags":[107,106],"class_list":["post-210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-infantino","tag-ronaldo"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/trendsmill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/img_1136.jpg?fit=1016%2C1354&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trendsmill.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/trendsmill.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/trendsmill.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendsmill.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendsmill.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=210"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/trendsmill.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendsmill.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trendsmill.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendsmill.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendsmill.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}