Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima - Goals in International Matches


The outstanding Brazilian player, who scored 62 international goals in 98 matches, has entered the symbolic but exclusive circle of players with Two Score Goals for his national team. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.
Caps  Goals    Date      Venue           Opponent       Score    Competition
   1   -  -    23- 3-94  Recife          Argentina       2-0
   2   1  1     4- 5-94  Florianópolis   Iceland         3-0
   3   -  1     8- 6-94  San Diego       Honduras        8-2
   4   -  1    23-12-94  Porto Alegre    Yugoslavia      2-0
   5   -  1    17- 5-95  Tel Aviv        Israel          2-1
   6   -  1     4- 6-95  Birmingham      Sweden          1-0     Umbro Cup
   7   -  1     6- 6-95  Liverpool       Japan           3-0     Umbro Cup
   8   1  2    11- 6-95  London          England         3-1     Umbro Cup
   9   -  2     7- 7-95  Rivera          Ecuador         1-0     Copa America
  10   2  4    11-10-95  Salvador        Uruguay         2-0
  11   1  5    28- 8-96  Moskva          Russia          2-2
  12   -  5    31- 8-96  Amsterdam       Netherlands     2-2
  13   3  8    16-10-96  Teresina        Lithuania       3-1 
  14   1  9    18-12-96  Manaus          Bosnia          1-0 
  15   2 11    26- 2-97  Goiânia         Poland          4-2
  16   2 13     2- 4-97  Brasilia        Chile           4-0
  17   - 13    30- 4-97  Miami           Mexico          4-0 
  18   - 13    30- 5-97  Oslo            Norway          2-4 
  19   - 13     3- 6-97  Lyon            France          1-1     Tournoi de France
  20   1 14     8- 6-97  Lyon            Italy           3-3     Tournoi de France
  21   - 14    10- 6-97  Paris           England         1-0     Tournoi de France 
  22   2 16    13- 6-97  Santa Cruz      Costa Rica      5-0     Copa America 
  23   - 16    16- 6-97  Santa Cruz      Mexico          3-2     Copa America 
  24   - 16    19- 6-97  Santa Cruz      Colombia        2-0     Copa America
  25   2 18    22- 6-97  Santa Cruz      Paraguay        2-0     Copa America
  26   - 18    26- 6-97  Santa Cruz      Peru            7-0     Copa America
  27   1 19    29- 6-97  La Paz          Bolivia         3-1     Copa America 
  28   1 20    10- 8-97  Seoul           South Korea     2-1 
  29   - 20    13- 8-97  Osaka           Japan           3-0 
  30   - 20    12-12-97  Riyadh          Saudi Arabia    3-0     Confederations Cup
  31   - 20    14-12-97  Riyadh          Australia       0-0     Confederations Cup
  32   - 20    16-12-97  Riyadh          Mexico          3-2     Confederarions Cup
  33   1 21    19-12-97  Riyadh          Czech Republic  2-0     Confederations Cup
  34   3 24    21-12-97  Riyadh          Australia       6-0     Confederations Cup 
  35   1 25    25- 3-98  Stuttgart       Germany         2-1 
  36   - 25    29- 4-98  Rio de Janeiro  Argentina       0-1 
  37   - 25     3- 6-98  Saint-Ouen      Andorra         3-0 
  38   - 25    10- 6-98  Paris St-Denis  Scotland        2-1     World Cup 
  39   1 26    16- 6-98  Nantes          Morocco         3-0     World Cup
  40   - 26    23- 6-98  Marseille       Norway          1-2     World Cup
  41   2 28    27- 6-98  Paris           Chile           4-1     World Cup 
  42   - 28     3- 7-98  Nantes          Denmark         3-2     World Cup 
  43   1 29     7- 7-98  Marseille       Netherlands     1-1 [1] World Cup 
  44   - 29    12- 7-98  Paris St-Denis  France          0-3     World Cup
  45   1 30    26- 6-99  Curitiba        Latvia          3-0
  46   2 32    30- 6-99  Ciudad del Este Venezuela       7-0     Copa America 
  47   - 32     3- 7-99  Ciudad del Este Mexico          2-1     Copa America
  48   1 33     6- 7-99  Ciudad del Este Chile           1-0     Copa America 
  49   1 34    11- 7-99  Ciudad del Este Argentina       2-1     Copa America
  50   - 34    14- 7-99  Ciudad del Este Mexico          2-0     Copa America
  51   1 35    18- 7-99  Asunción        Uruguay         3-0     Copa America 
  52   - 35     4- 9-99  Buenos Aires    Argentina       0-2 
  53   1 36     7- 9-99  Porto Alegre    Argentina       4-2 
  54   - 36     9-10-99  Amsterdam       Netherlands     2-2 
  55   - 36    27- 3-02  Fortaleza       Yugoslavia      1-0
  56   - 36    17- 4-02  Lisboa          Portugal        1-1
  57   1 37    25- 5-02  Kuala Lumpur    Malaysia        4-0
  58   1 38     3- 6-02  Ulsan           Turkey          2-1     World Cup
  59   1 39     8- 6-02  Seogwipo        China           4-0     World Cup
  60   2 41    13- 6-02  Suwon           Costa Rica      5-2     World Cup 
  61   1 42    17- 6-02  Kobe            Belgium         2-0     World Cup
  62   - 42    21- 6-02  Shizuoka        England         2-1     World Cup
  63   1 43    26- 6-02  Saitama         Turkey          1-0     World Cup
  64   2 45    30- 6-02  Yokohama        Germany         2-0     World Cup
  65   - 45    21- 8-02  Fortaleza       Paraguay        0-1
  66   2 47    20-11-02  Seoul           South Korea     3-2
  67   - 47    12- 2-03  Guangzhou       China           0-0
  68   - 47    29- 3-03  Porto           Portugal        1-2
  69   - 47    30- 4-03  Guadalajara     Mexico          0-0
  70   1 48     6- 9-03  Barranquilla    Colombia        2-1     World Cup Qualifier
  71   - 48    10- 9-03  Manaus          Ecuador         1-0     World Cup Qualifier
  72   - 48    12-10-03  Leicester       Jamaica         1-0
  73   - 48    16-11-03  Lima            Peru            1-1     World Cup Qualifier
  74   2 50    19-11-03  Curitiba        Uruguay         3-3     World Cup Qualifier
  75   - 50    18- 2-04  Dublin          Ireland         0-0
  76   - 50    31- 3-04  Asunción        Paraguay        0-0     World Cup Qualifier
  77   - 50    20- 5-04  Saint-Denis     France          0-0     FIFA Centennial
  78   3 53     2- 6-04  Belo Horizonte  Argentina       3-1     World Cup Qualifier
  79   - 53     6- 6-04  Santiago        Chile           1-1     World Cup Qualifier
  80   - 53    18- 8-04  Port-au-Prince  Haiti           6-0
  81   1 54     5- 9-04  São Paulo       Bolivia         3-1     World Cup Qualifier
  82   - 54     8- 9-04  Berlin          Germany         1-1
  83   2 56     9-10-04  Maracaibo       Venezuela       5-2     World Cup Qualifier
  84   - 56    13-10-04  Maceió          Colombia        0-0     World Cup Qualifier
  85   - 56    17-11-04  Quito           Ecuador         0-1     World Cup Qualifier
  86   - 56    27- 3-05  Goiânia         Peru            1-0     World Cup Qualifier
  87   - 56    30- 3-05  Montevideo      Uruguay         1-1     World Cup Qualifier
  88   - 56    17- 8-05  Split           Croatia         1-1
  89   - 56     4- 9-05  Brasília        Chile           5-0     World Cup Qualifier
  90   1 57    12-10-05  Belém           Venezuela       3-0     World Cup Qualifier
  91   1 58     1- 3-06  Moskva          Russia          1-0
  92   1 59     4- 6-06  Genève          New Zealand     4-0
  93   - 59    13- 6-06  Berlin          Croatia         1-0     World Cup
  94   - 59    18- 6-06  München         Australia       2-0     World Cup
  95   2 61    22- 6-06  Dortmund        Japan           4-1     World Cup
  96   1 62    27- 6-06  Dortmund        Ghana           3-0     World Cup
  97   - 62     1- 7-06  Frankfurt       France          0-1     World Cup
  98   - 62     7- 6-11  São Paulo       Romania         1-0

Note
[1] Brazil won 4-2 on penalties   

Total Record
    GP    GW   GD   GL   GF   GA     Pts  Percentage
    98    69   20    9   222- 71     158      80.61

62 Goals in 98 Matches (0.63 per match) 


Types of             Matches   Goals
Friendlies              39      21
Copa America            13      10  
Confederations Cup       5       4
World Cup               19      15
World Cup Qualifiers    15      10
Other Tournaments        7       2 

Total                   98      62


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