Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo on Monday turned out to be just the 6th player throughout the history of football to Register 700 vocation goals. He accomplished the feat in the side's 1-2 defeat against Ukraine in the Euro 2020 qualifying match.

The five-time Ballon d'Or winner changed over a penalty in the 72nd minute of the match to score his 700th goal. Germany striker Gerd Muller, Hungary legend Ferenc Puskas, Brazil's Pele and Romario, and the Czech Republic's Josef Bican are the other five players to score 700 goals in their vocation.

Argentine Lionel Messi is the only dynamic player who can go past the 700 goals mark. He presently has 672 goals. The 34-year-old Ronaldo had made his international debut at simply the age of 18. He enrolled his first goal in the opening match of Euro 2004.

At the worldwide level, Ronaldo has scored 95 goals for Portugal and he is just second to Iran's Ali Daei as he has 109 goals to his name. In the match among Portugal and Ukraine, Roman Yaremchuk and Andriy Yarmolenko scored the goals for the last mentioned, giving them a 2-1 win over the previous.

Ukraine is currently set at the highest point of Group B in the Euro 2020 qualifying competition with 19 points from seven matches while Portugal is on the second spot with 11 points.