Manchester United and Real Madrid legend Cristiano Ronaldo is the best Portuguese forward of all time with an elephant career both in club and international football.
There are other top forwards in Portuguese football who also enjoyed heroic careers with Portugal national team.
Here, we will take you through the best five Portuguese strikers of all time, in no particular order, are:
Cristiano Ronaldo Cristiano Ronaldo is widely regarded as the greatest Portuguese striker of all time, and he is certainly one of the greatest strikers of all time. He has scored over 800 goals in his professional career in 1,100 appearances. He has won five Ballon d’Or awards and four European Golden Shoes, the highest number by any European player. He has also won five UEFA Champions League titles, seven league titles, and two European Championships.
Eusébio Eusébio was a prolific goalscorer for both club and country. He scored 733 goals in 745 matches for Benfica and the Portugal national team. He won the European Cup in 1962 and the Portuguese league title 11 times. He was also the top scorer in the FIFA World Cup in 1966.
Pauleta Pauleta is the all-time leading goalscorer for the Portugal national team with 47 goals in 88 matches. He also holds the record for the most goals scored in the UEFA Champions League for a Portuguese player with 46 goals. He won the UEFA Champions League once and the French Ligue 1 title three times.
Fernando Gomes Fernando Gomes is one of the greatest Portuguese strikers of the pre-Cristiano Ronaldo era. He scored 404 goals in 527 matches for Porto and the Portugal national team. He won the European Cup twice and the Portuguese league title seven times. He was also the top scorer in the European Championship in 1984.
Nuno Gomes Nuno Gomes is one of the most successful Portuguese strikers of the recent era. He scored 295 goals in 546 matches for Benfica, Fiorentina, Sporting CP, Blackburn Rovers, and the Portugal national team. He won the Portuguese league title five times and the UEFA Europa League once. He was also a key member of the Portugal national team that won the European Championship in 2016.
