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03 July, 2024 02:14

How many penalties has Cristiano Ronaldo missed?

Last Monday Portuguese Superstar Cristiano Ronaldo missed an extra-time penalty in the UEFA Euro 2024 Round of 16 match against Slovenia. It is not only missed penalty by Ronaldo in Euro.

Before that, Ronaldo missed one penalty in Euro 2016 at the group stage aganist Austria on 19 June 2016. The match ended with goalless draw.

Cristiano Ronaldo is undoubtedly one of the best players in the history of Football. He holds many personal records such as being the top scorer in the history of Football. But have you ever wondered how many penalties the former Real Madrid striker has missed?

The 39-year-old Portuguese currently has 895 goals scored in his career, the most in the history of Football. Of those goals, 163 have come from penalties and he has also missed 30, the last one against Slovenia being one of the most important.

Let’s take a look through the history of Cristiano Ronaldo and his missed penalties, how many did he miss for his national team and how many for his clubs?

How many penalties has Cristiano Ronaldo missed for Portugal?
In his national team career, the captain missed 8 penalties, the most recent being the one Jan Oblak saved in extra time for the UEFA Euro 2024 round of 16 match.

In total he missed 3 for friendly matches, 2 for European World Cup qualifiers, 2 in a UEFA Euro (2016 and 2024) and 1 for the World Cup in Russia 2018 when Portugal defeated Iran 1-0 in a group stage match.

In his club career, Cristiano Ronaldo has always been the designated penalty kicker when there is one, from his early days at Manchester United to the present day at Al–Nassr.

In total, the Portuguese striker missed 22 penalties for his teams.

In detail, he missed the most penalties with Real Madrid with 13, then with Juventus he missed 5 and finally with Manchester United he only missed 4.

With his current club Al-Nassr, he did not miss any penalties.

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