 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Ronaldo akaita mutambo wake wekutanga wepamutambo wePortugal muna 2003 aine makore 18 uye kubvira ipapo akawana makwikwi anodarika zana nemakumi manomwe, zvichimuita mutambi wePortugal ane makwikwi akawanda. Ane zvibodzwa zvinopfuura zana padanho repasi rose, ndiyewo mutambi wepamusoro wenyika nguva dzese. Akatamba uye akarova mumakwikwi makuru gumi nerimwe; akarova chibodzwa chake chekutanga chepasi rose kuEuro 2004, kwaakabatsira Portugal kusvika kumagumo. Akatora kaputeni akazara wechikwata chenyika muna Chikunguru 2008. Muna 2015, Ronaldo akatumidzwa zita rekuti mutambi akanakisa wechiPutukezi wenguva dzese nePortuguese Football Federation. Gore rakatevera, akatungamira Portugal kuhwina mukombe wavo wekutanga mumakwikwi makuru kuEuro 2016, uye vakagamuchira Silver Boot semutambi wechipiri wepamusoro-soro mumutambo. Akavatungamirawo kukunda mumutambo wekutanga weEFAFA Nations League muna 2019, uye akazogamuchira Bhutsu yeGoridhe semutambi wepamusoro weEuro 2020. 