Cristiano Ronaldo made history on Thursday by becoming the first male player to score in five World Cups.

The 37-year-old netted his 118th goal for Portugal in their opening game at Qatar 2022 after converting a penalty against Ghana in a 3-2 win. 

While it is certainly an astonishing achievement, many are being misinformed of the details of his record.

Ronaldo is being celebrated as the first player in history to achieve the feat, when this simply isn't true.

He may be the only man in the world to set the remarkable milestone of scoring in five World Cups, but two women did it before him.

Who scored in five World Cups before Ronaldo?

At the 2019 Women's World Cup, Brazilian legend Marta became the first player of any gender to score in five tournaments.

Like Ronaldo, her history-making moment came from the penalty spot. 

The 36-year-old netted against Australia during the group stages to carve her name in the record books. Another penalty kick in Brazil's next match against Italy saw Marta become the outright leading goalscorer at both the men's and women's World Cup.

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - AUGUST 06: Marta of Brazil celebrates after scoring Brazil's fourth goal during the Women's Group E first round match between Brazil and Sweden on Day 1 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium on August 6, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Buda Mendes/Getty Images)

As well as her historic record on the world stage, Marta is the only woman to score in five consecutive Olympic Games after her goals at Tokyo 2020. 

She also leads the way as the highest goalscorer for her country with 115 to her name.

For her achievements and influence over the years, she is widely regarded as the greatest female football player of all time.

However, considering the magnitude of Marta's career, she is often criminally overlooked when it comes to reflecting on footballing history. Something she plays an enormous part in.

SAO PAULO, BRAZIL - OCTOBER 22: A general view of a street work of art by Luis Bueno, known as BuenoCaos, that depicts soccer player Pelé hugging soccer player Marta Vieira da Silva as a tribute to the player during his 80th birthday on October 22, 2020 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Bueno recreates his street poster art by referring to a classic photo of Pelé kissing Muhammad Ali during his farewell to the football games. He started making this art 10 years ago and in celebration of Pelé's 80th birthday he has created new versions and displayed them throughout the city of São Paulo. (Photo by Alexandre Schneider/Getty Images)

It is a very similar story for Christine Sinclair.

The Canadian icon closely followed Marta's milestone, also scoring at her fifth World Cup in 2019. 

What else has Christine Sinclair achieved? 

This isn't the only landmark statistic Sinclair often finds herself without credit for either.

As well as the hype around Ronaldo's new World Cup milestone, he has also been incorrectly labelled as the player with the most international goals in history.

In September 2021, the 37-year-old broke Ali Daei's record of 109 goals on the international stage. 

Soccer Football - FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 - Group H - Portugal v Ghana - Stadium 974, Doha, Qatar - November 24, 2022 Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo during the warm up before the match REUTERS/Jennifer Lorenzini

Ronaldo's latest goal in Qatar put him on 118, but Sinclair had already set a new record as the all-time highest international goalscorer a year prior.

With an unrivalled 190 goals for Canada, Sinclair is the single highest international goalscorer in history, regardless of gender. 

The record she broke in 2020 was also held by a woman. Abby Wambach of the USA succeeded compatriot Mia Hamm's international goalscoring record in 2013 and held the record for seven years before Sinclair rewrote history.

VANCOUVER, CANADA - JANUARY 29: Christine Sinclair #12 of Canada signs autographs for fans after the championship game of the 2012 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament against the United States at BC Place on January 29, 2012 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. (Photo by Rich Lam/Getty Images)

There is also a lot of talk over Ronaldo inching closer to becoming the most capped international player of all time, and the first to reach 200 caps. This is also untrue. 

With 192 caps, the Portuguese forward is closing in on Bader Al-Mutawa's tally of 196 senior appearances for Kuwait. 

However, this feat belongs to the now retired Kristine Lilly, who clocked an unrivalled 354 appearances to become the all-time highest capped international player ever.

Sinclair is second in the all-time list with 319 appearances for Canada. However, these two remarkable women are often ignored when it comes to celebrating the world’s most-capped internationals. 

FOXBORO, MA - APRIL 14: Kristine Lilly #13 of the United States celebrates her goal in the second half against Mexico on April 14,2007 at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Massachusetts. The United States defeated Mexico 5-0. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)

In fact, should Ronaldo become the first man to reach 200 senior caps, there will still be 25 women ahead of him as it stands. 

Ronaldo's achievements are unmatched in the men's game, but we must stop adding the term 'of all-time' when talking about them.

Whether certain fans like it or not, there are women who did it first, and they didn’t dedicate their life to the beautiful game to have their history ignored.

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