Five-time Ballon d’Or winner Cristiano Ronaldo, on Saturday, etched his name ever further into the history books of world football.
This comes on the back of the Portuguese’s endeavours during Al-Nassr’s Saudi Pro League meeting with Al-Hazm.
In the midst of a scintillating stretch of recent form, which had seen them rack up nine goals whilst conceding none across the club’s last two league outings, Al-Nassr marked their return to action a short time ago.
And, when all was said and done, Luis Castro’s troops only continued to roll, notching five goals to Al-Hazm’s one.
The aforementioned Ronaldo, for his part, found the net once, amid a stellar individual display which also saw the veteran Portuguese bag a pair of assists.
With Al-Nassr 3-1 to the good, and cruising, Ronaldo slotted a trademark finish into the top corner, to kill off any feint hopes of an Al-Hazm comeback:
Ghareeb 🤝 Ronaldo 🔥@Cristiano scores his 20th goal since joining the #RoshnSaudiLeague 💪#yallaRSL pic.twitter.com/NRG5wBtG64
— Roshn Saudi League (@SPL_EN) September 2, 2023
As confirmed by statisticians across the globe, tonight’s marked the 850th goal of Ronaldo’s storied career.
The frontman, at the age of 38, in turn became the first player in the history of football to hit such a mark in front of goal:
Real Madrid—450 ⚽
Man Utd— 145 ⚽
Juventus—101 ⚽
Sporting—5 ⚽
Al-Nassr—26 ⚽
Portugal—123 ⚽Cristiano Ronaldo becomes the first player to reach 850 career goals 😤 pic.twitter.com/aYfZZ0Huxh
— B/R Football (@brfootball) September 2, 2023
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