Cristiano Ronaldo reaches 500 goals in club career
On the morning of February 10th, 38-year-old superstar Cristiano Ronaldo scored 4 goals to help Al Nassr beat Al Wehda 4-0 in round 20 of the Saudi Arabia Championship. Ronaldo’s solo performance started at the 21st minute. The Portuguese star cleverly ran to intercept Abdulrahman Ghareeb’s pass and hit a left-footed diagonal shot that beat the goalkeeper of Al Wehda, opening the scoring.
With this goal, Ronaldo reached 500 goals in his career in national championships. Just 19 minutes later, CR7 continued to score a double for Al Nassr. This time it was a decisive right-footed shot. At minute 51, midfielder Waleed Bakshween (Al Wehda) touched the ball with his hand inside the penalty area and the referee awarded a penalty kick to Al Nassr. Ronaldo took responsibility for the penalty kick and successfully scored, increasing the score to 3-0.
This is Ronaldo’s 61st hat-trick in national championships, far ahead of star Lionel Messi, who has 56 hat-tricks in national championships. Ronaldo completed his poker goal at minute 61 and this time he had to make two consecutive shots to beat the opposing goalkeeper.
Thus, Ronaldo has 503 goals in national championships with 5 different clubs. He scored 311 goals in La Liga for Real Madrid, 103 goals in the English Premier League for Manchester United, 81 goals in Serie A while playing for Juventus, 3 goals for Sporting in the Portuguese championship and 5 goals for Al-Nassr in the Saudi Arabia championship.
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