Portugal and Al Nassr hero Cristiano Ronaldo achieved another record when he played against the Al-Ittihad in the Saudi Pro League. Ronaldo became the highest goal-scorer in the Saudi Pro League in a single season.
Playing against Al-Itihad Ronaldo struck gold in the first half-time stoppage and then in the 69th minute to hand Al-Nassr an easy victory with a 4-2 margin.
With these two goals Ronaldo scored, he took his goal tally to 35 in the Saudi Pro League breaking a long-standing record set by Moroccan Abderazak Hamadallah when he scored 34 goals in a single season in 2018-19.
I don’t follow the records, the records follow me. 🇸🇦 pic.twitter.com/rqywmmTfZD
— Cristiano Ronaldo (@Cristiano) May 27, 2024
Former Real Madrid and Manchester United legend has taken his goal tally to 50 this season for Al-Nassr. Ronaldo will next be in action for Al-Nassr against Al-Hilal in the King Cup where AL-Hilal is unbeaten at the moment this game is scheduled to take place on Friday.
Ronaldo joined the club in 2022, according to ESPN, the footballer is getting $75m per year making him the highest-paid footballer.
Ronaldo had two stints with Manchester United. His first stint was 6 years long beginning from 2003 till 2009 in this period the Portugal legend scored 84 goals in 196 appearances he won three Premier League Titles and a UEFA Champions League title with them in his first stint.
Ronaldo, the highest goal scorer in Madrid history has also won two La Liga championships and four Champions Leagues titles during his nine-year successful campaign with the side spanning from 2009-2018 In 292 games, he amassed 311 goals for them. His second stint came in 2021-22, scoring 19 goals in 40 games.
Ronaldo stayed three years at Juventus from 2018-21. For Juventus, He scored 81 goals for the side in 98 games. With them, he successfully won two Series A (Top Italian League) titles.