Ronaldo breaks Saudi Pro League scoring document

Cristiano Ronaldo broke the document for probably the most objectives in a Saudi Pro League season when he struck for the thirty fourth and thirty fifth time in Al Nassr’s closing sport of the marketing campaign.

“I don’t follow the records, the records follow me,” the 39-year-old Portuguese ahead tweeted afterward.

The former Real Madrid and Manchester United star struck in first-half stoppage again and again within the 69th minute with a header as Al Nassr defeated Al Ittihad 4-2 at residence on Monday.

The earlier document for many objectives in a single season was the 34 scored by the Moroccan Abderrazak Hamdallah in 2018-19.

Al Nassr had been already assured of a second-placed end, coming a distant 14 factors behind champions Al Hilal.

Ronaldo joined Riyadh-based Al Nassr in December 2022, the beginning of an inflow of abroad gamers to the Saudi league on profitable contracts.

Ronaldo, who led Portugal to victory on the 2016 Euros, has been chosen for the squad for this 12 months’s version in Germany subsequent month — his eleventh worldwide match.

He is probably the most capped participant in males’s worldwide soccer with 206 appearances and has scored a document 128 objectives.

AFP

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