In the match between Al Nassr vs Al Wehda in round 30 of Saudi Pro League 2023/24, Ronaldo scored a perfect hat-trick. He scored 3 goals with his right foot, header and left foot to help Al Nassr win 6-0.
Notably, with this hat-trick, Ronaldo entered world football history with a series of outstanding achievements. Accordingly, CR7 has had 66 hat-tricks in his career, continuing to firmly hold the number 1 position in the list of people scoring the most hat-tricks in football history.
Ronaldo has scored a total of 890 goals in his career, also number 1 for the best goalscorer in history. Especially when compared with rival Lionel Messi, the Portuguese striker has officially surpassed his opponent by scoring more goals, not counting goals from the penalty spot. Accordingly, Ronaldo has 725 goals excluding penalties while Messi’s number is 723 goals.
In addition, CR7 has also scored 3 hat-tricks in the last 7 matches, and also 3 hat-tricks since turning 39 (last February), an achievement that has never been achieved by a football player. has ever done it in history. In total, he has scored 16 goals and added 1 assist in 16 matches since his 39th birthday.
According to statistics, CR7 has scored 30 hat-tricks before the age of 30. However, since passing the 30-year-old milestone, he has scored 36 hat-tricks.
With the Saudi Arabian National Championship, Cristiano Ronaldo also became the second player in the history of the tournament to score 30+ goals in a season. Currently, Ronaldo continues to lead the Saudi Pro League top scorer race with 32 goals, 9 goals more than his chasing rival Aleksandar Mitrovic (Al Hilal).
Ronaldo is still 3 goals shy of the record for scoring in a single Saudi Pro League season. With 4 matches ahead, if he continues his current top form, the day he breaks the tournament’s long-standing record is certainly not far away.
In total, Ronaldo has 41 goals and 12 assists in 40 matches in all competitions this season for Al Nassr. If calculating achievements at both club and national team levels, this number is 52 goals and 14 assists after 52 matches.
After shining in the match Al Nassr vs Al Wehda, Ronaldo said: I will try to reach the goal of 900 goals this season or next season, it doesn’t matter. I’m happy because the fans are happy and I don’t care about scoring a hat-trick as much as I care about the team. We started the season by winning the Arab Club Cup and we want to end the season by winning the King’s Cup”.
