Sports

Ronaldo scores 4 to pass 500 league goals

Portuguese star, Cristiano Ronaldo, on Thursday, scored all of Al Nassr’s goals in a 4-0 rout of Al Wehda in the Saudi league, passing the 500 league goal mark in his club career.

Ronaldo now has 503 goals scored for five different teams stretched across five leagues.

The 38-year-old forward hit three for Sporting Lisbon in his fledgling career, 103 for Manchester United over two spells, 311 for Real Madrid, and 81 at Juventus.

The five-time Ballon d’Or winner now has five for Al Nassr who he joined after the World Cup following his bitter divorce from United.

On Thursday, he hit the 500 mark in the 21st minute with a left-footed strike.

READ ALSO: Ronaldo scores first goal for Al Nassr

He made it 2-0 with his right foot just before the interval before his hat-trick arrived from the penalty spot eight minutes into the second half.

It was his 61st career hat-trick.

He added a fourth just after the hour mark when he was first to a rebound.

Ronaldo had opened his account for his new employers last Friday with a stoppage-time penalty in a 2-2 away draw against Al Fateh.

The former Real Madrid forward, who holds the all-time records for Champions League and international goals, is banking more than 400 million euros for his surprise move to Saudi, according to sources close to Al Nassr.

The giant sum includes 200 million euros for promoting Saudi Arabia’s expected joint bid to host the 2030 World Cup.

Ronaldo has become a figurehead for the conservative kingdom’s push to improve its reputation through sports – a process that has drawn accusations of “sportswashing”, or trying to sanitise its human rights record.

The Star

Segun Ojo

Recent Posts

Police dismiss Inspector for N29.8m robbery, demote 3 others

The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has dismissed one Inspector Adabo Mohammed for offences bordering on…

3 hours ago

NCC suspends licence issuance to 3 network operators

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has suspended the issuance of new licences to three network…

3 hours ago

Court convicts cosmetic surgeon over client’s death in Lagos

The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos State has convicted a surgeon, Dr Anuoluwapo Adepoju,…

7 hours ago

Gunmen kidnap one, kill security guard in Oyo

Gunmen have abducted one Alhaja Seliat Raji and killed the security guard at her residence…

8 hours ago

Barcelona to sack Xavi as coach

Barcelona have concluded plans to sack manager Xavi Hernandez just weeks after he made a…

8 hours ago

Osoba to chair Lagos/Ogun multi-sector int’l trade fair

Former Ogun State Governor Olusegun Osoba will chair the opening ceremony of the forthcoming Lagos/Ogun…

8 hours ago

This website uses cookies.