On Saturday, Al Nassr defeated Al Hazm 2-0, sustaining their place as leaders of the Saudi Professional League 2025-26 with an ideal report. The standout second of the day was Cristiano Ronaldo’s objective, which sealed the victory and likewise allowed him to succeed in an unbelievable milestone.
CR7 grew to become the primary participant within the historical past of soccer to attain 950 official targets over the course of his skilled profession, counting these scored on the membership degree (with Sporting CP, Manchester United, Actual Madrid, Juventus, and Al Nassr) in addition to these for the Portugal nationwide crew on the worldwide degree.
After the match, Ronaldo shared a message on his official social media accounts, each Instagram and X, reflecting on the victory and his private milestone. “Joyful to assist the crew win and to hit 950 targets!” he started, earlier than clearly laying out his future ambitions: “All the time hungry for extra!”
With these 4 phrases, the Portuguese ahead confirmed he’s removed from happy with what he has achieved to date. At 40 years outdated, he nonetheless has the drive to work every day towards the targets he has but to realize in his skilled profession, each individually and collectively.
Cristiano Ronaldo nears 1,000-goal milestone
On a private degree, it has lengthy been clear that Cristiano Ronaldo’s predominant objective is to grow to be the first participant within the historical past of soccer to succeed in 4 digits in official targets. He’s already the highest scorer within the historical past of the game, however a staggering quantity like 1,000 would solely additional cement his legacy.
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In the course of the 2024-25 season, CR7 performed 50 matches — 41 with Al Nassr and 9 with Portugal. Throughout these video games, he scored 43 targets — 35 on the membership degree and eight internationally. These numbers, spectacular for any participant on the earth, and particularly for a 40-year-old, give a sign of how lengthy it’d take him to succeed in 1,000.
Thus far within the present marketing campaign, Ronaldo has performed 8 matches for Al Nassr within the Saudi Professional League and Saudi Tremendous Cup, whereas he has 4 appearances with Portugal. In these 12 matches, Cristiano scored 12 targets. That one-goal-per-game common is even greater than final season’s, suggesting he might attain his objective within the medium time period.
The Ronaldo vs Messi rivalry
For greater than 15 years, Cristiano Ronaldo has continued competing week after week to remain forward of Lionel Messi in profession numbers. Whereas CR7 scored his 950th objective on Saturday with Al Nassr, a number of hours earlier Leo had additionally discovered the web with Inter Miami.
The Argentine ahead scored a brace for the Herons of their 3-1 win in opposition to Nashville SC within the first spherical of the Jap Convention playoffs of Main League Soccer. With that efficiency, Messi reached 891 targets in his skilled profession, together with each membership and Argentina nationwide crew targets. That places him simply 59 behind Ronaldo, regardless of being a 12 months and a half youthful.
