Ronaldo scores a hat-trick for Al-Nassr and moves closer to the 1,000-goal mark

The 41-year-old Cristiano Ronaldo scored three goals in the second half of the Saudi Arabian championship match against Al-Khlood (5:3) and brought his career tally to 985 goals. He needs 15 more goals to reach the historic mark of 1,000.

Otabek YusupovFirst published on tafs uz 30 October 2026 at 02:082 min read

The key facts

Ronaldo scored a hat-trick in the Al-Nassr — Al-Khlood match (5:3), with all three goals coming in the second half
His career goal tally has reached 985; 15 remain to reach 1,000
Earlier, he overtook Messi in the France Football voting for the 'Golden Ball of All Time'

A hat-trick after two disallowed goals

Al-Nassr's Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo scored a hat-trick in the home match of the Saudi Arabian championship against Al-Khlood. The match ended in a 5:3 victory for his team, and the 41-year-old footballer brought his tally of goals in his professional career to 985 — 15 goals remain to reach the thousand-goal mark. This was reported by Life.ru.

Course of the match

Ronaldo scored all three of his goals in the second half: in the 66th minute he put the hosts ahead after a pass from João Félix, six minutes later he completed a brace with a header, and in the 81st minute he completed his hat-trick, capitalizing on a pass from Sadio Mané. In the first half, the referees disallowed two of his goals for offside. Angelo and Sadio Mané scored one goal each for Al-Nassr; Julien Domingues scored a brace for the visitors, and Antoine Essomba added one goal. João Félix registered four assists.

Context

Earlier, the same outlet reported that Ronaldo overtook Lionel Messi in the voting for the 'Golden Ball of All Time', organized by France Football magazine and timed to the award's 70th anniversary: according to interim results, the Portuguese's 2008 Golden Ball received 75% of the fans' votes, while the Argentine's 2012 award received only 9%.