RIYADH — In Al-Nassr's convincing 5-1 victory over Al-Hazem in the Saudi Professional League on Saturday, Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 850th goal of his career, marking a historic milestone.
Ronaldo, the former star of Real Madrid and Portugal's all-time leading scorer at 38 years old, scored six goals in his last three games to go to the top of the league's goal scoring lists after five rounds.
In addition, he made two significant assists in the game against Al-Hazem.
The Portuguese captain said after the emphatic victory, "Another great team performance; we keep improving. 850 career goals and still counting."
Al-Nassr, the league's runner-up a year ago, had a slow start to the season with two early losses. However, they have already scored 14 goals in their last three games, closing the distance to just four points behind league leaders Al-Hilal going into the international break.
Ronaldo leads Sadio Mané of Senegal and Moroccan forward Abderrazak Hamdallah of Al-Ittihad, the league's defending top scorer from the previous campaign, by one goal in the race for the league scoring title.
