Cristiano Ronaldo is 39 years old, but even then he continues to break records. He has set the record for most goals scored in a season in the Saudi Pro League. He achieved this feat by scoring two goals in the last league match.
Legendary footballer Cristiano Ronaldo has ended the Saudi Pro League football season with the record for most goals. Ronaldo scored two goals for the winning team during Al Nassr’s 4-2 win over Al Ittihad. With this, his number of goals in the league reached 35. Portugal’s Ronaldo has broken the record of Abderrazak Hamdallah. Hamdallah scored 34 goals in the league held in 2019.
Cristiano Ronaldo, who has been the top scorer in four leagues
is the highest goal scorer in the Saudi Pro League this season. This is not the first time Ronaldo has scored the most goals in a league season. This is the fourth league in which he has scored the most goals in a season. Ronaldo has scored the most goals in a season thrice in La Liga in Spain. He has also scored the most goals in a season in England’s Premier League and Italy’s Serie A.
Ronaldo’s team remained second
Al Nassr’s team remained second in the league with 82 points. The team remained 14 points behind local contender Al Hilal, which won the championship with more than two weeks to go and ended the season on Monday unbeaten in the 34-round league. The team defeated Al Wehda 2-1 in its last league match. Al Hilal’s team was able to easily dominate the opposing teams even in the absence of Neymar. Neymar joined this team in August last year after leaving Paris Saint-Germain but was ruled out for the entire season due to an ACL injury in October.