- By Himanshu Badola
- Sat, 14 Sep 2024 09:58 AM (IST)
- Source:JND
Cristiano Ronaldo was honoured with a special jersey by his club Al-Nassr on his historic achievement of 900 career goals ahead of their Saudi Pro League match against Al-Ahli Saudi on Friday, September 13.
The special 'GOAT' jersey had the number 900 on its back, a goal-scoring milestone that Ronaldo achieved during Portugal's Nations League match against Croatia.
Over 900 reasons to celebrate: the GOAT is home 🐐🎉 pic.twitter.com/8nJvAFEb7v
— AlNassr FC (@AlNassrFC_EN) September 13, 2024
Ronaldo had scored the second goal in the match as Portugal won the match 2-1.
"Over 900 reasons to celebrate: the GOAT is home," captioned the post shared by Al-Nassr as a tribute to the five-time Ballon d'Or winner Ronaldo.
Al-Nassr fans also unveiled a gigantic beautiful banner in the stands that carried the message '900 goals' and 'Only heroes achieve glory'.
Ronaldo-led Al-Nassr played out a 1-1 draw against Al-Ahli Saudi FC, thanks to a late own goal from Bassam Mohammed Alhurayji.
The legendary footballer Ronaldo already has set sights on a mammoth record of 1000 career goals. He took the first step towards it with his 901st career goal against Scotland.
He also became the first player in the world to score against 48 different international teams.
Ronaldo has been achieving stellar records off the field as well as he recently became the first person to cross the one-billion mark when it comes to social media followers.
Talking about Ronaldo's goals, the 39-year-old is the all-time top scorer in international football. He has found the back of the net 131 times for Portugal.
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The majority of his career goals came during his memorable stint at Real Madrid where he scored 450 goals followed by 145 for Manchester United.
Having bagged 101 goals for Juventus as well, Ronaldo has 68 goals to his name for Al-Nassr so far. He also scored five times for his childhood club Sporting CP.