Cristiano Ronaldo: Decoding his stats for Al-Nassr
Al-Nassr's Cristiano Ronaldo started the new season with a bang (Photo credit: X/@Cristiano)
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Al-Nassr's Cristiano Ronaldo started the new season with a bang after making an assist and scoring against Al-Taawoun in the semi-finals of the Saudi Super Cup. Victory for Al-Nassr saw them set up a final against Al-Hilal on Saturday, August 17. Ronaldo has lived up to expectations since joining Al-Nassr in 2022 after getting his contract terminated by Manchester United. We decode his stats.
Ronaldo's goal versus Al-Taawoun sees him become the first player to score in 23 consecutive seasons in professional club football. Ronaldo made his debut in 2002 for Sporting Lisbon before playing for Manchester United (two spells), Real Madrid, Juventus and now Al-Nassr.
An assist and a goal versus Al-TaawounRonaldo assisted Ayman Yahya in the eighth minute with the faintest of touches after Sadio Mane made a daunting run from the left flank. Ronaldo scored in the 57th minute thereafter to make it 2-0. Yahya did the hard work on the right wing to find right-back Sultan Al-Ghannam. Ronaldo completed the move with a neat finish to hand his side victory.
65 goals and 16 assists for Al-NassrIn 71 matches for Al-Nassr across competitions, Ronaldo has scored 65 goals in addition to making 16 assists. He scored 14 goals (2 assists) in 19 appearances to finish off the 2022-23 campaign. In the 2023-24 season, he clocked 50 goals in 51 matches. He also made his presence felt with 13 assists. In 2024-25, Ronaldo owns a goal and an assist.
Saudi Pro League: Ronaldo is closing in on 50 goalsRonaldo has made 47 appearances for Al-Nassr in the Saudi Pro League. He owns 49 goals and is one shy of the 50-goal mark. In addition to his 49 goals, he also owns 13 assists.
Ronaldo was the top scorer in Saudi Pro League 2023-24Ronaldo finished with 35 goals in the Saudi Pro League 2023-24 season from 31 matches. He was the league's top scorer with Aleksandar Mitrovic of Al-Hilal following suit (28 goals). In terms of assists, Ronaldo was the third-best (11) after Al-Ahli's Riyad Mahrez (13) and Al-Hilal's Ruben Neves (12). Ronaldo smashed the most number of hat-tricks as well (4).
Six hat-tricks for Al-NassrRonaldo has scored six hat-tricks for Al-Nassr to date. All six of them have come in the Saudi Pro League. Overall, he owns 66 career hat-tricks in senior professional football for club and country. He has 56 club career hat-tricks and 10 for Portugal.
