Cristiano Ronaldo, the Portuguese great, was named the best player of the month in the Saudi Arabian National League (SPL) after consistently assisting and scoring goals.
Ronaldo, who is 38 years old, is still in excellent scoring form.He scored 8 goals and had 4 assists in 8 matches for Al Nassr in all competitions this season, totaling 12 goals. In his career, Ronaldo has scored 855 goals for clubs such as Sporting Lisbon (5 goals), Manchester United (145 goals), Real Madrid (450 goals), Juventus (101 goals), Al Nassr (31 goals), and Portugal National Team (123 goals).
Ronaldo’s scoring machine hasn’t stopped yet
Ronaldo now has 22 tournament goals in his illustrious career after scoring in the AFC Champions League. Ronaldo’s consistent scoring form has helped Al-Nassr win the last four games. This team has ascended to fourth place in the Saudi Arabia National Championship with 18 points after 8 rounds (6 wins, 2 losses), only two points behind top team Al-Hilal.With this achievement, Ronaldo was named the SPL’s best player in September.
This is the Portuguese star’s second month in a row winning this honor.CR7 has demonstrated that he is still very energetic and useful for Al-Nassr despite his age of 38. Cristiano Ronaldo leads the SPL attackers with 10 goals after eight rounds, four more than the group of six players behind him: Moussa Dembele, Malcom, Sadio Mane, Salem Al-Dawsari, Aleksandar Mitrovic, and Mourad Batna (6 goals). Furthermore, the Portuguese star leads the SPL assist chart with 5 successful passes, followed by Mateus Castro, Abdulrahman Ghareeb, Jordan Henderson, Riyad Mahrez, and Mourad Batna (4 assists).
Not only does the former Manchester United star consistently score goals for the club, but he also demonstrates great flexibility at the age of 38. In the Portuguese national team’s jersey in the EURO 2024 qualifiers, Ronaldo also has 5 goals. Only Romelu Lukaku (8 goals), Rasmus Hojlund, and Scott McTominay (6 goals) are ahead of him. Four victories in September not only earned Ronaldo his second consecutive individual title but Al-Nassr coach Luis Castro was also named best coach of the month. On October 5, Al-Nassr will return home to host Abha in round 9 of the SPL. Cristiano Ronaldo and his teammates will have the opportunity to move to the top of the rankings if they win.