🔝 Even Messi takes a bow: Ronaldo makes football history

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·21 February 2026

🔝 Even Messi takes a bow: Ronaldo makes football history

Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo, who is the better footballer? This question has been on the minds of the football world for decades. One thing is certain: both players are among the best footballers the planet has ever seen.

Ronaldo once again impressively proved why that is the case this evening.

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The Portuguese star just scored his 500th goal since turning 30 during the home match against Al-Hazem.

No player in football history had ever achieved that before. By the way, Ronaldo has already scored 116 goals for his current club Al-Nassr; only for Real Madrid (162 goals) has he scored more often. We’ll just leave it at that.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇩🇪 here.

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