Ronaldo pulls ahead of Messi in 1,000-goal race, breaks record | OneFootball

Cristiano Ronaldo keeps breaking the nets and is getting closer and closer to reaching the great and historic record of 1,000 goals since he debuted as a professional footballer. The 40-year-old Portuguese striker scored against Damac in matchday 17 of the Saudi Pro League, pulling well ahead of Lionel Messi.

Since both footballers have been at the top of world football, they have competed neck and neck for both team and individual titles. And after reaching his 960th career goal, the Madeira native achieved another historic milestone that puts him among the greatest names in the sport.

With the goal he scored against Damac, playing away, the “Bicho” reached 116 goals with Al Nassr, thus surpassing Moroccan Abderrazak Hamdallah, who, with a total of 115 goals, was the top foreign scorer in the history of the Saudi club.

In this way, the former Sporting Lisbon, Manchester United, Real Madrid, and Juventus player is now 40 goals away from reaching the 1,000-goal mark—a feat that no other footballer has achieved since the sport began to be played around the world.

On the other hand, the Argentine star who dazzled everyone at Barcelona, but also at Paris Saint-Germain, Inter Miami, and with the Argentina national team, has 896 goals and is 63 goals behind his eternal football rival.

It is worth noting that the season has not yet started for the captain of the Argentine national team, who is 104 goals away from one of the milestones that, for now, he has not achieved in his career that began 22 years ago.

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