Cristiano Ronaldo has added another extraordinary record to his legendary career. The 41-year-old scored in Al Nassr’s 4-0 win over Al Riyadh to become the first player to find the net in 25 consecutive league seasons, while also reaching 977 career goals.
Cristiano Ronaldo has done it again.
At 41 years old, the Al Nassr superstar has added another extraordinary milestone to a career already filled with records.
Ronaldo came off the bench and scored in Al Nassr’s 4-0 Saudi Pro League victory over Al Riyadh on Friday.
It was much more than another goal.
The strike made Ronaldo the first player to score in 25 consecutive league seasons.
His scoring run stretches all the way back to the 2002/03 campaign with Sporting CP.
Twenty-five seasons later, he is still finding the net.
Ronaldo makes history with 25-season scoring streak
Sky Sports confirmed that Ronaldo has become the first professional footballer to score in 25 consecutive league seasons.
The incredible sequence began when the Portuguese forward broke into Sporting CP’s first team in 2002.
Since then, Ronaldo has scored league goals for Sporting, Manchester United, Real Madrid, Juventus, Manchester United again and Al Nassr.
Not a single league season in that remarkable 25-year run has passed without a Ronaldo goal.
It is another demonstration of the longevity that has become one of the defining features of his career.
Ronaldo only needed 20 minutes
Ronaldo did not even start against Al Riyadh.
The 41-year-old began the match on the bench before entering in the 63rd minute.
Al Nassr were already in control after goals from Abdulelah Al-Amri, Angelo and João Félix.
Ronaldo then added the final goal in the 83rd minute.
He needed only around 20 minutes on the pitch to open his account for the 2026/27 Saudi Pro League season.
One appearance. One goal. Another record.
Al Nassr cruise to a 4-0 victory
Ronaldo’s milestone came during another dominant performance from Al Nassr.
Abdulelah Al-Amri opened the scoring in the 18th minute before Angelo doubled the advantage shortly before half-time.
João Félix made it 3-0 in the 58th minute.
Five minutes later, Ronaldo entered the match.
The Portuguese captain completed the scoring with seven minutes remaining as Al Nassr secured a convincing 4-0 victory.
The result continued the club’s strong opening to the new Saudi Pro League campaign.
Ronaldo also equals an Al Nassr scoring record
The historic night produced another major milestone.
According to the Saudi Pro League, Ronaldo has now scored 103 league goals for Al Nassr.
That takes him level with Mohammed Al-Sahlawi for the most Saudi Pro League goals scored for the club.
But there is a remarkable difference between the two records.
Al-Sahlawi required 205 league appearances to reach 103 goals.
Ronaldo has reached the same total in only 107 matches.
One more league goal would move him clear at the top of Al Nassr’s scoring charts in the professional Saudi league era.
Another record could fall with his next goal
That means Ronaldo could make more history almost immediately.
His next Saudi Pro League goal would take him to 104 for Al Nassr.
That would move him ahead of Al-Sahlawi and make Ronaldo the club’s outright record scorer in the competition.
Considering the speed at which he reached 103, another milestone may not be far away.
Ronaldo moves to 977 career goals
The goal against Al Riyadh also moved Ronaldo another step closer to the most extraordinary target of his career.
His widely tracked career total now stands at 977 goals for club and country.
That leaves him only:
23 GOALS AWAY FROM 1,000.
No player in the modern era has approached the milestone with a career quite like Ronaldo’s.
And despite being 41, he remains an active goalscorer at club and international level.
The race to 1,000 is becoming very real
For years, Ronaldo’s pursuit of 1,000 goals appeared to be an almost impossible final challenge.
Now the target is clearly within sight.
He entered the new season on 976 career goals.
His first goal of the campaign immediately reduced the gap to 23.
If Ronaldo maintains anything close to his recent scoring rate, the landmark could arrive during what may be the final season of his career.
Every goal now carries extra significance.
He is doing this at 41 years old
The most extraordinary aspect of Ronaldo’s latest record may simply be his age.
He is 41.
Most elite forwards have been retired for years by that stage.
Ronaldo is still playing professionally.
Still scoring.
Still breaking records.
And still chasing one of the biggest numerical milestones football has ever seen.
His career has now stretched across more than two decades of enormous changes in the sport.
From Sporting teenager to Al Nassr legend
The 25-season streak tells the story of Ronaldo’s career almost by itself.
It began with a teenage winger at Sporting CP.
Then came Manchester United, where Ronaldo developed into a global superstar.
At Real Madrid, he became one of the most prolific goalscorers football has ever seen.
Juventus followed.
Then came a second spell at Manchester United.
And finally Saudi Arabia with Al Nassr.
Different clubs. Different countries. Different leagues. The goals never stopped.
Ronaldo reportedly surpasses Zlatan’s longevity mark
The new milestone also puts Ronaldo beyond another legendary striker when it comes to consecutive scoring seasons.
Zlatan Ibrahimović had previously been credited with scoring across 24 consecutive league campaigns.
Ronaldo has now extended his own run to 25.
Both players became symbols of extraordinary longevity, competing at elite level well beyond the age most forwards begin to decline.
Ronaldo has now taken the streak one season further.
His final season could become one of his most historic
The timing makes the record even more significant.
Ronaldo recently suggested that the 2026/27 campaign could potentially be his final year in professional football.
If that proves true, his farewell season has already started with history.
He has extended his scoring streak to 25 league seasons.
He has drawn level with Al Nassr’s Saudi Pro League scoring record.
And he is only 23 goals away from 1,000.
There could still be several enormous milestones ahead before he finally walks away.
The numbers behind Ronaldo’s latest historic night
25 consecutive league seasons with at least one goal.
103 Saudi Pro League goals for Al Nassr.
107 league appearances needed to reach that total.
977 career goals for club and country.
23 goals remaining to reach 1,000.
41 years old.
Even by Ronaldo’s standards, it is an extraordinary collection of numbers.
The records are still falling
Ronaldo’s career has been defined by records for almost two decades.
Champions League records.
International scoring records.
Real Madrid records.
European Championship records.
And now another longevity record.
The remarkable part is that the list is still growing.
Twenty-five league seasons after his first senior goals, Cristiano Ronaldo is still scoring and still rewriting football history.
His next target is already waiting.
One more Saudi Pro League goal could make him Al Nassr’s outright record scorer in the competition.
Twenty-three more career goals could take him to a number that once seemed almost impossible.
1,000.
At 41, Ronaldo’s career may be approaching its final chapter.
But the records are clearly not finished yet.
