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Ronaldo scores his 982nd goal as Al-Nassr wins 3-1
Al-Nassr won 3-1 in a Saudi league match on Friday, with Cristiano Ronaldo scoring.
The reports disagree on the opponent: one names Al-Faisaly, while another names Al-Fayha.
Ronaldo now has 982 career goals, leaving him 18 short of 1,000.
He gave the player-of-the-match award to Abdullah Al-Hamdan, his Al-Nassr teammate.
Al-Hamdan scored the opening goal and assisted the third, according to one account.
Al-Nassr has 25 points, level with Al-Qadsiah; one report places Al-Nassr second, while another says it moved provisionally to the top.
The team’s position depends on the other club’s result, which one report says was still to come.
Cristiano Ronaldo gave the player-of-the-match award to Al-Nassr teammate Abdullah Al-Hamdan after a 3-1 win.
Ronaldo had been selected for the award but declined to accept it and handed it to Al-Hamdan.
Al-Hamdan scored Al-Nassr’s opening goal and assisted its third, according to Goal.com.
Ronaldo scored his 982nd career goal in the match, according to ESPN México.
The reports disagree on Al-Nassr’s opponent: ESPN México says Al-Faisaly, while Goal.com says Al-Fayha.
- Who
- Cristiano Ronaldo and Abdullah Al-Hamdan, Al-Nassr teammates.
- What
- Ronaldo gave Al-Hamdan the player-of-the-match award after Al-Nassr won 3-1.
- When
- Friday, October 23, 2026.
- Where
- Al-Majma'ah Sports City, according to Goal.com.
- Why
- Ronaldo declined the award and handed it to Al-Hamdan. Goal.com says Al-Hamdan had performed strongly in the match.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Al-Nassr took an early lead, and Ronaldo scored in the 49th minute, according to ESPN México.
Ronaldo declined the player-of-the-match award and handed it to Al-Hamdan.
Al-Hamdan praised Ronaldo in comments to Thmanyah channels, according to Goal.com.
- Score
- Al-Nassr won 3-1
- Award recipient
- Abdullah Al-Hamdan
- Ronaldo's career goals
- 982, according to ESPN México
- Al-Nassr points
- 25, according to both match reports
- Venue
- Al-Majma'ah Sports City, according to Goal.com
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It is a great honor for me to stand beside one of the legends of football, and I hope that will encourage me to do more.
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