Article by Daniel Grigore – Published Friday, January 30, 2026 9:12 p.m. / Updated Friday, January 30, 2026 9:34 p.m.
Cristiano Ronaldo (40 years old) scored the 961st goal of his career, unlocking the table in Al Kholood – Al Nasrmatch from the 19th stage of the Saudi Arabian championship. Final score, 0-3, with contributions from Simakan and Kingsley Coman.
Cristiano continues his run towards the 1000th goal. Today, in the 19th stage of the Saudi league, he helped his team to return to the 2nd place and close to 3 points of the championship leaders, Al Hilal.
Starting at Ar Rass, against Al Kholood, Cristiano scored in the 47th minute. The goal was a formality, the visitors' captain pushing the ball into the empty net after being excellently served by compatriot Joao Felix.
Cristiano Ronaldo, goal #961: how he scored today in the championship
It's his 961st career goal.
The position from which Ronaldo scored
Only 6 minutes later, Felix recorded another assist: from the corner, he put the ball on Simakan's head for the 2nd goal.
Kingsley Coman closed the score in the 87th minute.
Cristiano thus reached milestone 17 in this championship. He is not the top scorer of the competition, the title belonging, at least provisionally, to the Englishman Ivan Toney. 17 goals, like CR7, was also scored by the Mexican Julian Quinones from Al Qadsiah.
