Cristiano Ronaldo has accomplished the feat of scoring a minimum of 40 goals in 12 separate years within a calendar year.
On Monday night, the 38-year-old player achieved 40 goals in the year 2023 while playing for Portugal in their Euro 2024 qualifier against Bosnia and Herzegovina. R
onaldo initiated the scoring by successfully converting a penalty kick in the fifth minute. He had scored a total of 39 goals in the year 2023. He reached his 40th goal only 17 minutes later by cleverly chipping the ball over the goalkeeper Ibrahim Sehic, assisted by Joao Felix.
This marked Ronaldo’s ninth goal for Portugal in the year 2023, occurring in his seventh appearance for the national team within that same year.
Since January, Ronaldo has managed to score a total of 31 goals in 36 games while playing for Al Nassr at the club level.