{"id":3739,"date":"2026-10-29T20:30:46","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T20:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/29\/ronaldo-scores-hat-trick-hits-985th-career-goal-in-al-nassrs-5-3-win\/"},"modified":"2026-10-29T20:30:46","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T20:30:46","slug":"ronaldo-scores-hat-trick-hits-985th-career-goal-in-al-nassrs-5-3-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/29\/ronaldo-scores-hat-trick-hits-985th-career-goal-in-al-nassrs-5-3-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Ronaldo scores hat-trick, hits 985th career goal in Al Nassr\u2019s 5-3 win"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"42.143442622951\">\n<p>Portugal captain and Al Nassr forward Cristiano Ronaldo scored a hat-trick as his side defeated Al Kholood 5-3 on Thursday, taking his reported career goal tally to 985 as he edges closer to the 1,000-goal milestone.<\/p>\n<p>The five-time Ballon d\u2019Or winner scored in the 66th, 72nd and 81st minutes of the second half to complete his hat-trick.<\/p>\n<p>Al Nassr\u2019s \u00c2ngelo Gabriel equalised for the hosts after Dominguez had opened the scoring for the visitors in the 16th minute.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-also\">\n<header>Related News<\/header>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Sadio Man\u00e9 put Al Nassr ahead in the 38th minute, but Essomba restored parity before half-time.<\/p>\n<p>Dominguez scored a penalty for Al Kholood in the 94th minute to get a brace on the night<\/p>\n<p>The victory moved Al Nassr to second place in the league standings on goal difference, behind league leaders Al Qadsiah.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div readability=\"13.525423728814\">\n                                                                <b><a href=\"https:\/\/punchng.com\/author\/gekugbe\">Gilbert Ekugbe<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Gilbert Ekugbe is a journalist at Punch Newspapers with over a decade of experience reporting on business and economic affairs. He covers markets, corporate developments, finance, and Nigeria\u2019s broader economic landscape. His reporting is informed by extensive newsroom experience and a strong commitment to accuracy and responsible journalism, helping readers understand complex business issues.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div readability=\"14.852589641434\">\n<p> All rights reserved. This material, and other digital content on this website, may not be reproduced, published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed in whole or in part without prior express written permission from PUNCH.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contact\">Contact: <a href=\"\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection#d5a1bdb0b0b1bca1baa795a5a0bbb6bdbbb2fbb6bab8\"> <span class=\"__cf_email__\" data-cfemail=\"21554944444548554e536151544f42494f460f424e4c\">[email\u00a0protected]<\/span> <\/a> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n<div class=\"nSourse\">Punch Newspapers &#8211; Latest News<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Portugal captain and Al Nassr forward Cristiano Ronaldo scored a hat-trick as his side defeated Al Kholood 5-3 on Thursday, taking his reported career goal tally to 985 as he&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3739","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3739"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3739\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}