Overview
- Ronaldo received the Best Player of the Middle East honor at the Globe Soccer Awards in Dubai on Dec. 29.
- He reaffirmed his ambition to reach 1,000 career goals, expressing confidence in doing so if he stays healthy.
- Multiple outlets list him at 956 official goals, leaving 44 to the milestone.
- Analysts project the mark is attainable in 2026 or early 2027 if he maintains his 2025 scoring rate.
- A VAR offside denied a hat-trick against Al-Okhdood, making Tuesday’s visit to Al-Ettifaq his last 2025 chance to extend a 2010–2024 run of at least one hat-trick per year.