Cristiano Ronaldo has just become the owner of the Best Player award for December 2023 of the Saudi Pro League, helping superstar Al Nassr close to the tournament record.
Cristiano Ronaldo has just become the owner of the Best Player award for December 2023 of the Saudi Pro League, helping superstar Al Nassr close to the tournament record.
On January 5, the organizing committee of the Saudi Pro League announced Cristiano Ronaldo as the owner of the Best Player award for December 2023 . This is the fourth time the Portuguese superstar has received this honor. The achievement is even more impressive considering he only joined Al Nassr in January 2023.
Previously, Ronaldo won the Saudi Pro League’s Best Player award in February, August, and September of 2023. With the latest title added to the collection, CR7 is also close to the tournament record.
Specifically, the record for the most Saudi Pro League Player of the Month awards won by one player is 5. Meaning Ronaldo only needs to win 1 more title to equalize and 2 if he wants to overthrow him. tournament record.
Ronaldo is only one title away from the record for being honored as ‘Saudi Pro League Player of the Month’ (photo: Twitter)
Considering the current form of the Portuguese superstar, this can absolutely happen this season. Since the beginning of the season until now, CR7 has had 20 goals in 18 appearances in the Saudi Pro League for Al Nassr, leading the tournament’s top scorer list.
Among the 3 times honored this season, CR7 always scored over 5 goals/month. In August, the Portuguese legend scored 5 goals and had 2 assists. By September, he scored 5 goals and 3 assists to help Al Nassr rise to the 2nd Saudi Pro League after scoring 6 consecutive wins.
Most recently in December, Cristiano Ronaldo continued to shine beyond expectations with 5 goals and 2 assists after 5 matches in the national championship. Besides the 0-3 loss to Al-Hilal, CR7 scored in every match for Al Nassr.
Ronaldo’s brilliant performance is helping Al Nassr have hope of chasing Al Hilal in the Saudi Pro League championship race. Currently, the Riyadh giant has 46 points after 19 matches, 7 points behind the opponent at the top of the table.