Ronaldo's legacy keeps growing: hat-tricks in England, Spain, Italy and Saudi Arabia

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It has not taken long for Cristiano Ronaldo for leave his mark in Saudi Arabia. The Portuguese star scored his first hat-trick with Al-Nassr and has now added another country to the list of where he has scored one after England, Spain and Italy. His side beat Al Wehda thanks to his four goals.

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Cristiano Ronaldo's goal-scoring talent appears to have no end. The Portuguese striker has already torn up the Saudi Arabian league and on Thursday he really opened up the tank with Al Nassr in their 0-4 rout of Al Wehda. All four were scored by the Portuguese man.
After his brace against Messi's PSG in what was his opening gift in a friendly, the ex-Man United forward got his first official goal in Asia in the 93rd minute from the penalty spot against Al Fateh to put his side top of the league.
However, it was in the 16th matchday that really let his goal-scoring knack out of the shackles. The first came with a left footed shot and the second from the right. He scored the hat-trick from 12 yards and then got his fourth after mopping up the rebounds from the home side's keeper.
Real Madrid's top goal-scorer in history therefore reached hat-trick number 61 of his career as well as his 500th career league goal - it's truly breath-taking. But not only that, as his performance this Thursday adds another country to the list of places where he's celebrated three goals in one game.
In the Premier League, his first hat-trick was against Newcastle, before signing for Madird. Then, he added two more to his tally when he went back to Old Trafford last year. He opened up his account for Real Madrid at Mallorca in May 2010 and got his last against Real Sociedad in February 2018.
His first hat-trick for Juventus was in the best possible way, in the second-leg of the Champions League last-16 against Atletico Madrid which meant they came back from 2-0 down. Then, he added to this against Cagliari. He has also achieved this with Portugal, with the most notable being in the Russia World Cup against Spain.

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