The English Premier League has congratulated world famous footballer, Cristiano Ronaldo on reaching the 900th career goals milestone.
In a post on social media, the Premier League official handles shared a video of Cristiano’s debut goal for English football club, Manchester United, highlighting that the Portuguese star scored 103 Premier League goals.
“Congratulations on reaching 900 career goals, @Cristiano!
“The first of his 103 Premier League strikes came all the way back in 2003.” The statement read.
This comes after the famous football star hit a landmark figure in his career journey by netting a splendid goal against Croatia on Thursday in the UEFA Nations League campaign, making him the first player in history to score 900 official career goals, with all his former clubs pouring congratulations on the Portuguese national football captain.
After the match, Cristiano was the first to congratulate himself by making a bold statement; “900 goals seems like any other milestone. but only I know how hard it is to work every day to score your 900th goal. It’s a unique milestone in my career.”
He further explained that he doesn’t break records because “they haunt me!”, stressing that he works very hard to attain his goals.
This significantly indicates that while Cristiano’s retirement may not be far off, he will be setting his sights on 1,000 career goals now.
