No, Cristiano Ronaldo Hasn't Scored His First Goal for Al-Nassr FC Yet

The clip is from August 2021, when Ronaldo used to play for the Juventus Football Club.

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<div class="paragraphs"><p>Fact-Check | The video is from 2021 and shows Ronaldo playing for the Juventus football club.</p></div>
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Fact-Check | The video is from 2021 and shows Ronaldo playing for the Juventus football club.

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A video of football star Cristiano Ronaldo wearing a yellow jersey and scoring a goal in a stadium is going viral with a claim that it shows Ronaldo scoring his first-ever goal for the Saudi Arabian football club, Al-Nassr.

It is being circulated after he recently signed with the club in a record-breaking deal following his controversial exit from Manchester United.

An archive of the post can be seen here.

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At the time of writing this report, the video had garnered more than 1,30,000 views on Twitter. (Archives of similar claims can be found here and here.)

A longer version of the video is also being shared (archive here), which shows Ronaldo getting ready for the match.

Fun fact: Ronaldo has not even made his debut for the Saudi Arabian club as a two-match ban was imposed on him in November 2022.

  • England's Football Association imposed the ban after Ronaldo smashed a fan's phone in Everton.

  • The incident happened when Ronaldo was associated with Manchester United.

  • He was expected to serve the suspension in England but he signed a new deal with the Saudi-Arabian club post the World Cup. As a result, the Portuguese forward would have to sit out two games.

Where is the video from?: The video is from 23 August 2021 and was recorded during a match between Juventus and Udinese in 2021-22 Italian Serie A. During this time, Ronaldo was playing for Juventus Football Club.

How did we find out?: Towards the end of the video, when Ronaldo scores the goal and hugs his teammates, we noticed the logo of Juventus on a teammate's jersey.

A comparison clearly points out that the jersey had Juventus logo on it.

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  • Taking this as a cue, we performed a keyword search which led us to a video uploaded on an unverified YouTube channel.

  • The video was uploaded on 26 August 2021 and was titled, "Cristiano Ronaldo Vs Udinese Away HD 1080i."

  • At around the 2:25 mark, we can see Ronaldo dressing up for the match as seen in the longer version of the viral video.

  • We can also see the goal scored by the footballer, followed by the celebrations, at around 4:21 timestamp.

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  • The match ended up in a draw after Ronaldo's goal was disallowed.

  • The highlights of the match are also available on the official channel of Serie A, which has the clip of the goal seen in the viral video.

Conclusion: Ronaldo is yet to make his debut for Al-Nassr. Therefore, the claim of him scoring his first goal for the club is false.

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