Scoring a bicycle kick is one of football’s most spectacular yet rarest sights. It demands timing, agility and fearlessness—qualities most players struggle to execute even in their prime. Only a handful manage to pull it off occasionally, like Bangladesh’s Hamza Choudhury who recently went viral after scoring such a goal against Nepal. But for one man, these goals are not rare—they are simply part of his legend. That man, of course, is Cristiano Ronaldo.
At over 40 years of age, when most footballers retire or move away from intense competition, Ronaldo continues to redefine physical limits. Last night in the Saudi Pro League, he stunned the world yet again with an astonishing bicycle-kick goal, proving that time still bends around him.
Al Nassr were leading 3–1 against Al Khaleej when the match entered added time. In the 96th minute, substitute Nawaf Al-Boushail carried the attack down the right flank and delivered a looping cross towards Ronaldo inside the penalty area. With his back to goal, Ronaldo reacted with the precision of a seasoned acrobat—launching himself into the air, arching backwards and striking the ball mid-flight with a scissor-like motion. The ball rocketed past goalkeeper Anthony Marez, who had no chance.
The stadium erupted. Ronaldo celebrated wildly with his teammates, and soon after the match, he shared the video on social media—inviting fans to caption it with “Best caption wins.” Predictably, the comments section exploded. One fan wrote, “A bicycle kick that erased the critics.” Another said, “The king still wears the crown.”
This spectacular goal capped off a strong performance for Al Nassr, who secured their ninth win in nine league games, maintaining their position at the top of the Saudi Pro League table with 27 points. Al Hilal trail behind on 23 points from the same number of matches.
Al Nassr now shift their focus to tomorrow night’s AFC Cup fixture, where they will face Istiklol of Tajikistan. With Ronaldo in this kind of form, expectations are sky-high.