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Superstar Cristiano Ronaldo, a perennial defier of odds and age, finished 2023 as the top goalscorer in the world for club and country, beating Harry Kane, Kylian Mbappe, and Erling Haaland, as the 38-year-old netted for the 54th time in Al-Nassr’s 4-1 win over Al-Taawoun in the Saudi Pro League on Saturday. Mbappe and Kane have scored 52 goals each for club and country while Manchester City goal machine Haaland ended the year with 50 goals in total. This is the fifth time that Ronaldo ended the year as the top scorer, overtaking Lionel Messi to be the player who has done it the most times since the turn of the millennium.