Idman.biz
In the first round of the Saudi Arabian Championship, the champion Al-Ittihad won 5-2 against Al-Akhdoud.
Idman.biz reports that Karim Benzema scored a hat-trick in this game.
With his first goal, the 37-year-old striker reached his 700th productive action (total of goals and assists) in his career, and with his second goal, he scored his 500th goal in all tournaments.
Thus, Benzema became the first French footballer to surpass the 500-goal mark.
Most productive French footballers:
501 – Karim Benzema
411 – Thierry Henry
380 – Kylian Mbappe
Karim Benzema's 501 goals:
354 – at Real Madrid
66 – at Lyon
44 – at Al-Ittihad
37 – for the French national team
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