On the day his father scored two goals to help Al Nassr win the Saudi championship, Cristiano dos Santos also bagged a brace as he continues the first steps of his budding football career in Portugal’s youth teams.
Cristianinho scored twice in a 3-0 win for the Seleção over Greece in the UEFA U16 Development Tournament, held in Bragança in northern Portugal.
It followed up a 2-0 victory over the Czech Republic in Portugal’s first match.
Cristiano Ronaldo Jr. opened the scoring after just five minutes, heading in after a fine dribble and cross by Martim Simão.
ESTÁ NO 𝘼𝘿𝙉 🧬 Cristiano Jr. está com as lições em dia e faz o primeiro para Portugal de cabeça 🫡📖#Canal11 #FutebolEmPortuguês pic.twitter.com/V7Pai5PMei
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The young striker doubled Portugal’s lead shortly after half time, taking advantage of a mistake by Greece goalkeeper Konstantinos Tzatzakis.
É o 𝘽𝙄𝙎 para Cristiano Ronaldo Jr. ✌️#Canal11 #FutebolEmPortuguês pic.twitter.com/PE60AFa5DY
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Cristiano dos Santos has now scored five goals in 12 games for Portugal’s under-16 team.
Gonçalo Silva made in 3-0 in the 76th minute, tapping in from close range after some brilliant wing play by José Garrafa.
𝙎𝙃𝙊𝙒 de José Garrafa e Gonçalo Silva fecha a contagem para os Sub-16 🫶#Canal11 #FutebolEmPortuguês pic.twitter.com/H3AFaTcjZX
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The winners of the tournament will be decided on Sunday when the Seleção face Italy, who have also won their two games in the four-team group.
