The legendary striker, Cristiano Ronaldo, has suggested that his days in football career are approaching the end. In an interview with a journalist, Piers Morgan, the 40-year-old Al-Nassr star confessed that the time to retire is soon, an event, which he predicts will be emotional, given more than 20 years of being the top football player in the world.
“It will be hard,” Ronaldo said. “I’ll probably cry. I have been planning it since I was 25 years old.
The Portuguese captain who was still a part of the Al-Nassr and the national team also looked back at how his perception on success has changed. It is fantastic to be the first football billionaire, he said. However, now I simply want to train, play, and compete in my favorite game.
Ronaldo also swept aside the old public criticism regarding his personality. Some call me a pompous person, but it does not matter to me. I would like to be happy as doing what I like, he said.
The career of Ronaldo is one of the most awarded football careers. He played with Manchester United in 2002, having debuted with Sporting CP in 2002, becoming the global star and the winner of several titles in the Premier League and 2008 champions league. A golden era was characterized by his relocation to Real Madrid in 2009, he had scored 450 goals in 438 matches, won four Champions League trophies and became the all time leading scorer of the club.
In the international scene, Ronaldo has rewritten history books scoring 143 goals in 225 appearances for Portugal making his country win the first major title in its entire history Euro 2016 and two titles in the UEFA Nations League.
Throughout his tenures with Sporting CP, Manchester United, Real Madrid, Juventus and Al-Nassr, he has scored a total of 952 goals and is determined to achieve the goal of the mythical 1,000 goals before he retires.
It only remains to be seen whether he does or not, but Ronaldo influence, longevity, and never-ending drive has already made him one of the greatest footballers of all time.
