Erick Maya
Mexico City / 13.11.2024 12:21:23
At 39 years of age and in the final stretch of his career, Cristiano Ronaldo received the Quina de Plata award from the Portuguese Football Federationa scene where he took the opportunity to highlight his condition as top scorer in the history of football, a situation that many fans interpreted as a clear message to Lionel Messi.
How many official goals does Cristiano Ronaldo have?
Until this moment, CR7 accumulate 908 official goals throughout his career, for 850 of Messialthough the Argentine debuted a couple of years later. From the impressive figure of the Lusitanian, 133 were with the Portugal national teamalso being the leader in this category.
During the presentation of the recognition to the Portuguese legend, Cristiano Ronaldo was questioned about whether it is within his objectives to reach the figure of 1000 official goals before the end of his career. carreraand to the surprise of many this was not the case.
“My goal is to live in the moment and see how my legs respond. If they arrive 1000 goalsbrilliant. But also if they do not arrive, the player who has more official goals in history it is me.”
Cristiano Ronaldo receives his Silver Quina (@cristiano)
What did Ronaldo think about the Portugal National Team?
Currently, Cristiano Ronaldo It has been more than 20 years since his debut with the Portugal national teamwhere they have won a European Championship and a UEFA Nations League, although they have not been able to lift the FIFA World Cup. CR7 highlighted the immense pride he has felt in representing his national team.
“There is nothing better than representing your country, represent your culture, your children, your mother, your father, your best friends. I feel disappointed with some players who don’t want to play with the national team. I hear a lot of people say that Portugal It is a small country. Portugal is big. We have to think like this“.