Even at the age of 39, Cristiano Ronaldo is not considering ending his football career any time soon.
“I don’t know if I’ll stop soon. Maybe in two or three years. But I’ll probably retire here at Al-Nassr,” the star striker said in an interview with Portuguese television channel Now.
He is “very happy” at the Saudi club and feels “comfortable in this country. I want to continue in Saudi Arabia,” stressed the Portuguese.
Ronaldo also does not want to say goodbye to the Portuguese national team, in which he has played for 20 years and with whom he won the 2016 European Championship, so quickly. At the moment he is only thinking about “continuing to help the Seleção”. At the last European Championship in Germany, they were eliminated in the quarter-finals.
Ronaldo rules out coaching career
“I am proud to represent our colors, it is a dream. That’s why when I leave the national team, I will not tell anyone beforehand. It will be a spontaneous but also a well-thought-out decision.”
But one thing is already clear for Ronaldo: the man who scored 130 goals in 212 international matches and shone at Sporting Lisbon, Manchester United and Real Madrid, among others, does not want to become a coach after the end of his career.
“That was never my wish. I don’t see my future in this area and I think I will be involved in other things than football,” he said. “But only God knows what the future holds.”
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