A career of a thousand and one nights destined to last for a long time between records, Ballon d'Or, fabulous engagements and all sorts of football satisfaction.
Numbers, class and extraterrestrial muscles branded Cristiano Ronaldo who, after the pharaonic landing in Saudi Arabia, never ceases to amaze the world by leading his Portugal to the 40 European Championships at almost 2024 years old, setting himself new and demanding goals such as reaching 900 total goals.
And in these days he had made headlines because for having hugged and kissed one of his disabled fans in an affectionate way he would risk 100 lashes in Iran.
In the qualifying match for the continental review against Slovakia for CR7 came a decisive double that brings to 125 his goals with the Lusitanian shirt, lengthening in the all-time ranking of scorers in the national team. Two goals that are also worth the European Championship: for him it will be the sixth and he is the first to succeed. And just a few weeks ago, the former Manchester United, Real Madrid and Juventus fantasist scored in his Al-Nassr's 5-1 win, becoming the first player ever to score 850 goals in official matches in his career. These are only the latest of the many incredible records achieved by CR7 that with the double against Slovakia, has also reached 73 goals at international level after turning 30. No one had yet managed to score so many goals with their national team over 30 years of age. With yesterday's match, moreover, Ronaldo reached 200 appearances with the Portugal shirt, a milestone celebrated before the challenge at Do Dragao with the delivery of a special prize.
Not to mention the World Cup records: in the last edition in Qatar with the penalty scored against Ghana Ronaldo became the first player in history to score in 5 different editions. At 4 there are Messi, Klose, Pelé and Uwe Seeler.
At this point for the ace of Al-Nassr, who according to Forbes has doubled the rival of all time Lionel Messi in terms of total earnings reaching 260 million, there seem to be no more limits looking at his near future to be framed more and more with other personal goals. "I'm enjoying the moment - admits CR7 - I feel good, my body is responding to what I have given it in these years. I am happy both in the national team and in the club. I've scored a lot of goals and I feel good physically. I don't want any injuries or other problems, so I can be back in the final phase of the European Championship and play with my national team." Finally, CR7 responds to Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa, president of Porto who challenged him to reach 1000 career goals: "Quota a thousand goals? It will be quite difficult, but it's about seeing how I am mentally, my motivations. I'm confident of reaching 900, but 1000 goals are so many stones to break..."
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