As most of them retire, he continues his greatest success to date – Firstpost

Cristiano Ronaldo was 40 years old Wednesday, and although most athletes are retired from this age or find it difficult to perform at the highest level of their fifth decade, there is practically no concerns with the star Portuguese football, which continues to deliver on the field.

For example, just on Monday, Ronaldo scored two goals while Al-Nassr beat Al Wasl 4-0 water in the AFC Champions League. The video of one of Ronaldo’s goals, a flying header that made the fans back back, reminded them of the days when the five-time winner of Golden Ball played for Real Madrid.

During the 2024-25 season, Ronaldo scored six goals for the Saudi Pro League Al-Nassr club in the Asian Champions League so far and 15 goals in 17 championship games, including three assists. These are crazy figures for a 40 -year -old man, regardless of the league.

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I know what you think that the Saudi Pro League is not as intense as the English Premier or the Bundesliga. But the level of the league has increased considerably since the best players like Ronaldo, Karim Benzema, Aymeric Laporte, Kalidou Koulibaly and others have joined him in recent years of the boom. The Saudi club Al-Hilal is at the same time the most successful club in the Asian Champions League.

Mission 1000 is now Ronaldo’s largest target

The good news for Ronaldo fans is that it is almost a guarantee that the 40 -year -old will continue to participate in the near future when he continues the elusive of 1,000 goals. No professional footballer has ever touched the 1,000 goals and Ronaldo can become the first.

It is currently on 923 career goals – 77 unless the 1,000 goals are bar.

For a long time, it was believed that the Brazilian legends Pelé and Romario scored more than 1,000 goals, but it was finally reduced to 757 and 772 respectively after taking the friendly matches into account.

Ronaldo has the opportunity to be the first to reach the benchmark and he will not move at this stage. After all, the figures are the reference he uses to determine who is the best footballer of all time.

He recently used the same reference to say that he is the “most complete player” of all time.

“What is the top scorer in history?” These are figures. Complete stop, “said Ronaldo to El Chiringuito, a Spanish television program. “Who is the player in the story who has scored most of the goals with the head, the left foot, the penalties, the free kicks?” I watched the other day, and not being on foot, I am in the 10 best scorers with their left foot in history. And with my head, and with my right foot and penalties. All, ”he added.

“I’m talking about figures,” said Ronaldo. “I think I am the most complete player to have existed. In my opinion, I think it’s me. I do everything in football: with my head, free kicks, left foot. I’m fast, I’m strong.

“One thing is the taste – if you like Messi, Pelé, Maradona, I understand that and I respect this – but say that Ronaldo is not complete … I am the most complete. I haven’t seen anyone better than me, and I say it from the heart, “he added.

Another thing that will help Ronaldo in his mission 1000 is his unequaled work ethics and dedication to maintain the best physical form standards. The best way to understand this is the fact that Ronaldo scored 460 goals in their thirties while 440 came in their twenties. 23 came in adolescence and now Ronaldo will seek to add 77 more to the forties.