Cristiano Ronaldo plans to retire from football for family reasons

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The Portuguese shot superstar made the comments connected a TV speech amusement successful the United Kingdom.

Published On 5 Nov 2025

Cristiano Ronaldo says helium volition discontinue “soon”, admitting it volition beryllium hard to bring his glittering vocation to an extremity arsenic the 40-year-old has been readying his post-football beingness for immoderate time.

The Al Nassr striker is the all-time starring goalscorer with 952 goals for nine and state combined. He said past period helium was targeting 1,000 goals earlier quitting the game.

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“Soon,” the five-time Ballon d’Or victor said erstwhile asked erstwhile helium would bent up his boots.

“I deliberation I volition beryllium prepared. It volition beryllium very, precise difficult,” helium said successful an interrogation connected Piers Morgan’s Uncensored, published connected Tuesday.

“But, I person prepared my aboriginal since 25, 26, 27 years old. I deliberation I volition beryllium susceptible to enactment that pressure. Nothing volition comparison to the adrenaline you person to scoring a extremity successful football.

“But everything has a opening and everything has an end. I’m going to person much clip for myself, for my family, to rise my kids.”

The erstwhile Manchester United guardant said helium inactive follows their results, contempt bringing an unhappy 2nd spell astatine the nine to an extremity 3 years ago.

United endured their worst top-flight decorativeness past play since they were relegated successful 1973-74, coming 15th.

“I’m sad, due to the fact that the nine is 1 of the astir important clubs successful the satellite and a nine that I inactive person successful my heart,” Ronaldo said.

“They don’t person a structure. I anticipation that changes successful the contiguous and future, due to the fact that the imaginable of the nine is amazing.

“They are not connected a bully path. And it’s not lone astir the manager and players, successful my sentiment … He is doing his best. What are you going to do? Miracles are impossible,” Ronaldo said, referring to manager Ruben Amorim.