{"id":171510,"date":"2025-11-11T20:10:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T20:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/ronaldo-has-1-or-2-years-left-world-cup-his-last-espn\/"},"modified":"2025-11-11T20:10:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T20:10:07","slug":"ronaldo-has-1-or-2-years-left-world-cup-his-last-espn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/ronaldo-has-1-or-2-years-left-world-cup-his-last-espn\/","title":{"rendered":"Ronaldo has '1 or 2' years left, World Cup his last – ESPN"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cristiano Ronaldo<\/a> said on Tuesday he expects his record sixth World Cup<\/a> next year at age 41 will be his last.
“Definitely, yes, because I will be 41 years old,” Ronaldo told CNN anchor Becky Anderson in a live video link from Portugal’s training camp to a tourism conference in Saudi Arabia.
Ronaldo clarified that when he says he will retire from football “soon” that should mean “probably one, two years.”
Portugal<\/a> should seal qualification in the coming days for the World Cup that will be co-hosted by the United States, Canada and Mexico. The team need just two points from its final qualifying group games at Ireland on Thursday and hosting last-placed Armenia on Sunday.
Ronaldo’s five goals in four qualifying games have extended his men’s world record to 143 for a national team.
“I feel very good in this moment. I score goals, I still feel quick and sharp, I’m enjoying my game in the national team,” he said.
In regard to the end of his playing career, Ronaldo said, “Let’s be honest, when I mean soon I mean probably one, two years.
“I’m enjoying the moment. But when I mean soon, it’s really soon, because I give everything for football. I’m in the game for the last 25 years, I did everything.
“I have many records. I’m really proud. So let’s enjoy the moment, live the moment.”
Ronaldo and his great rival Lionel Messi<\/a> are heading to their record sixth World Cups. That would break a tie with German great Lothar Matth\u00e4us who played at each World Cup from 1982-98.
Argentina<\/a> captain Messi is going as the defending champion and will turn 39 during the group stage in North America.
Portugal and Argentina are among the co-hosts of the 2030 World Cup, giving Ronaldo and Messi the chance to exit the World Cup stage at home.
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The World Cup remains the biggest trophy to have so far eluded Ronaldo throughout an illustrious career, having won the Euros with Portugal in 2016.
Ronaldo signed a new two-year contract <\/a>with Al Nassr in June.
Piers Morgan asked Ronaldo in an interview which aired last week when he would retire.
“Soon. But I think I will be prepared,” Ronaldo said.
“It will be tough, of course. It will be difficult? Yes. Probably [I] will cry, yes … I’m [an] open person. [It] will be very, very difficult, yes.”<\/p>\n

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