"My career? It's perfect even without winning the World Cup."
It was Cristiano Ronaldo's confidence. Ronaldo is one of the best players of all time who need no explanation. He has lifted many trophies while playing for Sporting Lisbon, Manchester United, Real Madrid, and Juventus. The Ballon d'Or, which is given to the best player in the world, has also been awarded five times. 'GOAT' is the second highest winning record after Lionel Messi. The scoring record is literally huge. Including the A match, there are more than 900 goals scored in official matches alone. Ronaldo is aiming for his 1,000th goal.
Ronaldo moved to Saudi Arabia in his later years. It signed Al Nasr for an astronomical amount of money. After Ronaldo's transfer, Saudi Arabia became a gathering place for superstars. Ronaldo is still playing well in Saudi Arabia. He has 16 goals and 3 assists in 19 games throughout all competitions this season. He scored a career-high 80 goals and 18 assists for Al Nasr. It's a huge figure considering the age of 40. Based on this performance, Ronaldo is still a key striker for the Portuguese national team.
It's the best outside of soccer. Ronaldo has the most followers on social media among all mankind. He has more than 900 million followers on various platforms. It continues to increase even now. In August last year, it even opened YouTube. It set a huge record. It exceeded 1 million subscribers within 1 hour and 24 minutes of opening the channel. YouTube gives 'Silver button' when it has 100,000 subscribers and 'Gold button' when it has 1 million subscribers, but Ronaldo became the fastest person to receive 'Gold button'. The previous record is seven hours for K-pop star Blackpink Jenny. Ronaldo currently has 7,300 subscribers.
The only thing this perfect Ronaldo doesn't have, a World Cup win. Ronaldo has won the title at the Euros, but he has never won the World Cup yet. It is also the biggest difference from Messi, who filled the last puzzle by winning the Qatar World Cup. Messi won the World Cup and became a GOAT without disagreement.
Ronaldo, however, thought differently. In a recent interview with Telefoot, he flatly said "It is unfair to me to say that I need to win the World Cup to say that my career has been successful.' Then "There's nothing I'm lacking. I worked hard, I devoted my life to football, and my career is not defined by whether I win the World Cup or not. I've achieved a lot and I'll continue to fight for every title I can win."
At the same time, he also showed his expectations for the next World Cup. Ronaldo said, `If I'm in good shape mentally and physically by the next World Cup and the national team needs me, I'll be able to play.' If so, he will play in six consecutive World Cups, which is unprecedented.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
