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Over 1000 professional games for five clubs, almost 800 goals and countless trophies: Cristiano Ronaldo’s career is one for the record books. Even at the age of 40, the Portuguese does not yet think of quitting and put another record on his birthday. A footballer of this age has never been more valuable in the history of the market values raised since 2004 since 2004 than the professional of Al-Nassr. The attacker will be rated at 12 million euros.
A reading from the TM database showed that it replaces Zlatan Ibrahimović, with whom he ran verbally together in the past, as the most valuable 40-year-old in history. The Swede, which has now resigned, previously held the maximum value with EUR 4 million, which he held at AC Milan in 2021. As expected, there are many goalkeepers in this statistics, such as Edwin van der Sar, Gianluigi Buffon and Jens Lehmann, who was located at VfB Stuttgart in 2009 at 2 million euros.
“Cristiano Ronaldo’s life’s work is incomparable – in many ways. At an age at which most professional footballers have ended their career for a long time, Ronaldo proves his sporting irreplacement for his club in the Saudi league every week, which according to his statement is ‘better than the Ligue 1’. But it is not only of great importance, but also as a figurehead of the country, because no other player brings an entire league into the global spotlight as much as he is. Everyone can best decide for themselves whether he and his legacy did a favor with it, ”says Tiberius Radziejewski, Area Manager Asia at the transfer market.
Ronaldo: “I am the most complete player who has ever existed”
The superstar himself does not see any problem and he still does not lack self -confidence, because he considers himself to be the greatest footballer in history. Pelé, Diego Maradona, Lionel Messi? No, he’s the best in the world. “I think I’m the most complete player who has ever existed. Ultimately, it may be a question of personal preference, but I don’t see anyone who is better than me, ”said the 2016 European champion in the Spanish talk show“ El Chiringuito ”. “I am strong in the header, I shoot direct free kicks, I meet with both feet, I’m fast, I’m strong and I’m jumping up.”
Some coaches of his career, on the other hand, were “completely unsuspecting”, according to the five-time Champions League winner. “I learned from everyone. I had some really bad coaches, ”emphasized Ronaldo. He played in his long career under José Mourinho, Carlo Ancelotti, Alex Ferguson, Zinédine Zidane, Ralf Rangnick and Erik Ten Hag. During his second engagement at Manchester United (2021-2022), he had vigorously criticized interim coach Rangnick and his successor ten HAG before the five-time world football player left the English record champion in the direction of Saudi Arabia on Al-Nassr.
Ronaldo, who won over 30 titles in Spain, Italy, England, Portugal and Saudi Arabia, hopes that in his career, like Brazil’s legend Pelé, he cracks the brand of 1,000 goals at club and national team games, but it is not a must. “When I score 920, 925 or 930 goals at the end, I don’t care. I am the best of history. Point. When I reach 1,000 goals, great. If not, that’s okay. Numbers do not lie. ”So far there are 782 goals for his clubs, for the national team 135.
