
After 23 years and a record number of international matches, Cristiano Ronaldo chooses to end his national team career.
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Ronaldo debuted for Portugal in 2003 and has won the European Championship in 2016 as well as the Nations League in 2018–2019 and 2024–2025.
Ronaldo made his debut for the Portuguese A national team in 2003 and has scored a whopping 146 goals in 234 international matches, no male footballer has scored more goals in a national team context in history.
- The day has come for me to return jersey number 7. It was never mine, but for 23 years I have had the privilege and responsibility of wearing it. Now the time has come to pass it on, says Ronaldo in a video on Instagram.
Cristiano Ronaldo won the European Championship with Portugal in 2016, and the Nations League in the 2018–2019 and 2024–2025 seasons. This summer he made history by becoming the first player ever to score in six consecutive World Cups.
- This has not been an easy decision. This journey started in 2003 and it has changed my life. When I look back, I don't see the games, the goals, the records or the titles. I see the people. I see all the Portuguese around the world who for 90 minutes can feel a little closer to Portugal. I see millions of Portuguese, whom I have never met, who have become part of my life, he says.
At the end of September, Ronaldo got into an argument with national team captain Jorge Jesus, after being benched for the entire match against Norway in the Nations League. Ronaldo left the national team gathering and a few days later attacked Jorge Jesus in a statement. Ronaldo said, among other things, that he felt let down by the national team captain.
"Thank you for everything, captain," the Portuguese Football Federation wrote on its website.
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