Cristiano Ronaldo: "I want to be at the 2024 European Championships"

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Cristiano Ronaldo confirmed this during the Quinas de Ouro, grand soccer gala in Portugal that saw him awarded as the best scorer of all time for the Portuguese national team and all national teams in the history of soccer: he wants to be both at the FIFA World Cup in Qatar than to the Europeans in 2024.

CR7 told: "My journey is not over yet. I will be there at the World Championships in 2022 and I want to be there at the European Championships in 2024. I feel very motivated, my ambition is great. It is an honor to receive an award of this magnitude and to be the best scorer in the history of the national team.

I never thought I would join him. I want to thank everyone who has been important in my career. I am very happy. " The Portuguese champion would have liked to participate in the Champions League but he has not found anyone who wanted to sign him and is now trying to carve out his space in the ten Hag team.

Every minute available to him will use it to prepare for the World Cup with Portugal, the real short-term goal of CR7. At 37, the Portuguese captain has 189 appearances and a world record for international goals with 117 goals.

If his presence at the Qatar World Cup is confirmed, he will play his 10th international tournament there. Returning to Manchester United in 2021, Cristiano Ronaldo had a complicated start to the 2022-23 season. Considered one of the best soccer players of all time, CR7 is the most prolific scorer in football history and the best scorer of national football teams.

In addition, he is part of the small circle of soccer players with at least 1000 career appearances; on this special list, he is the striker with the most appearances. He is also in fourth place for best assist man ever (273).

During his career he wore the shirts of Sporting Lisbon, Manchester Utd, Real Madrid and Juventus, winning 31 trophies: a Portuguese Super Cup (2002), three English championships (2006-07, 2007-08 and 2008-09), a FA Cup (2003-04), two English League Cups (2005-06 and 2008-09), two English Super Cups (2007 and 2008), two Spanish Championships (2011-12 and 2016-17), two King's Cups (2010-11 and 2013-14), two Spanish Super Cups (2012 and 2017), two Italian Championships (2018-19 and 2019-20), one Italian Cup (2020-21), two Italian Super Cups (2018 and 2020), five UEFA Champions League (2007-08, 2013-14, 2015-16, 2016-17 and 2017-18), two UEFA Super Cups (2014 and 2017) and four Club World Cups (2008, 2014, 2016 and 2017 ).

He holds the record for appearances and goals in the UEFA Champions League and UEFA club competitions. He is also the best assist man in the UEFA Champions League (42).