{"id":57848,"date":"2026-11-05T17:20:37","date_gmt":"2026-11-05T11:35:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/?p=57848"},"modified":"2026-11-05T17:20:37","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T11:35:37","slug":"cristiano-ronaldo-announces-retirement-from-international-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/cristiano-ronaldo-announces-retirement-from-international-football\/","title":{"rendered":"Cristiano Ronaldo Announces Retirement from International Football"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p><strong>Kathmandu, Nov 5:<\/strong> Portugal captain and football superstar Cristiano Ronaldo has announced his retirement from international football, bringing an end to an illustrious career with the national team.<\/p>\n<p>The 41-year-old made the announcement on Thursday through an emotional video message posted on his official Instagram account, confirming that he will no longer represent Portugal at the international level.<\/p>\n<p>Ronaldo retires as the highest-scoring player and the most-capped footballer in men&#8217;s international football. Since making his Portugal debut in 2003, he has scored 146 goals in 234 appearances for his country.<\/p>\n<p>Under his captaincy, Portugal won their first-ever UEFA European Championship title in 2016. He also helped the national team lift the UEFA Nations League trophy twice, in 2019 and 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Ronaldo had previously considered retiring from international football following Portugal&#8217;s round-of-16 exit at the World Cup. However, he continued playing for the national team after being persuaded by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF).<\/p>\n<p>The five-time Ballon d&#8217;Or winner also holds several major international records. He became the first player to score at six different editions of the FIFA World Cup. He has netted 11 goals at the World Cup and 14 at the European Championship, making him the tournament&#8217;s all-time leading scorer.<\/p>\n<p>Ronaldo&#8217;s retirement marks the end of an extraordinary chapter in international football, having established himself as one of the greatest players in the history of the game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kathmandu, Nov 5: Portugal captain and football superstar Cristiano Ronaldo has announced his retirement from international football, bringing an end to an illustrious career with the national team. The 41-year-old made the announcement on Thursday through an emotional video message posted on his official Instagram account, confirming that he will no longer represent Portugal at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":50816,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57848"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57848"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57848\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57850,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57848\/revisions\/57850"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}