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Cristiano Ronaldo turned 39 on Monday, February 5 and the five-time Ballon d’Or winner no doubt feels he has more goalscoring frontiers to conquer.
Ronaldo was able to enjoy his celebrations a day on from the match allocations being confirmed for the 2026 World Cup. Although he will be 41 by the time the World Cup final at MetLife Stadium comes around, the former Real Madrid superstar has shown no desire to call time on his international career just yet.
His time in Europe’s elite leagues has come to an end, however. After an unhappy spell under Erik ten Hag, Ronaldo severed ties on an emotionally charged, but ultimately unfulfilling, return to Manchester United and decided to join Al Nassr in the Saudi Pro League.
The standard is visibly not at the Champions League level where Madeira’s greatest export has resided for the majority of his career, but the veteran frontman is emphatically back among the goals.
Across 56 games played for club and country at the age of 38, Ronaldo scored 53 goals. He also weighed in with 15 assists — his best return on this metric since he was 30 and in his prime at the Santiago Bernabeu.
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Cristiano Ronaldo stats year by year
| Age | Appearances | Goals | Assists |
| 17 | 19 | 5 | 4 |
| 18 | 36 | 1 | 3 |
| 19 | 67 | 17 | 14 |
| 20 | 60 | 13 | 11 |
| 21 | 60 | 26 | 12 |
| 22 | 61 | 40 | 9 |
| 23 | 59 | 30 | 13 |
| 24 | 45 | 28 | 4 |
| 25 | 64 | 53 | 19 |
| 26 | 60 | 59 | 17 |
| 27 | 70 | 67 | 15 |
| 28 | 60 | 64 | 16 |
| 29 | 57 | 60 | 18 |
| 30 | 56 | 58 | 19 |
| 31 | 58 | 54 | 14 |
| 32 | 59 | 53 | 12 |
| 33 | 54 | 49 | 13 |
| 34 | 50 | 45 | 4 |
| 35 | 48 | 40 | 8 |
| 36 | 60 | 41 | 5 |
| 37 | 45 | 17 | 4 |
| 38 | 56 | 53 | 15 |
| TOTAL | 1204 | 873 | 249 |
Ronaldo’s performances during those years, when he established himself as Los Blancos’ all-time top scorer, were truly ridiculous.
He was 24 when he made a then-world record £80m move from Old Trafford to the Spanish capital.
As a 24-year-old, across his stints with the two clubs, Ronaldo scored 28 goals. That shot up to 53 in 64 games when he was 25.
Measuring from birthday to birthday, that was the first of a remarkable eight consecutive years when Ronaldo scored 50 or more goals over the 12 months of the calendar. The 33-year-old only just dipped below this with a still-magnificent 49 goals in 54 games.
Ronaldo was the same age when he joined Juventus in 2018 and although his goalscoring continued apace for the Serie A giants, he did not break through the 50-goal barrier again until his most recent year at Al Nassr.
Ronaldo is closing in on 900 career goals, a landmark he would be expected to reach before the end of 2024 by all reasonable estimates.
How much more does he have left in the tank? If the masterful striker can keep going strong into his fifth decade, then that magical mark of 1,000 might just be within reach.
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