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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) – Cristiano Ronaldo said Tuesday that at age 41 he expects his record sixth World Cup next year to be his last.<\/p>\n

“Of course I do, because I’m already 41 years old.” Ronaldo told CNN<\/span> Anchor Becky Anderson links live video from a training camp in Portugal to a tourism conference in Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n

Ronaldo clarified that when he says he will retire from football “soon,” it should mean “probably a year or two.”<\/p>\n

Portugal should qualify for the World Cup, which will be co-hosted by the United States, Canada and Mexico, in the coming days. The team needs two points from Thursday’s game against Ireland and Sunday’s final qualifying group game against bottom-placed Armenia.<\/p>\n

Ronaldo scored five goals in four qualifying matches, extending his world record for men’s national team goals to 143.<\/p>\n

“I feel really good at the moment. I scored a goal, I still have the speed and sharpness and I’m enjoying playing for the national team,” he said.<\/p>\n

“To be honest, by soon I mean probably a year or two,” Ronaldo said of the end of his playing career.<\/p>\n

“I’m enjoying the moment right now. But when I say soon, I mean really soon, because I give everything to football. I’ve been in this game for the last 25 years and I’ve done everything.”<\/p>\n

“I have a lot of records and I’m really proud of them. So let’s enjoy the moment and live in the moment.”<\/p>\n

Ronaldo and his great rival Lionel Messi will be playing in a record sixth World Cup. If he does, he will break the line with Germany’s great player Lothar Matth\u00e4us, who played in each World Cup from 1982 to 1998.<\/p>\n

Argentina captain Messi enters as the defending champion and will turn 39 during the group stage in North America.<\/p>\n

Portugal and Argentina are among the co-hosts of the 2030 World Cup, giving Ronaldo and Messi the chance to exit the World Cup at home.<\/p>\n

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AP Soccer: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/soccer<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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