On his 41st birthday... 3 dreams Cristiano Ronaldo is chasing
Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo, star of Saudi Arabia’s Al-Nassr team, celebrates his 41st birthday with the hope of achieving great dreams. By his forty-first birthday, Cristiano Ronaldo is still succeeding in setting goals, getting close to them, and achieving them many times.
World Cup
Winning the 2026 World Cup in the United States, Mexico and Canada remains Cristiano Ronaldo's biggest dream. Ronaldo hopes to emulate the achievement of his eternal rival, Lionel Messi, the star of the Argentine national team and Inter Miami in the United States, who achieved the feat of winning the World Cup in Qatar in 2022. Portugal will play in Group 11 of the 2026 World Cup alongside Colombia, Uzbekistan and the winner of the Intercontinental Play-off Path 1, which includes DR Congo, Jamaica and New Caledonia.
Breaking the curse of victory
Cristiano Ronaldo wants, above all, to finish the current season with his first domestic or official title with Al-Nassr, with whom he has only won the Arab Club Champions Cup in 2023. At that time, Al-Nassr won 2-1 against Al-Hilal in the final match with a brace scored by Al-Don in his first year in Saudi Arabia, but after that it seemed as if a curse had struck the Portuguese. Al-Nassr is competing this season for the top spot in the Saudi League with Al-Hilal, with the team currently in second place with 46 points, one point behind the leader. In addition, Al-Nasr is in the Round of 16 of the AFC Champions League 2, where they will meet with Arkadağ of Turkmenistan in the Round of 16 this month.
The black spot in Al-Nasr’s current season is the team’s exit from the round of 16 of the King’s Cup against Al-Ittihad with a 1-2 loss.
A thousand goals
Reaching 1,000 goals will be one of Ronaldo's main objectives in his 42nd year, which begins this Thursday, as he stands less than 40 goals away from this achievement. Cristiano Ronaldo scored 143 goals for the Portuguese national team, 117 for Al-Nasr, 101 for Juventus, 145 for Manchester United and 450 for Real Madrid.
Therefore, the number of goals Ronaldo has scored so far is 961, and he has a great chance of reaching 1,000 goals this year. There are 15 league matches remaining in Al-Nasr’s current season, and 7 more may be added to them in the AFC Champions League.
In addition, this year will witness the start of Al-Nasr’s next season on all fronts, while there are the 2026 World Cup competitions in America, during which Ronaldo will of course aim to reach the final.
Cristiano Jr.
One of the goals that could be added to Ronaldo's dreams in his 41st year is to play alongside his son Cristiano Jr., who plays for the youth team of Al-Hilal and the Portuguese national team under 16 years old.
It may be possible for the young Ronaldo to join Al-Nasr’s first team in 2026, especially since he is younger than him, 15 years old. Perhaps the experience of Lamine Yamal is the best evidence, as Yamal played his first match with Barcelona at the age of 15 until he became the first star of Barca in less than a year.
The Portuguese national team could become a later point of reference in the relationship between Ronaldo and his son, whether as players now or in the future, if Ronaldo decides to go into coaching after retiring from football.
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