{"id":1348253,"date":"2026-01-23T14:12:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T12:12:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/cristiano-ronaldo-ends-his-football-career-date-announced\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T14:12:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T12:12:19","slug":"cristiano-ronaldo-ends-his-football-career-date-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/cristiano-ronaldo-ends-his-football-career-date-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"Cristiano Ronaldo ends his football career: date announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Cristiano Ronaldo plans to end his professional football career after the end of the 2026\u20132027 season. Saudi club Al-Nasr does not intend to extend the contract with the Portuguese forward.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> This <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TouchlineX\/status\/2014586142528532977\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">is reported<\/a> by journalist Ben Jacobs.<\/p>\n<p> According to available information, Cristiano Ronaldo&#8217;s current contract with Al-Nasr runs until the summer of 2027, after which the footballer plans to end his professional career. At the same time, the player himself is not considering options for continuing his career in other clubs.<\/p>\n<p> It was previously reported that the Portuguese could change club registration before the end of his contract, however, according to current information, such a scenario is not currently being considered. The 2026 World Cup should be the last major international tournament in Ronaldo&#8217;s career.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;He plans to retire after the 2026-2027 season and is not looking for new football challenges,&#8221; Ben Jacobs said.<\/p>\n<p> It is worth adding that the 2026-2027 football season will begin in the summer of 2026, with the English Premier League expected to start on August 22, 2026, and end <strong>on May 30, 2027<\/strong> .<\/p>\n<p> Cristiano Ronaldo has been playing for Al-Nasr since the winter of 2022 after joining from Manchester United. In the 2025\u20132026 Saudi Arabian Championship season, the 40-year-old striker played 16 matches, scoring 16 goals and providing 1 assist.<\/p>\n<p> Ronaldo&#8217;s football career began in 2002 at Sporting Lisbon. Over the years, he has played for Manchester United, Real Madrid, Juventus, and the Portugal national team, with which he won Euro 2016.<\/p>\n<p> During his professional career, Cristiano Ronaldo has won 38 trophies at club and international level, including 5 Champions League titles, and has also won the Ballon d&#8217;Or 5 times.<\/p>\n<p> Recall that <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/krishtianu-ronaldu-oholosyv-pro-zavershennia-kar-iery\/\">Cristiano Ronaldo, one of the best football players in history, plans to end his career in the near future<\/a> in November 2025. The 2026 World Cup will be the Portuguese&#8217;s last major tournament.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2261\" data-end=\"2431\"> Also follow <strong>\u201cPryamim\u201d<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Facebook<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Twitter<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Telegram<\/a> , and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Instagram.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cristiano Ronaldo plans to end his professional football career after the end of the 2026\u20132027 season. Saudi club Al-Nasr does not intend to extend the contract with the Portuguese forward. This is reported by journalist Ben Jacobs. According to available information, Cristiano Ronaldo&#8217;s current contract with Al-Nasr runs until the summer of 2027, after which [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":766410,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76871,76872,76875,76895],"class_list":["post-1348253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2","category-news-feed","category-other-news","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1348253","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/54"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1348253"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1348253\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/766410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1348253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1348253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}