On February 5, Cristiano Ronaldo celebrated his 35th birthday and turned 36. At this age, many players have retired or moved to less competitive tournaments to “retire”, but Ronaldo still plays football. at the highest peak.
Every year, people are more and more surprised by the hidden things in CR7, even though they still know that he has been truly professional throughout his career in terms of maintaining his physical condition.
With a double goal against Inter Milan in the first leg of the Italian National Cup semi-final on February 2, Ronaldo officially became the best striker in world football history. Surpassing two legends Pele and Josep Bican, Ronaldo now has 763 goals in official matches and tournaments.
Although there is still much controversy on this issue – neither Santos club nor the Czech Football Federation acknowledge Ronaldo’s record, but it is clear that no one can deny this “goal-scoring machine”. .
It is correct to call Ronaldo a “mutant goal-scoring machine”, because of his ability to adjust and adapt to each stage of his career. Everyone knows that the Portuguese superstar started as a winger, then gradually switched to a wing striker and even the “number 9” role to get closer to the goal when he crossed the line. 30 years old.
Not only that, if the team has a “number 9”, Ronaldo will move around the penalty area to take advantage of his long-range shooting ability.
“Cristiano has had a very smart change in his physique, his playing style and his running style over the years,” said Dr. Pedro Luis Ripoll. “First, with Ronaldo there is an explosion of muscle, strength and speed, then there is training to have a model body and an organized diet.
Dr Van Dijk, who works at our Ripoll Center and also operated on Ronaldo’s ankle, said he was a super professional 24 hours a day. Living depends on what he eats, how he sleeps… and that allows him to have a biological age much lower than 36 years old.
Cristiano’s will to win is outstanding. He is never satisfied and demands a lot of himself.”
goal-scoring ability. Photo: AFP
Along with stating that Ronaldo can play football until he is 40 years old, Dr. Ripoll said, “different from genetics, the brain is the key to a champion. That is the basis for your intelligence, the ability to understand reality, know that your physical body is changing and adapt and get the best out of it.
With that adaptation, goals come to him regularly. What a machine!
Many people think that Ronaldo is obsessed with scoring goals, but what Dr. Ripoll said seems to explain what Ronaldo shared on the BBC in December: “Age is not the problem, but the mind.” I live in the present and look to the future with expectation. I want to continue playing for many more years.”
Adaptation is also something seen on Ronaldo’s career graph. At the age of 17 and 18, Ronaldo only had a total of 6 goals. The next 2 years, he had 30 more goals. And since then, Ronaldo has not stopped.
At 22 years old, he scored 102 goals. 25 years old is 214 goals. 30 years old is 522 goals. 35 years old is 763 goals. All recorded after 1,043 matches.
With goals, Ronaldo is the best striker in the history of Real Madrid club (451 goals), the best striker in the Champions League (135 goals), the greatest striker in Portuguese football (102 goals). ). Of course, the statistics don’t stop as long as Ronaldo still feels like he can play.
“Retirement will come when my body doesn’t have the right response on the field,” he said in 2019, a year before receiving the Best Player of the 21st Century award at the Gala Globe Soccer Award.
And before retiring, the football world will have many new things to say about Ronaldo during his upcoming birthday celebrations.
