Cristiano Ronaldo receives a special award as the top scorer of national teams in history

Portuguese ace Cristiano Ronaldo was not among the finalists of FIFA’s The Best award, which was won by Robert Lewandowski. However, the striker received a special award as the top scorer of national teams in history.

The player achieved the feat last year, scoring 115 goals for the Portugal national team. Even at 36, the athlete still feels motivated to play for another four or five seasons.

“It’s a matter of passion. I love this sport. I like to score goals and have fun. When I go on the field or practice, I have fun. I feel good and motivated. I keep working hard and I want to keep feeling this passion. they ask how many years I have left as a player, and I would like to play another four or five years. It’s a mental issue. If you take care of your body, the body also takes care of you”, he said.

Cristiano hopes that the trophy will serve as “extra fuel” for the striker to help Manchester United and the Portuguese national team in pursuit of their goals for this season.

“Now it’s up to me to turn this trophy into extra fuel so that I can help Manchester United achieve their goals this season, as well as the play-offs in March, so that Portugal can be at the World Cup in Qatar in 2022”, he wrote in his Instagram.

Check out other The Best awardees:

Player of the Year: Robert Lewandowski, Bayern Munich;

Player of the Year: Alexia Putellas, from Barcelona;

Men’s Football Coach of the Year: Chelsea’s Thomas Tuchel;

Women’s Football Coach of the Year: Chelsea’s Emma Hayes;

Goalkeeper of the Year: Édouard Mendy, from Chelsea;

Goalkeeper of the Year: Christiane Endler, Lyon;

Special Awards: Christine Sinclair (for a career in women’s football);

Prêmio Puskás: Erik Lamela, do Tottenham;

Fair Play: Denmark national team (doctors and players);

Awards for fans: Fans from Denmark and Finland;

Women’s team: Christiane Endler, Bronze, Renard, Bright, Eriksson; Banini, Lloyd, Bonanser; Myedema, Marta and Alex Morgan;

Men’s team: Donnaruma, Rubén Días, Bonucci and Alaba; Jorginho, Kante and De Bruyne; Lewandowski, Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Haaland.