Cristiano Ronaldo: I want to score 1,000 goals, all ‘on video’

Veteran Cristiano Ronaldo wants to reach the historic landmark of 1000 goals. The Al Nassr and Portuguese striker revealed his aim in an interview with former England star Rio Ferdinand released on his YouTube channel.

Ronaldo has scored a whopping 899 goals in his glorious career for both club and country and he is regarded as one of the best players to have graced the sport.

The talisman is the highest goal-scorer in the history of the game and wants to score another 101 goals before he calls time on his glorious career. Ronaldo, 39, is still fit as a fiddle and reckons it will take him a couple of more years to complete a thousand goals in his career.

“I want to reach 1,000 goals,” said the Al Nassr and Portugal star, estimating that the historic mark could come around the age of 41. “If I don’t have any injuries, this for me is the most important [thing], I want that. For me, the best mark that I can have in football is to reach, first, 900 goals. After, my challenge is to be at 1,000 goals.”

“All the goals I have scored, they have video,” he said. “They all have video. Listen, I respect all of them [Pele and Di Stefano]. And if you want more goals, I can bring them from training, too. And I will prove to the people after. They prefer this player, or this is the best one. I don’t care about that.”

Ronaldo also spoke about adapting to the Saudi Pro League after playing all of his football in Europe for clubs like Manchester United, Real Madrid, and Juventus.

“No country is perfect, so for me the adaptation was easy and I really love to be there,” he said. “In my opinion, the league is very, very good.”

Ronaldo also opened on missing the crucial penalty in the Euro 2024 round of 16 match against Slovenia.

“When you have passion for what you’re doing, you cannot be worried about how you’re feeling,” he said. “I failed because I’ve made pressure for myself since I was 11 years old. ‘Cristiano, you are the best player in the world,’ I’m always thinking in that way.

“But when I missed the penalty, I felt bad with myself, the fans, family, not because of other stuff that people say.”

Ronaldo will have his chance to score his 900th goal when he plays for Portugal in the Nations League match against Scotland on September 8.