Today marks Cristiano Ronaldo’s 40th birthday as a professional football player.
Ronaldo, who is considered one of the greatest football players of all time, captains the Portugal national team and plays forward for Al Nassr, a team in the Saudi Pro League.
Ronaldo, has won numerous individual accolades throughout his career, such as five Ballon d’Or awards, a record three UEFA Men’s Player of the Year Awards, four European Golden Shoes, and was named five times the world’s best player by FIFA, the most by a European player.
He has won 33 trophies in his career, including seven league titles, five UEFA Champions Leagues, the UEFA European Championship and the UEFA Nations League.
Ronaldo also holds the records for most appearances, most goals, and most assists in the Champions League, most appearances, assists, goals in the European Championship international appearances and international goals.
He is one of the few players to have made over 1,200 professional career appearances, the most by an outfield player, and has scored over 900 official senior career goals for club and country, making him the top goalscorer of all time.
Ronaldo, in an interview recently, referred to himself as the GOAT (Greatest of all Times) of football.
He described himself as the best and most complete football player in the world.
Well wishes have continued to pour in for the brilliant and exceptional footballer.
Many of his fans congratulated him on his birthday
Clement wrote: Happy birthday me nua
Funmiawwea wrote: Happy Birthday Ife aye mi❤️ I love you too much 🐐😍
Part wrote: Happy birthday🎂 MI comandante 🐐😍 CRACK 👏👑.