During the Dubai Golden Ball awards ceremony that just took place, Ronaldo spoke up about the timing of his retirement.
The 2023 Dubai Golden Ball Awards ceremony was recently held at Atlantis Hotel, Dubai (UAE). In the most notable category, “Best Male Player of the Year”, Ronaldo, despite scoring the most goals in the world in 2023 with 54 goals, is still not the winner. Haaland is the winner of this award after an extremely successful 2023 performance with Man City.
Although he missed out on the “Best Male Player of the Year” award, Ronaldo was honored with three other awards including the “Maradona Award” – for the player who scored the most goals in the past year, and “Best Middle Eastern Player”. ” and “Best player as voted by fans”.
At the ceremony, Ronaldo expressed: “I’ve had a great year. I would like to thank the members at Al Nassr Club and the Portuguese national team.
It’s a great honor to be the top scorer of the year. I’m almost 39 years old and it’s great to surpass a great young striker like Haaland. I like the feeling of people doubting me and then I succeed. I am not affected by criticism.”
Regarding rumors of retiring in the near future, Ronaldo said: “I don’t know, maybe in 10 years. Let’s wait and see.”
In some other notable categories of the 2023 Dubai Golden Ball awards ceremony, members of Man City received many awards when coach Pep Guardiola was the best coach of the year, Ederson was the best goalkeeper of the year, Rodri was the best goalkeeper of the year. is the best midfielder of the year, Man City is the best club of the year.
