45 years old at a World Cup. That’s how old Cristiano Ronaldo would be if Roberto Martínez gets his way. 🤯 Portugal’s national team coach said on May 29 on El Larguero that CR7 is going to fight to be at the 2030 World Cup — the one that will be played, with all the symbolism that implies, in Portugal, Spain, and Morocco.
The problem: Ronaldo himself said in November 2025 that the 2026 World Cup would be his farewell. At 41 years old and with six World Cups under his belt, he arrives in the United States as the oldest outfield player in the tournament. Making it to 2030 would break an absolute record — not even Essam El Hadary, the oldest Egyptian goalkeeper to play in a World Cup (45 years old in 2018), achieved it as a forward.
Martínez does not talk about diet or genetics: he says CR7’s secret is hunger. 🔥 And while the president of the Portuguese Federation admits that physiologically it would be “a huge surprise”, the coach simply does not close the door. Do you think Ronaldo can make it to 2030?