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Portugal great Cristiano Ronaldo announces retirement from international football

"To the Portuguese people, the day has come for me to hand back the No. 7 shirt of our national team,” the 41-year-old Ronaldo said in a long video message on social media.

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00:00Cristiano Ronaldo announced on Thursday that he is retiring from international football,
00:04ending a career with the Portuguese team that spanned six World Cups and included a European
00:09title and the men's all-time international scoring record.
00:13His announcement marked the end of a Lauda career that began more than two decades ago
00:18before Euro 2004 and ended with him controversially walking out on the national team last month
00:23after falling out with coach Jorge Jesus.
00:27Jesus had kept his star player on the bench for the following match and said he didn't
00:31plan to start him in the next one, leading to Ronaldo's departure from the team's training camp.
00:36The Portuguese Football Federation released a statement expressing deep gratitude and immense
00:41admiration for Ronaldo's service to the country. Ronaldo will keep playing at a club level and
00:46is expected to finish his club career at the end of this season with Al Nasser in Saudi Arabia.
00:51He is in pursuit of his 1,000th career goal and is currently on 985.
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