On Tuesday night, Manchester United striker Cristiano Ronaldo was recognized by the Portuguese Football Federation by receiving the best goalscorer award at the 2022 Quinas de Ouro Gala.
Ronaldo received the prestigious national award as Portugal’s all-time top scorer, with 117 goals in 189 appearances.
The 37-year-old will see this accolade added to his illustrious trophy case, which contains five Ballon D’Or awards.
The award was given to Ronaldo for his extensive exploits and achievements with the A Seleção.
Ronaldo captained the team to their Euro 2016 triumph and is set to lead them to this year’s World Cup in Qatar in December. Portugal is one of the favorites for the tournament.
The United do not. 7 declared her official Instagram account after winning the national award. He said: “Proud to win the award for the best national goalscorer from the country I love.”
“Thank you again to all my teammates, coaches, my family, friends and all my fans who helped me achieve this great achievement.”
“Together we will continue to break all possible records! Thank you”
In his speech that night, Ronaldo declared that he would not stop anytime soon and even said that he was looking forward to Euro 2024.
He said: “I hope to be part of the Federation for a few more years. My path in the national team is not over. We have a lot of quality youngsters.”
In typical Ronaldo fashion, he said his ambition was still high and he showed no signs of slowing down anytime soon.
The talisman opened his account this season in United’s win in Europe against Sheriff and, according to his records, he will be looking to add to that tally and top the charts once again.
