UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin will honor Cristiano Ronaldo for his remarkable achievements in the UEFA Champions League, including being the all-time top scorer with 140 goals, winning the title five times, and scoring in three separate finals.
He has been the top scorer in a single UCL campaign on seven occasions and has won the Golden Boot seven times out of 18 participations.
Ronaldo holds several Champions League records, including most goals in a single season, longest scoring streak, and most hat-tricks, and is the first player to score 100 Champions League goals and score in five World Cups.
He scored 130 goals for Portugal on the international stage. Ronaldo played for clubs including Sporting Clube de Portugal, Manchester United, Real Madrid, and Juventus.
Ronaldo is Real Madrid's all-time top scorer with 450 goals across all competitions during his nine-year stint.
The footballer remains undecided about retirement. He expressed his happiness playing for Al-Nassr and his desire to help Portugal in future fixtures.
Ronaldo's overall social media following is nearly one billion accounts, with 637 million Instagram followers, 170 million Facebook followers, and 112 million Twitter followers.
Ronaldo scored a stunning free-kick in Al-Nassr's 4-1 win against Al-Feiha in the Saudi Pro League match, marking his 899th career goal and 64th career free-kick goal.
Ronaldo broke the Saudi football record by scoring his 35th goal in a single SPL season, and he has already scored four goals in four matches this season, with two goals in the Saudi Super Cup.
Al-Nassr, with Ronaldo on board, is looking to recruit Zinedine Zidane to stabilize their season.
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Sources: Givemesport, Deccan Chronicle, Hindustan Times, Zeenews, Firstpost, The Daily Star, The Portugal News, Inside World Football, News9, Sportskeeda, Gulf Today, Bolavip, Brudirect, Punch, World Soccer Talk, Inside the Games.