Cristiano Ronaldo: I’ll go down in footballing history

Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo says he is sure he will go down in footballing history.

The Los Blancos forward is the club’s all time leading scorer and also the highest scorer in the Champions League. He will be looking to extend his record against Manchester City this week should he win his fitness battle to take his place in the line up with the Premier League side visits the Santiago Bernabeu.

In a interview with UEFA.com, the 31-year-old was asked whether he thinks people will remember him when he eventually hangs up his boots.

“I don’t doubt that I will go down in footballing history. Whether people like it or not, the numbers speak for themselves. I will be up there with the rest. Some like it more, some like it less, but I have no doubt that I’m already in the history of football,” he responded.

Asked what gives him most pleasure about being a footballer, Ronaldo added: “Doing what I love – doing my job. Doing it well, enjoying it and ensuring that the fans also enjoy themselves. Trying to score goals – fans always like to see a good match, and to see goals obviously. And that’s my job. It’s to win, play well, score as many goals as possible, help my team and enjoy it. ‘Enjoy’ is the word that I need to underline, because that’s football: it’s happiness, it’s passion and it’s adversity as well.”