SANTO DOMINGO.<\/strong>\u2013 Cristiano Ronaldo’s future with the Portugal national team is once again a topic of conversation after his sister, Katia Aveiro, stated that the Portuguese star would be playing in his final World Cup with the Portuguese squad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n During an interview granted to the Portuguese network Sport TV, Aveiro stated that, according to a trusted source, the 41-year-old striker will end his international career once the 2026 World Cup concludes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Enjoy it while it lasts. It’s ending soon. The information I have is from a reliable source… this is their last dance,” he expressed.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n The statements have sparked a broad debate about the future of the top scorer in the history of national teams. However, so far, Cristiano Ronaldo has not officially confirmed his retirement from international football, and the Portuguese Football Federation has not issued any statement on the matter either.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Portuguese captain continues to be one of the main figures of the team led by Portugal in the 2026 World Cup and maintains his goal intact of conquering the only major title missing from his successful career: the World Cup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Considered one of the best footballers of all time, Cristiano seeks to close his sixth World Cup participation with a memorable performance and lead Portugal to fight for the championship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As long as there is no official announcement, the future of the five-time Ballon d’Or winner will remain a subject of speculation, although his sister’s statements fuel the possibility that the 2026 tournament will mark the end of a historic career with the Portuguese national team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" SANTO DOMINGO.\u2013 Cristiano Ronaldo’s future with the Portugal national team is once again a topic of conversation after his sister, Katia Aveiro, stated that the Portuguese star would be playing in his final World Cup with the Portuguese squad. During an interview granted to the Portuguese network Sport TV, Aveiro stated that, according to a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":513074,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[40943],"tags":[43601,13641,40231,40853,40230],"class_list":["post-513073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-breakingnews","tag-cristiano-ronaldo","tag-dominican-republic","tag-thetruthnewspaper","tag-united-states"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-29tn","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/Cristiano-Ronaldo-Portugal-2024-4.jpg.jpg","dum_api":{"author_name":"Redacci\u00f3n De \u00daltimo Minuto","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cropped-logo-de-ultimo-minuto-96x96.png","categories_name":["Football"],"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/Cristiano-Ronaldo-Portugal-2024-4.jpg.jpg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/513073","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=513073"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/513073\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/513074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=513073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=513073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=513073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n