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·16 November 2025

🐐Cristiano Ronaldo, the player who changed a nation

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Despite not playing today in the match that sealed Portugal's qualification for the World Cup, there is one fact that is indisputable.

It took him just a few minutes to celebrate Portugal's qualification for the next World Cup, which will be his sixth and last as a player.

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Cristiano Ronaldo couldn't be in the match against Armenia due to suspension, but once the ticket to the World Cup was secured, there is a fact that is incredible.

There simply isn't a player in football history who has changed a country's international trajectory like he has.

Since his debut with the Portuguese national team, there hasn't been a World Cup he hasn't attended, and there are already three titles lifted so far. 

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in đŸ‡Ș🇾 here.

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