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Cristiano Ronaldo says his international career with Portugal is over, meaning the 41-year-old will just play on with Al-Nassr.
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The main thing driving him on now is hoping to reach an unprecedented 1,000 career goals - he is currently on 985.
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BBC Sport looks at some of the most iconic moments of a career that has also taken in spells at Sporting, Manchester United, Real Madrid and Juventus.
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The friendly that changed everything
After 31 first-team games and five goals for Sporting, Ronaldo caught the eye of Manchester United in a pre-season friendly in 2003, setting up two goals in a 3-1 win in Lisbon.
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Ronaldo revealed that United boss Alex Ferguson took him into the dressing room afterwards to meet the players.
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Five days later he joined the Red Devils for £12m.
"After we played Sporting the lads in the dressing room talked about him constantly, and on the plane back from the game they urged me to sign him - that's how highly they rated him,
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" said Ferguson.
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"He is one of the most exciting young players I've ever seen."
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Ronaldo wins first Premier League title (2007)
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Ronaldo won the FA Cup in his first season at United, scoring in the final against Millwall.
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But it was in 2006-07 that his career really exploded.
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He hit 17 Premier League goals, his first season of double figures, was named player of the year and young player of the year - and won his first league title.
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The following season was even better, winning his first Champions League - scoring in the final - his first European Golden Shoe for top scorer, and another league title.
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Porto screamer wins Ronaldo the Puskas award (2009)
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Ronaldo scored 118 goals in 292 games in his first spell at United, and one was ranked above all the others.
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He hit an absolute rocket of a shot into the top corner from 40 yards in his homeland against Porto, a goal which took them into the Champions League semi-finals.
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It won the inaugural Fifa Puskas award for goal of the year.
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Months later, Ronaldo joined Real Madrid for £80m.
Ronaldo's Clasico winner seals Copa del Rey (2011)
Ronaldo's first season at Real Madrid produced no trophies and his second saw just the Copa del Rey won.
That final was especially notable because it is the first time Ronaldo had scored the winning goal in a final.
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He rose at the far post to power in a trademark header from Angel di Maria's cross in extra time as Real beat Barcelona 1-0.
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Ronaldo becomes Real's top scorer (2015)
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Ronaldo, then 30, scored in a 3-0 La Liga win over Levante in October 2015 to become the club's all-time top scorer with his 324th goal in 310 games.
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The 2015-16 campaign would go on to be the sixth season in a row that Ronaldo scored 50 or more goals in all competitions.
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Ronaldo ended up extending that record by 126 goals - leaving Real with 450 goals in just 438 games.
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Euro 2016 win completes Ronaldo set (2016)
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The one thing missing from Ronaldo's CV was international success.
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And that came in 2016 when Portugal won the European Championship by beating hosts France 1-0 in the final in Paris.
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Ronaldo ended up taking on an unofficial coaching role in that final after going off injured in tears midway through the first half.
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He was named in the team of the tournament after three goals and three assists.
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Ronaldo retires as the top scorer in Euros history, with 14 goals.
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Portugal are yet to win the World Cup.
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Ronaldo wins record fifth Ballon d'Or (2017)
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Cristiano Ronaldo won his fifth Ballon d'Or, equalling Lionel Messi's record at the time, after winning the Champions League and La Liga in 2016-17.
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He netted twice in that European final over Juventus.
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It followed on from the best player in the world awards in 2008, 2013, 2014 and 2016.
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Sadly for Ronaldo, Messi would go on to win three more Ballons d'Or, meaning he won their personal rivalry 8-5.
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Real legend hits 100th Champions League goal (2017)
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Ronaldo became the first player to score 100 Champions League goals with a hat-trick in the 2016-17 quarter-final second leg win over Bayern Munich.
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Only Messi and Robert Lewandowski have joined him to date in the century club.
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Ronaldo would go on to score 141 goals in 187 games (also a record) in Europe's top competition.
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In 2018 came one of the most iconic moments of Ronaldo's career, maybe the greatest Champions League goal ever scored.
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…and 15 more, not listed.
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