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Real Madrid has paid tribute to its former star Cristiano Ronaldo while celebrating his 40th birthday.
Ronaldo spent almost a decade at Bernabéu, scoring 451 times in 438 games for Spanish giants.
He won four titles from the Champions League with the Club and received the Ballon D'O or four times during his time there. The global superstar went to Juventus in 2018 before meeting with Manchester United three years later.
Ronaldo continues to appear regularly for his national team and has the record of most of the objectives at international level, 135 – Despite now playing in Saudi Arabia for Al Nassr.
And in his historic birthday, Madrid sent his “warmer wishes” to the legend of the club and to the top scorer of all time.
“Dear Cristiano, from Real Madrid, we want to send our warmer wishes on his 40th birthday,” reads a publication in the club's x account. 'Every Madrid player is proud of the legend that you are and what you represent for our history.
Cristiano Ronaldo won four titles of the Champions League during his decade of close to Madrid
The Spanish giants wanted their former star of the club well while celebrating their 40th birthday
The club turned to social networks to publish a collage of some of the most iconic moments of the striker in a Madrid shirt
Ronaldo continues to write at a prolific pace and is only 77 goals to score 1,000 in his career.
“Have a great day with your relatives and loved ones.”
The moving message of the club comes a day after the striker admitted that he loses his previous team and looks back in his time in the Spanish capital as the best of his brilliant career.
'Spain is my home, my children grew up there. It is where I was happier in football, I will always have Madrid in my heart, “he told Marca. 'I did some really beautiful things and people don't forget.
On the possibility of returning to the club somehow, he added: 'One day. I don't rule it out. I left a legacy there, a good brand there.
'Maybe when I finished my career I can do something great, with 80,000 people. Today's people values those duels with Barcelona, we live a week with a very high tension.
'Fans, television that talks about the game. Madrid-Barcelona, Cristiano-Messi, Pique and Ramos … It was pleasant, a rivalry that existed and was healthy.
Ronaldo has been in good shape for Al Nassr this season, scoring 21 goals in 24 appearances. The team is at eight points drift from the leaders of the Pro Saudi League, to Hilal and the Ittihad. The club made Marquee's firm for Jhon Duran for 64 million Aston Villa while trying to ensure an inaugural league title since the arrival of Ronaldo.
Despite turning 40, it is unlikely that Ronaldo decreases speed, since he offers to become the first player to score 1,000 professional goals. The striker is 77 account strikes, with 923.
