Cristiano Ronaldo welcomed his birthday wearing a compression boot of £ 4,000, indicating that he still plans to play football until the fifth decade of his life.
Ronaldo is still scoring goals while playing for Al-Naser in Saudi Arabia, and leading the line for the team he signed in January 2023 after leaving Manchester United.
The veteran has scored 23 goals and helped four times this season and leads the Professor Saudi League in goal contributions, with his team currently third in the classification of the League.
He moved to Saudi after falling with former United Erik Ten Hag manager, whom he accused of missing respect in an exclusive interview with Piers Morgan before his departure from Old Trafford.
Although the Saudi League does not take as many ocular balloons as European football, what Ronaldo can do at his age is commendable, with the five -time winner of the Ballon d'Ads still strong.
The Portuguese star is not the only athlete who continues her career in her 40 and achieved great things. Here, Mail Sport takes a look at some of the others.
Cristiano Ronaldo celebrated his birthday on Wednesday and shows no signal to decelerate
The striker is still scoring goals and leading the line for Al-Naser in the Saudi Arabia League
An impressive cake tailored by Al-Nassr was given in training to celebrate his birthday.
Tom Brady
Tom Brady finished his career as one of the most decorated field marshal in the history of the NFL.
He won his first Super Bowl at the age of 24, but his long career saw him repeat the feat six more times with two of them after 40 years.
Brady's last Super Bowl victory came in his time with the Bay Buccaneers Tampa, and the legendary QB became the oldest MVP in the Super Bowl at the age of 43, when he helped his team win the trophy in 2020 .
After 22 seasons, Brady finally announced his retirement on February 1, 2022. However, only 40 days later he returned and became the oldest field marshal in starting a NFL game.
In what was his last season, Brady could not inspire Buccaneers to another Super Bowl victory, which led him to decide to retire from the game forever on February 1, 2023.
Tom Brady finished his career as one of the most decorated field marshals in the NFL history
Brady became the oldest field marshal in starting an NFL game when he left retirement in 2022 in the mid -40
Dogem Abdul-Jabbar
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar entered the NBA as one of the most decorated university basketball players after helping the University of California to win three national championships of the Collegiate Athletic Association.
He lived up to his expectations by joining the NBA and delivered to the Milwaukee Bucks his first championship, he also starred in the Lakers, helping them win five championships in their time there.
Playing for the Lakers, Abdul-Jabbar had a lot of talent on his list, but they faced some hard sides throughout his career.
He became the oldest final MVP when he won the prize after his performance in the 1985 finals against the Celtics at the age of 38.
He continued playing after that and won two more championships in 1988 and 1989 after turning 40, while arriving at the All-Star team in his last two seasons.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar starred both Milwaukee Bucks and for the Lakers during his career in the NBA
He won two championships in 1988 and 1989 after turning 40, he also made him the All-Star team in his last two seasons
Forest tiger
Tiger Woods appeared to the world with style when he became the youngest master's winner in 1997 in Augusta National in a record.
After a promising beginning, all the eyes were in Woods and could live up to exaggeration, since he won a trophy hatred throughout his career.
In 2019, Woods became the second oldest to win the masters at the age of 43, his first great victory since 2008, who sent a message that he still had a lot in his tank.
Woods, however, suffered a serious accident in 2021, but returned in 2022 and continues to play the game at the highest level.
Tiger Woods became the second oldest player to win the masters at the age of 43 in 2019
George foreman
George Foreman was widely known as 'Big George' in boxing, without any more reason than his extraordinary boxing ability.
He won a gold medal in the heavyweight division at the 1968 Olympic Games and demonstrated his skill once again when he defeated Joe Frazier to win his first heavyweight championship in 1973.
Foreman lost the title of Muhammad Ali in 1974, but continued fighting and, in 1994, after several other victories, he beat Michael Moorer and won another heavyweight championship.
Foreman was eliminated controversial from the title after rejecting a rematch that the FIB programmed against Axel Schulz, but the boxing continued for a few more years before retiring at the age of 48.
George Foreman retired at the age of 48, winning a heavyweight championship in the mid -40
His most famous fight was his defeat by Muhammad Ali in 1974, but recovered to win another title 20 years later
Dara Torres
Dara Torres is considered one of the greatest Olympic swimmers in American history.
She won 12 Olympic medals, but what caught everyone's attention was her performance during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. At the age of 41, Torres became the oldest swimmer to be part of the American swimming team.
He joined his legacy when he won silver medals in the three events in which he participated during the games: 50 meters, 4 × 100 meters combined relay and 4 × 100 meters free style relay.
American swimmer Dara Torres wins three silver medals at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games
Martina Navratilova, meanwhile, won the mixed doubles in the US Open at 49 in 2006
Martina Navratilova
Martina Navratilova had one of the best races in tennis, which covers more than 30 years.
His illustrious career included 18 individual Grand Slam titles, 31 Grand Slam double titles and 10 Grand Slam mixed double titles.
Navratilova established a record in 2003 when he was part of the winning team in the mixed doubles team both in Wimbledon and in US Open, 48.
He then broke his own record when he won the title of mixed doubles in the US Open in 2006 with Bob Bryan only a few months before his 50th birthday.
Although Navratilova competed in many individual tournaments after completing 40 years, their achievements in the doubles and mixed double tournaments are considered sensational taking into account the competitors with whom he was playing at his age.