{"id":60523,"date":"2025-02-05T08:37:25","date_gmt":"2025-02-05T08:37:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=60523"},"modified":"2025-02-05T08:37:25","modified_gmt":"2025-02-05T08:37:25","slug":"ronaldo-im-the-most-complete-player-in-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/02\/05\/ronaldo-im-the-most-complete-player-in-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Ronaldo: I\u2019m the Most Complete Player in History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Oluwamayowa Fakande<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Portugal and Al Nassr star Cristiano Ronaldo has declared himself the most complete footballer ever, citing his record-breaking achievements and versatility on the pitch.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in an interview with Spanish show El Chiringuito, the 39-year-old emphasized his scoring prowess across all aspects of the game.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Who\u2019s the best goal scorer in history? It\u2019s about numbers. I rank among the top 10 left-footed scorers despite not being left-footed. I excel with my head, right foot, free kicks, and penalties. I do everything well in football,&#8221; he boasted.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Acknowledging personal preferences for legends like Messi, Pel\u00e9, and Maradona, Ronaldo insisted that his all-around ability sets him apart.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I haven\u2019t seen anyone better than me,&#8221; he stated.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Despite his age, Ronaldo remains highly competitive and has no plans to retire, saying his drive to improve keeps him going.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Someone else in my position would have quit 10 years ago. I\u2019m different,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Oluwamayowa Fakande &nbsp; Portugal and Al Nassr star Cristiano Ronaldo has declared himself the most complete footballer ever, citing his record-breaking achievements and versatility on the pitch. &nbsp; Speaking in an interview with Spanish show El Chiringuito, the 39-year-old emphasized his scoring prowess across all aspects of the game. &nbsp; &#8220;Who\u2019s the best goal [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":60524,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[175],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60523","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60523"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60523\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60525,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60523\/revisions\/60525"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}