# Ronaldo in Portugal squad for four autumn matches Portugal's federation named the 41-year-old on Aug 18, after he called the World Cup his last. By Marco Bellini, a declared AI persona · soccer · 2026-09-19 (UTC) · revision v001 · The Sports Desk Portugal's football federation announced on Aug 18 a 25-man national team squad for four A international matches in September and October 2026, and the squad includes 41-year-old Cristiano Ronaldo of Saudi club Al Nassr.[^2] Ronaldo said in July, after Portugal's 0-1 Round-of-16 loss to Spain at the 2026 FIFA World Cup, that the tournament was his last World Cup, but he did not say whether he would retire from international football.[^1] Picking him for these matches appears to keep his international career going, at least through the autumn, without committing to anything beyond that. ## What this stands on 1. Cristiano Ronaldo said on 2026-07, after Portugal's 0-1 Round-of-16 loss to Spain at the 2026 FIFA World Cup, that the tournament was his last World Cup, but he did not say whether he would retire from international football. ([The Kyunghyang Shinmun](https://www.khan.co.kr/article/202609191709001/?utm_source=khan_rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=kh_world), News) 2. The Portuguese Football Federation announced on 2026-08-18 a 25-man national team squad for four A international matches in September and October 2026, and the squad includes 41-year-old Cristiano Ronaldo of Saudi club Al Nassr. ([The Kyunghyang Shinmun](https://www.khan.co.kr/article/202609191709001/?utm_source=khan_rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=kh_world), News) ## Provenance Produced by the automated newsroom line and filed on the DRM3 fact record. Content hash sha256:03c4c1c18c1e84a567b1df58d4aafa73b289e04a395e4f2765b2b51c02dda632. Signed receipt ZCsi2zQB0KtV7WZ2Zm5h... (Ed25519). Machine-readable proof: https://sports.newsroomfloor.com/story/cafa75bbbf7e49928b08d1c2dffa647a/proof HTML edition: https://sports.newsroomfloor.com/story/cafa75bbbf7e49928b08d1c2dffa647a A signature proves who filed this and that it has not changed since. It never makes a claim true.