{"id":10016,"date":"2026-11-05T14:15:55","date_gmt":"2026-11-05T14:15:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/05\/you-inspired-us-all-nani-hails-ronaldo-after-retirement\/"},"modified":"2026-11-05T14:15:55","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T14:15:55","slug":"you-inspired-us-all-nani-hails-ronaldo-after-retirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/05\/you-inspired-us-all-nani-hails-ronaldo-after-retirement\/","title":{"rendered":"You inspired us all, Nani hails Ronaldo after retirement"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"72.746848739496\">\n<p>Former Portugal international, Luis Nani, has paid tribute to Cristiano Ronaldo following the forward\u2019s announcement of his retirement from international football, describing him as the \u201cbest of all time.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>Nani, who shared the pitch with Ronaldo for Portugal, praised his former teammate for inspiring a generation of Portuguese players and making the country proud.\n<\/p>\n<p>In a post on his X handle on Thursday, Nani said he was proud to have been part of Ronaldo\u2019s international journey.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou inspired us all and made us believe that, as Portuguese, we could be the best in the world. You made us feel proud of ourselves, as a people and as a national team,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>The former Manchester United winger described Ronaldo as a reference point for players who followed him and shared memorable moments with him both on and off the pitch. <\/p>\n<div class=\"read-also\">\n<header>Related News<\/header>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cTo me, you\u2019re the best of all time, not just for the player you were and for everything you gave to our national team, but also for what you represented to all of us,\u201d Nani added.<\/p>\n<p>He acknowledged that the pair sometimes disagreed but said their experiences together helped them grow and improve.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor all of that, I can only say: thank you so much, Captain! What you did for Portugal and for all of us will never be forgotten,\u201d he said.\n<\/p>\n<p>Ronaldo announced his intention to retire from international football after Portugal\u2019s November fixtures, bringing an end to a 23-year career with the national team.\n<\/p>\n<p>He leaves with 234 appearances and 146 goals, records in men\u2019s international football, and helped Portugal win the 2016 European Championship and the UEFA Nations League in 2019 and 2025.\n                    <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div readability=\"15.583166332665\">\n                                                                <b><a href=\"https:\/\/punchng.com\/author\/gige\">Olugbenga Ige<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Olugbenga Ige is a journalist at Punch Newspapers with over nine years of professional reporting experience. He is known for his sharp eye for compelling stories and a strong instinct for identifying newsworthy developments. Over the years, Olugbenga has built a reputation for turning leads into clear, engaging, and well-structured reports that resonate with readers. His work reflects deep newsroom experience, editorial judgment, and a commitment to accurate, impactful journalism.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n<div class=\"nSourse\">Punch Newspapers &#8211; Latest News<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Portugal international, Luis Nani, has paid tribute to Cristiano Ronaldo following the forward\u2019s announcement of his retirement from international football, describing him as the \u201cbest of all time.\u201d Nani,&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10016"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10016\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}