{"id":17838,"date":"2026-11-14T19:00:47","date_gmt":"2026-11-14T19:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/14\/portugal-redesigns-no-7-shirt-to-honour-ronaldo-after-retirement\/"},"modified":"2026-11-14T19:00:47","modified_gmt":"2026-11-14T19:00:47","slug":"portugal-redesigns-no-7-shirt-to-honour-ronaldo-after-retirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/14\/portugal-redesigns-no-7-shirt-to-honour-ronaldo-after-retirement\/","title":{"rendered":"Portugal redesigns No. 7 shirt to honour Ronaldo after retirement"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Portugal-redesigns-No.-7-shirt-to-honour-Ronaldo-after-retirement.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Portugal redesigns No. 7 shirt to honour Ronaldo after retirement\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" srcset=\"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Portugal-redesigns-No.-7-shirt-to-honour-Ronaldo-after-retirement.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.vanguardngr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Ronaldo-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.vanguardngr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Ronaldo-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.vanguardngr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Ronaldo.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By Ayobami Okerinde<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Portugal have announced a redesign of the No. 7 on their national team shirts in tribute to former captain Cristiano Ronaldo following his retirement from international football.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) announced the change on Saturday, saying the new design would preserve the legacy of the number associated with the 41-year-old forward.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a statement shared by football transfer expert Fabrizio Romano, the federation said the decision was another way to immortalise the significance of the number and honour Ronaldo\u2019s contribution to Portuguese football.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis is another way to eternalise the meaning of such a special number and honour the legacy it represents for us.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBecause there are stories, memories, all the achievements and emotions, which will forever be linked to Cristiano Ronaldo.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFrom today we will thus have a different number 7 on the sweater, with the same essence and the same pride, reserving the previous one for the eternalisation of the story that will never be forgotten. Thank you, Cristiano!\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ronaldo announced his retirement from the Portugal national team on November 5, bringing an end to his 23-year international career.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a message to Portuguese supporters, the forward said it was time to hand back the national team shirt and captain\u2019s armband after enjoying the privilege of representing his country for more than two decades.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFor 23 years, I had the privilege and responsibility of wearing it, defending it, and carrying it with me to stadiums all around the world,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ronaldo finished his international career as Portugal\u2019s record appearance-maker, with 234 caps, and all-time leading scorer, with 146 goals. He also captained the country to its first European Championship title in 2016 and two UEFA Nations League triumphs in 2019 and 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/2026\/11\/portugal-redesigns-no-7-shirt-to-honour-ronaldo-after-retirement\/\">Portugal redesigns No. 7 shirt to honour Ronaldo after retirement<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/\">Vanguard News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n<div class=\"nSourse\">Vanguard News<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ayobami Okerinde Portugal have announced a redesign of the No. 7 on their national team shirts in tribute to former captain Cristiano Ronaldo following his retirement from international football.&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17839,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17838","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=17838"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17838\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}