Cristiano Ronaldo is beginning married life with Georgina Rodríguez while acknowledging that another defining chapter of his life may be approaching its end.
The 41-year-old soccer star said this is “probably” his last year as a professional player during a wide-ranging Vogue interview with Rodríguez conducted five days before their Aug. 11 wedding. “This is probably my last year of football, and I want to leave a spectacular legacy,” Ronaldo said, according to TMZ.
Ronaldo described a future he has already planned around spending more time with his family, traveling, playing and watching padel, and enjoying what he and Rodríguez have built after a career spanning more than two decades.
Ronaldo and Rodríguez married on the 10th anniversary of the day they first met, then returned almost immediately to the demands of his career instead of taking a traditional honeymoon.
Ronaldo Says This Is ‘Probably’ His Last Year of Football
When Vogue asked whether marriage would change anything for the couple, Ronaldo first joked that becoming husband and wife put them in a “different league.” The conversation then shifted toward his playing future. “This is probably my last year of football, and I want to leave a spectacular legacy,” he told Vogue.
He did, however, make clear that he has thought seriously about what comes afterward. Ronaldo said leaving football could create a significant hole in his life, but he expects to fill his time in several ways. Travel, padel and more time enjoying life with his family are all part of that picture.
Ronaldo also reflected on the sacrifices required during roughly 25 years devoted to professional football. There are still significant milestones within reach before he walks away. Reuters reported that Ronaldo has scored 976 goals for club and country, leaving him 24 short of 1,000 as he continues with Al-Nassr this season.
He and Georgina Married in Their Living Room With Their Children
Rather than stage the enormous celebrity event many outsiders expected, they chose the living room of their new summer home in Cascais, Portugal. Rodríguez explained that the room is where the family eats and spends ordinary time together.
She wanted their children to be able to look back decades from now and remember that their parents exchanged vows in the same place where everyday family life happened.
Reuters confirmed that the couple married in a private civil ceremony in Cascais on Aug. 11 which marked exactly 10 years since Ronaldo and Rodríguez first met at a Gucci store in Madrid, where she was working as a sales assistant and he arrived with Cristiano Jr.
That origin story also influenced their wedding clothes. Rodríguez wore a white silk faille skirt suit from Gucci with matching satin shoes, while Ronaldo wore a custom light beige cotton Gucci suit and loafers. The children were dressed in coordinating beige and white looks.
There Was No Honeymoon Before Ronaldo Returned to Al-Nassr
After exchanging vows at home, the family traveled to the Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima for a private religious blessing. Rodríguez later told Vogue that the wedding had unfolded as she wanted it to, intimate and centered on the family.
There was no extended honeymoon waiting for the newlyweds. They were due to leave for their home in Riyadh the following day as Ronaldo prepared to resume club duties. He joked that “every day is a honeymoon.”
The couple does expect to celebrate on a larger scale eventually. Rodríguez said they plan to hold a bigger wedding celebration with family and friends in the future, but she deliberately wanted their civil marriage to remain unusually private for two people whose lives routinely unfold in front of enormous audiences.
Ronaldo subsequently returned to Al-Nassr, although he did not play in the club's opening Saudi Pro League match of the 2026-27 season. The league said he was given additional time to get up to speed following the World Cup and personal commitments as Al-Nassr defeated Al-Fateh 3-0. Ronaldo watched from the stands with his family and celebrated the goals.