Cristiano Ronaldo announced on November 5 that he was retiring from Portugal international duty after a 23-year national-team career. [S1][S2][S3][S4]
Verification result: verified, because zero of 300 weighted material-claim points are contradicted and two independent reporting families directly support the central claim. [S2][S3]
Ronaldo said the time had come to hand Portugal's No. 7 shirt to the future. [S2][S4]
His final record is 146 goals in 234 Portugal appearances, the men's international records for goals and appearances. [S2]
Ronaldo's final Portugal appearance was a 1-0 Nations League win over Wales on September 24, 2026. [S2][S4]
He was an unused substitute against Norway on October 4 and subsequently left camp amid a dispute over playing time. [S2][S3]
The Portuguese federation expressed deep gratitude for Ronaldo's service and said it planned a tribute. [S3][S4]
No material inconsistency was identified across the supplied reports. [S1][S2][S3][S4]
A limitation is that S3 is attributed to AP and Reuters while S4 is labeled CBS/AP, so those reports were treated as overlapping wire coverage rather than separate independent corroboration. [S3][S4]
