Cristiano Ronaldo made no secret of his ambition to notch up another world record – for the number of international caps. Photo by MANAN VATSYAYANA / AFP
ICYMI: Cristiano Ronaldo gets lowest FIFA rating in 16 years
Cristiano Ronaldo has hit his lowest FIFA rating since 2007. It caps what hasn’t been the finest couple of months in his career.
Cristiano Ronaldo made no secret of his ambition to notch up another world record – for the number of international caps. Photo by MANAN VATSYAYANA / AFP
FIFA 23, like the World Cup in Qatar, wasn’t particularly kind to Cristiano Ronaldo.
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Cristiano Ronaldo hits new FIFA low
Cristiano Ronaldo’s FIFA rating has hit its lowest level in 16 years.
The 37-year-old Portugal icon has had a couple of months to forget, now capped off by his overall rating on popular video game FIFA dropping to 88. That’s the lowest it’s been since FIFA 07, when his rating was 87.
Ronaldo had started this campaign in FIFA 23 as a 90-rated star. He scored 18 goals for Man United in the 2021-22 English Premier League season, but 2022-23 hasn’t gone so well.
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His second stint with the Red Devils ended in acrimonious fashion after his fallout with new manager Erik ten Hag and the club hierarchy in general. His Portugal side was then dumped out of the World Cup at the quarterfinal stage by a history-making Morocco side.
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CR7 has since joined Al-Nassr, signing the most lucrative deal in football history. A reported £160m annual salary will rise further based on incentives and other commercial factors.
“I’m feeling very good. I’m so proud to make this big decision in my life,” he said after joining.
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FIFA 23 is the final game in the series, with EA Sports working on its own series after a dramatic split from football’s governing body after a relationship spanning almost 30 years. The developer’s new franchise will be called EA Sports FC, while FIFA has said it will work with other publishers, studios and investors on future titles. This via Sky News.
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