Cristiano Ronaldo‘s eldest son, Cristiano Ronaldo Júnior, has been selected to play for Portugal‘s Under-17 side for the first time.
Ronaldo Jr., 16, was included in Filipe Ramos’ 23-man squad for November’s European Championship qualifying matches. The Al Nassr academy forward has already represented Portugal at U15 and U16 level.
Portugal will face Andorra on Nov. 11, Bulgaria on Nov. 14 and Serbia on Nov. 17, with all three games in Lisbon.
Ronaldo Jr. could end up seeing his father, Cristiano Ronaldo, at Portugal’s training grounds if the Al Nassr forward is selected in Jorge Jesus’ squad for the upcoming Nations League games against Denmark (Nov. 14) and at Wales (Nov. 17).
Ronaldo, 41, was handed a 30-day suspension by the Portuguese Football Federation after walking out on the national team during last month’s UEFA Nations League campaign.
Ronaldo is the leading scorer in men’s international football with 143 goals in 225 games.
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The former Real Madrid and Juventus striker was rested for Al Nassr’s AFC Champions League win in Uzbekistan on Monday amid concern that the security situation in Saudi Arabia will continue to impact Asia’s football tournaments.
Ronaldo scored a hat trick last week for Al Nassr as he moves ever closer to reaching the 1,000 career goals mark — something that no player has ever achieved.
Ronaldo has 985 goals to his name as it stands.
