Cristiano Ronaldo could make his Olympic return in Rio de Janeiro next year, 12 years after his Olympic debut at Athens 2004.
Portugal has qualified for the Olympic men’s soccer tournament for the first time since 2004. Olympic soccer teams can include a maximum of three players born before Jan. 1, 1993, so the two-time reigning FIFA Ballon d’Or winner Ronaldo could be called on.
“It is a possibility,” Portuguese soccer federation president Fernando Gomes told Brazil’s O Globo, according to an ESPN.com translation. “We can bring three players aged over 23.