Cristiano Ronaldo Tests Positive for COVID-19

One of the world’s most influential & prominent athletes has contracted the coronavirus. The announcement that Cristiano Ronaldo has a positive infection of COVID-19 came from Portugal’s Football Federation. However, it’s explicitly stated that Ronaldo doesn’t have any symptoms on the virus & is sustaining an asymptomatic condition. He’ll now commit to fourteen days of self-isolation, being removed from his international duties with Juventus FC.

Juventus FC hasn’t maintained a single case of the coronavirus until Cristiano Ronaldo. It’s suspected that while competing against France, Lisbon, or Spain over the last several days, Cristiano Ronaldo had contracted the COVID-19 pandemic. This could’ve resulted from additional interviews maintained with Ronaldo. However, reports indicate that Ronaldo engaged with social festivities while visiting Paris on October 11th.

The Portuguese Football Federation provided a press release statement regarding Ronaldo’s infection of COVID-19. It was announced that Cristiano Ronaldo was released from Portugal’s National Football Team after testing positive. This means that his presence during an upcoming match with Sweden won’t be sustained.

Portugal FC finalized their press release by clarifying Cristiano Ronaldo is doing good & didn’t infect other club members. All players & team personnel received a PCR COVID Test on October 13th, with everyone receiving a negative result by the morning of October 14th. It was also confirmed that Fernando Santos would replace Cristiano Ronaldo during the upcoming Portugal versus Sweden match.

Infections Before Champions League Restart

Cristiano Ronaldo has been the exclusive footballer to test positive for COVID-19 on Portugal’s National Football Team during the 2020/21 Champions League Campaign. Multiple players on Portugal FC have contracted the coronavirus before the resumption of football. These individuals were lucky to avoid positive infections before seasonal matches began. Players infected before Cristiano Ronaldo on Portugal FC or Juventus before the 2020/21 Campaign include:

  • Bruno Fernandes from Manchester United & Portugal FC.
  • Blaise Matuidi from Inter Miami FC & Juventus FC.
  • Paulo Dybala from Juventus FC & Argentina National Football Team.
  • Daniel Rugani from the Italian National Football Club & Juventus FC.

Cristiano Ronaldo will resume his international contention with Portugal’s National Football Club in 2021 on January 3rd. It’s expected that Ronaldo will return to training by October 28th with Juventus FC. This means Ronaldo won’t return to professional football until November 1st.