RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Cristiano Ronaldo said on Tuesday he expects his record sixth World Cup next year at age 41 will be his last.

“Definitely, yes, because I will be 41 years old,” Ronaldo told CNN anchor Becky Anderson in a live video link from Portugal’s training camp to a tourism conference in Saudi Arabia.

Ronaldo clarified that when he says he will retire from soccer “soon” that should mean “probably one, two years.”

Portugal should seal qualification in the coming days for the World Cup that will be co-hosted by the United States, Canada and Mexico. The team needs just two points from its final qualifying group games at Ireland on Thursday and hosting last-placed Armenia on Sunday.

Ronaldo’s five goals in four qualifying games have extended his men’s world record to 143 f

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