Cristiano Ronaldo hopes to end his wait for an international trophy at the Euro 2016 finals in France.
The three-time Ballon d Or winner has won the league and Champions League with Real Madrid and Manchester United in a glittering career to date, but has failed to land a major title with Portugal.
Ronaldo was part of the side that lost the Euro 2004 final to Greece on home soil, but the 30-year-old is confident there is enough young talent within the squad to challenge next year.
At club and individual level I ve won everything, but I m missing an international title. It would seal a great career and I have hope. Hopefully it ll be in 2016, Ronaldo told Marca after being awarded his fourth European Golden Shoe.
We have a good team and an excellent president. I think we have a promising future. The new generation is good and they ve helped us to improve a lot.
Ronaldo bagged 48 goals in La Liga last season to secure the continent s top-scorer prize and he has credited a natural shift to a more central striking position as key to his consistent goal record.
I m different now, I m more a penalty-box player, not so much on the wing, because you score more goals from there so I changed my position slightly. It s been a natural change and it s certainly kept me happy, he said.
At the moment I feel no different to when I was 25. If you look after yourself and do things well, you can keep going until you re 40.
I don t look at just one thing, but in general. I try to be better all the time, to play, train, recover, which is very important.
