Cristiano Ronaldo tests positive for coronavirus on Portugal national team duty and heads into isolation
- Juventus superstar shows no symptoms and is ‘doing well’ after going into isolation in Lisbon
- The 35-year-old had posted a photo of himself eating with his Portuguese teammates on Monday
Cristiano Ronaldo has become the latest international football star to test positive for the coronavirus.
The Portuguese football federation said on Tuesday that Ronaldo was doing well and had no symptoms after he tested positive while with his country’s national team.
He was in isolation and was dropped from the country’s Nations League match against Sweden on Wednesday in Lisbon.
“Ronaldo is doing great. He is dealing very well with this,” Portugal coach Fernando Santos said. “He is asymptomatic, he has no problems. He doesn’t even know how this happened to him.”
Ronaldo, one of the most prolific goal scorers in the sport’s history, played in the 0-0 draw at France in the Nations League on Sunday and in the 0-0 draw against Spain in a friendly last week.