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Cristiano Ronaldo

THE BEAST December 25, 2020

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Cistiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro (born 5 February 1985 in Funchal, Madeira), better known as Cristiano Ronaldo, or by his nickname 'CR7', is a Portuguese professional footballer. He plays for Serie A club Juventus and the Portuguese national team. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest footballers of all time, and, by some, as the greatest ever

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Ronaldo with Portugal at the 2018 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Full nameCristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro[1]
Date of birth5 February 1985 (age 35)
Place of birthFunchal, Madeira, Portugal
Height1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in)[note 1]
Playing positionForward
Club information
Current team
Juventus
Number7
Youth career
1992–1995Andorinha
1995–1997Nacional
1997–2002Sporting CP
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2002–2003Sporting CP B2(0)
2002–2003Sporting CP25(3)
2003–2009Manchester United196(84)
2009–2018Real Madrid292(311)
2018–Juventus66(55)
National team‡
2001Portugal U159(7)
2001–2002Portugal U177(5)
2003Portugal U205(1)
2002–2003Portugal U2110(3)
2004Portugal U233(2)
2003–Portugal167(101)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 27 September 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 October 2020

Ronaldo was once the most expensive professional football player of all time, after moving from Manchester United to Real Madrid for approximately £80m. At his presentation as a Real Madrid player, 80,000 people greeted him at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium. This is the world record, breaking the 25-year record of 75,000 people at Diego Maradona's presentation for Napoli.

He is the first player to win the UEFA Champions League five times.He also holds the record for the most number of goals scored in Real Madrid's history. Until this day, he remains the only player in the history of La Liga to score 30 or more goals in six consecutive seasons. 

Early LifeEdit

Ronaldo was born in Funchal, Madeira Islands.[20] He has one brother named Hugo, and two sisters named Katia and Elma. He was diagnosed with a racing heart (Tachycardia) at age 15, but he got surgery to treat it. His father named him "Ronaldo" after former U.S. president Ronald Reagan. He was expelled from school for throwing a chair at a teacher because he disrespected him. In 1997, at age 12, he went on a trial with Sporting CP, who signed him for a fee of £1,500. He then moved from the Madeira Islands to Lisbon, to join the Sporting youth academy. He joined professional football at 16 when he was called up to the A team.

Club CareerEdit

Ronaldo began his professional career at Sporting CP. On 7 October 2002, Ronaldo played his first game in the Portuguese Primeira Liga, against Moreirense. He scored two goals as Sporting won 3–0. Ronaldo came to the attention of Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson in August 2003, when Sporting defeated United 3–1 in the first game ever played at the Estádio José Alvalade in Lisbon. His performance impressed the United players, who told Ferguson to sign him.

Cristiano Ronaldo playing for Manchester United in 2007

On 12 August 2003, Ronaldo joined Manchester United from Sporting CP for a fee of £12.24 million. [21] He was Manchester United's first Portuguese player. He wanted the number 28, the number he wore at Sporting, but was eventually given the number 7. This number had been worn by George Best, Eric Cantona and David Beckham before him.

He played his first game for the club on 16 August 2003 in a 4-0 win against Bolton Wanderers.

In the 2007/08 season, he became the only player in the last 25 years to win both the "FIFA World Player of the Year" and the "Young Player of the Year" awards in the same season. In that season, he scored a total of 42 goals and won the European Golden Boot, an award which is given to the top scorer of every European national league.

Ronaldo scored his first and only hat-trick for Manchester United in a 6–0 win against Newcastle United on 12 January 2008.[22] In the 2008 Champions League final against Chelsea, he scored a header as the match ended 1-1 after extra time. Although he missed his penalty, Manchester United were the winners and Ronaldo won his first UEFA Champions League.[23]

He won the first FIFA Puskas Award in 2009, which means he scored the best goal of that year. The goal was a 40-yard strike into the top-left corner against FC Porto on 15 April 2009 in the Champions League quarter finals. That goal was the only goal of the game.

International CareerEdit

Ronaldo began his international career in the 2002 UEFA U-17 Euro. He also played at the 2004 Summer Olympics. He kept progressing through the youth national teams until he played his first senior game for Portugal when he was 18 on 20 August 2003 against Kazakhstan. He scored his first goal for Portugal in a game against Greece in the UEFA Euro 2004. He played at the 2006 FIFA World Cup, and scored a goal against Iran. Ronaldo became captain of Portugal for the first time in a friendly game against Brazil on 6 February 2007.

That goal was also his first World Cup goal. He became Portugal's all time top scorer when he scored twice against Cameroon in March 2014, with Portugal winning 5-1.[38] He won the Euro 2016 and the 2019 UEFA Nations League with Portugal. In a 3-3 draw against Hungary, Ronaldo scored a back heel goal. This goal made him the first player to score in four Euro's.[39] Although he had to leave the game early because he got injured in the UEFA Euro 2016 Final, Portugal still won 1-0 in extra time because of a goal from Eder. He has played at 4 FIFA World Cup's: 2006, 2010, 2014, and 2018.

Personal LifeEdit

Ronaldo's father, José Aveiro, died of liver disease at age 52 in September 2005 when Ronaldo was 20. [65] Ronaldo said that he does not like to drink alcohol, but has on some very few occasions.[66]

Ronaldo became a father on 17 June 2010 following the birth of his son, named Cristiano. He was born in the United States through an American surrogate he met in a restaurant, and Ronaldo announced that he had full custody. Ronaldo has never publicly revealed information about his son's mother, but he says he will reveal it to Cristiano Jr. when he gets older.[67] Ronaldo was in a relationship with Russian model Irina Shayk from 2010–2015.[68] On 8 June 2017, Ronaldo confirmed on Facebook that he had become the father to twins, Mateo and Eva. They were born in the United States to a surrogate mother.[69][70] In November 2017, his girlfriend Georgina Rodriguez gave birth to their first daughter, Alana.[71]

Ronaldo is a Roman Catholic. He does not have tattoos because it would prevent him from donating blood.[72]

In 2006, He opened his first fashion boutique under the name "CR7" (his initials and shirt number) on the island he was born in, Madeira. In December 2013, Ronaldo opened his own museum called Museu CR7, which has all of his trophies and awards from his career.[73]

A film about his life and career, titled Ronaldo, was released on 9 November 2015.[74][75]

He also has an airport named after him, Cristiano Ronaldo International Airport.[76]

He is currently the most followed Instagram user, with over 200 million followers as of February 2020.[77] He passed Selena Gomez as the most followed person in October 2018, with 144 million followers.

AchievementsEdit

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JuventusEdit

InternationalEdit

Cristiano Ronaldo at the 2018 World Cup

PortugalEdit

IndividualEdit

  • Ballon d'Or: 2008, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017
  • FIFA World Player of the Year: 2008
  • The Best FIFA Men's Player: 2016, 2017
  • UEFA Best Player in Europe Award: 2014, 2016, 2017
  • UEFA Club Footballer of the Year: 2007–08
  • FIFPro Special Young Player of the Year: 2003–04, 2004–05
  • European Golden Shoe: 2007–08, 2010–11, 2013–14, 2014–15
  • IFFHS World's Best Top Goal Scorer: 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017
  • IFFHS Men's World Team: 2017
  • Portuguese Player of the Year: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
  • FIFA Puskás Award: 2009
  • FIFA FIFPro World XI: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
  • UEFA Team of the Year: 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
  • FIFA Club World Cup Golden Boot: 2016, 2017
  • FIFA Club World Cup Golden Ball: 2016
  • FIFA Club World Cup Silver Ball: 2008, 2014, 2017
  • UEFA Champions League Squad of the Season: 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19
  • UEFA Champions League top scorer: 2007–08, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17
  • UEFA European Championship Team of the Tournament: 2004, 2012, 2016
  • UEFA European Championship top scorer: 2012
  • Young Player of the Year: 2006–07
  • Premier League Team of the Year: 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09
  • Premier League Golden Boot: 2007–08
  • Premier League Player of the Season: 2006-07, 2007-08
  • FA Cup top goalscorer: 2004–05
  • La Liga Best Player: 2013–14
  • La Liga Team of the Season: 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16,
  • La Liga top scorer: 2010–11, 2013–14, 2014–15
  • Copa del Rey top goalscorer: 2010–11
  • Serie A Team of the Year: 2018–19, 2019–20
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