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Biography Cristiano Ronaldo

Cristiano Ronald is a Portuguese professional footballer who has played for Manchester United, Real Madrid and Portugal. Along with Lionel Messi, he is regularly considered to be one of the top two players in the world. He became the world’s most expensive player, when Real Madrid signed him for 94 million Euros in 2009 from Manchester United. Because of his apparent playboy lifestyle, he is subject to intense scrutiny from the media and spectators, though Ronaldo has been quoted as saying:

“Fans jeer me because I’m good-looking, rich and a great player.”

Short Biography Cristiano Ronaldo

Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro was born in Portugal 5 February 1985.
His second name ‘Ronaldo’ was named after his fathers favourite American actor – Ronald Reagan.
From an early age, he loved playing football. His talent, enthusiasm and love for the game soon became apparent. By the age of 10, his talent was becoming well known in Portugal and he was signed for Nacional, a Portuguese side from Madeira. He later signed for Sporting Lisbon – one of the biggest clubs in Portugal.
His first international exposure came when representing Portugal under 17s at the UEFA championships. His performance caused him to be marked by leading European football managers. In 2003, he played against Manchester United when Sporting beat them 3-1 in a friendly.
After the departure of David Beckham, Sir Alex Ferguson decided to buy the youngster for a fee of £12.24 million. He started playing for Manchester in the 2003/04 season. Despite initially asking for the number 28 shirt, Ferguson insisted that he wear the famous number 7 shirt.
At Manchester United, his career steadily progressed. In the 2006/07 season, Ronaldo was a key figure in Manchester’s successful league campaign. Ronaldo scored over 20 goals, as he won his first championship. In March 2007, his prowess helped him to gain a record breaking £120,000 a week five year contract. He also won PFA player of the year award.
The 2007-08 season was even better, with Cristiano Ronaldo being named player of the tournament, as Manchester United won the coveted Champions League trophy. The most prestigious club competition in the world. Sir Alex Ferguson said of Ronaldo:

“We’ve had some great players at this club in my 20 years, but he’s up with the best.”

However, despite the success, Ronaldo expressed a desire to leave the club, and move to Real Madrid. In 2009, Manchester United accepted an offer of £80 million from Real Madrid, making Ronaldo the most expensive player in the world.
Despite intense pressure, Ronaldo thrived in the atmosphere at Real Madrid reaching 100 La Liga goals in just three season at Real Madrid. However, Real Madrid were overshadowed by their more successful rivals at Barcelona, who won more titles and competitions. His prolific goal scoring record, has lead to frequent comparison with Barcelona’s exceptional Lionel Messi. Sometimes, Ronaldo played up the rivalry, but at other times played it down.
Ronaldo represented Portugal at The World Cup in 2006 and 2010 and the Euros 2004, 2008, 2012. Despite being a marked man, he helped Portugal to a consistently good performance. He is already Portugal’s third most capped player.
Ronaldo’s style of play creates both widespread admiration, and also criticism. He has the capacity to dribble and beat players, like few apart from Messi do. He is sometimes accused of being petulant (not helped in England because of his altercation with David Beckham, where he winked after getting Beckham sent off in the 2010 world cup.)
Outside of football, he is often photographed with his model girlfriends and in his many sports car. Perhaps unfairly, he is characterised as the ultimate ‘playboy’ footballer, with his styled hair, and expensive clothes. In 2009, he was involved in a crash whilst driving his Ferrari. However, after reacting to newspaper claims he was involved in drinking in England, he replied,

“I don’t smoke or drink, and I’m not a big spender. I live in a rural part of Cheshire and my nearest neighbours are squirrels, birds and cows. Much of my time is spent at home with friends and family. I enjoy being peaceful and often sit by the candlelight to relax. Tranquillity is important to me.”

However, Ronaldo has a strong work ethic, and has been able to maintain a consistently high standard of play for several seasons:

“I am not a perfectionist, but I like to feel that things are done well. More important than that, I feel an endless need to learn, to improve, to evolve, not only to please the coach and the fans, but also to feel satisfied with myself. It is my conviction that there are no limits to learning, and that it can never stop, no matter what our age.”

- Cristiano Ronaldo.
The legendary George Best said of Ronaldo:

“There have been a few players described as the new George Best over the years, but this is the first time it’s been a compliment to me.”

Cristiano Ronaldo was a key member of the Real Madrid side winning the UEFA Champions League 2013–14. In 2013-14, Ronaldo was top scorer in the UEFA Champions league for the second year running. The 2014 World Cup was a disappointment with Portugal going out in the group stages. However, Ronaldo was the first Portuguese player to play and score in three World Cup tournaments

Some of Ronaldo’s Record

• Most goals scored in a single calendar year for club and country: 63 goals (2012)

World

• The most expensive footballer in history £80 million – Man Utd to Real Madrid

Europe

• The only player to have won the European Golden Shoe in two different leagues (English Premier League and Spanish La Liga)
• First top European league player to reach 40 goals in a single season in two consecutive years

Real Madrid

• Most goals scored in a season in all competitions: 60 goals
• Most goals scored in a single La Liga season: 46 goals
• Most goals scored in a single UEFA Champions League season: 17 goals

England

• Highest strike rate recording in winning the Premier League Golden Boot (31 goals over 34 games)

Cristiano Ronaldo The Rise of a Winner

Personal Life

Cristiano Ronaldo

Ronaldo was the younger child of the Maria Dolores dos Santos Aveiro who is a cook and José Dinis Aveiro who is a municipal gardener.  He was born in Santo António, which is a Funchal’s neighborhood at Madeira.  His name Ronaldo was derived from U.S President Ronald Reagan who was a favorite actor of his father.  Ronaldo has two sisters that were older named Liliana Catia and Elma.  He has one brother who is older named Hugo.  The great grandmother of Ronaldo is Isabel Da Piedade who was from Cape Verde.
Ronaldo’s childhood was passed in a neighborhood of working class.  He was lived in a tin roofed small home that is overlooked by the ocean.  Ronaldo’s life was very hard in his early days.  He father was a gardener who drank so much; and in year 2005, his father died because of kidney problems. His early life was shaped by hardship; his father, a gardener, often drank too much, and eventually died from kidney problems in 2005.  To improve the financial status and to fed the children, mother of Ronaldo worked as a cleaner and cook.
Ronald came to know about the soccer game through the occupation of his dad as an equipment manager in the Boy’s club.  After becoming 10 years old, Ronaldo just become a phenomenon kid who only live for the soccer game that is who slept, drank and ate game.
Father of Ronaldo died because of the liver related problem due to alcoholism at age 52 in the year 2005 when the Ronaldo was at age 20. On 3^rd July 2010, Ronaldo become a father of son.  He requested his official sites like facebook and twitter for privacy as these sites give the reference of birth of his son.  Ronaldo named his child as Cristiano.

Cristiano Ronaldo Biography

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Youth

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Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro was born to Maria Dolores dos Santos Aveiro and Jose Dinez Aveiro in Madeira, Portugal on February 5, 1985. His mother named him Ronaldo after the US president, Ronald Reagan, and he bears no relation to the Brazilian forward, Ronaldo.
Young Ronaldo's talent was very aperant even from a young age. By the time he was 10 years old he had been accepted into the CD Nacional Madeira youth team. He quickly rose to being one of the top players in the league. By the time he was 12 years old he was considered the best player on the team.
At the age of 15 Cristiano Ronaldo was diagnosed with a racing heart. This threatened to end his soccer playing entirely. When this information reached the sporting staff, they authorized Ronaldo's mother to take him in for surgery. Fortunately, the surgery was successful and he was back to training within a short period.
Ronaldo's immense skill had now begun to draw the attention of scouts from multiple large soccer clubs such as Porto and Boavista. Liverpool considered bringing him in, but decided against it, reasoning that he was still too young and needed more experience.
Cristiano Ronaldo was then taken into Sporting Alcochete youth academy. He became the first player ever to play on the U-16, U-17, U-18, B-team, and first team all in the same season.

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Manchester United

After a 3-1 win for Sporting against Manchester United, Sir Alex Furguson, the manager of Manchester United, decided that Cristiano Ronaldo would be a large contribution to the club and signed him on as the first Portuguese player for the club.
Once on the team, Ronaldo requested the number 28, because he wore this number on the Sporting team. However, Furguson insisted on giving him the number 7 which had been worn by many other highly experienced players such as Eric Cantona and David Bekham.
Not long after joining the club, Ronaldo's sportsmanship was questioned as he encouraged the referee to give fellow Manchester player Wayne Rooney a red card during the 2006 world cup.
This may have hurt his popularity, but he quickly won back the fans by winning seven major awards in 2007:

• FWA Footballer of the Year
• PFA Young Player of the Year
• PFA Player of the Year
• PFA Fans' Player of the Year
• Portuguese Footballer of the Year
• Sir Matt Busby Player of the Year
• Manchester United's Players' Player of the Year

At this time, rumors were circulating that Cristiano Ronaldo was considering trying to join a different soccer club. Nevertheless, he signed a five year extension of £31 million with Manchester United on April 13, 2007.

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Real Madrid

However, on June 26, 2009, Manchester United signed Ronaldo over to Real Madrid for £80 million when he expressed a desire to leave the club.
Christiano Ronaldo now plays for Real Madrid and is one of the most well known players in the world.

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