Cristiano Ronaldo Biography, Facts & Life Story

Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro was born on 5th February 1985 in Funchal, Madeira, commonly called as Cristiano Ronaldo, is a famous footballer of Portugal. Ronaldo plays for the Portuguese national team as well as Italian club Juventus. He is broadly considered to be the top footballer of all the time. Moreover, a number of individuals consider Lionel Messi as superior, and their competition has been one of the greatest in the history of football.

Cristiano Ronaldo is the second most affluent football player of the era, after moving to Real Madrid from Manchester United for £80m approximately. At his performance as a Madrid player, more than 80,000 people welcomed him at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium. That was the world record, crossing over 25 year record for 75,000 folks at Diego Maradona’s appearance for Napoli.

Cristiano Ronaldo was born and grown in Madeira Islands, Funchal. His father called him “Ronaldo” after earlier American president Ronald Reagan. In the year1997, when he was 12 years old, Cristiano Ronaldo went on a probationary by Sporting CP, who hired him for a £1,500 fee. He afterward moved towards Lisbon from Madeira Islands, with the sole intention of joining Sporting Youth Academy.

Cristiano Ronaldo started his sports career at Sporting Club de Portugal. On 7th October 2002, he played his first football game in Portuguese Primeira Liga, with Moreirense. Ronaldo scored two goals in their win for 3–0. He came to the courtesy of Manchester United director Alex Ferguson in the year 2003, while Sporting beaten United with 3–1 in the game played at Estádio José Alvalade. In 2003, Cristiano Ronaldo joined Manchester United as of Sporting CP. In July 2009, He joined Real Madrid. As number 9 was already reserved by Raúl González, Ronaldo had to wait till he departed the club in in 2010 by wearing number 7.

In 2007-08, Cristiano Ronaldo became the only football player in the past 25 years to win “Young Player of the Year” and “FIFA World Player of the Year” awards in the same seasons. In this 2007-season, Ronaldo scored 42 goals in total and ultimately won the European Golden Boot Award, which is only awarded to the highest scorer of league matches of every single European national league.

Facts You Never Knew About Cristiano Ronaldo!

• Cristiano Ronaldo grown up very poor and shared a bedroom with his family members.
• Ronaldo played for amateur Andorinha team when he was only 8 years old, wherein his Dad was the kit-man.
• In 2007, Ronaldo faced some personal challenges after his Mom was spotted with breast cancer.
• He has formerly dated English models Gemma Atkinson and Alice Goodwin, and later in 2010, he has dated a Russian model Irina Shayk.
• Cristiano Ronaldo is a Roman devout Catholic.
• Ronaldo’s titled moments and autobiography was published in 2007.
• In 2011, Ronaldo developed an adventurous iPhone game called “Heads Up with Cristiano”. The game is launched by game developer RockLive.
• Cristiano Ronaldo will run more than 900 times in a season in comparison with an Olympic sprinter.
• Arnold Schwarzenegger believes that Ronaldo is one of the fittest sportspersons across the world.

Cristiano Ronaldo Education

College: Escola Básica e Secundária Gonçalves Zarco

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Cristiano Ronaldo Career

Profession: Soccer Player

Known For: Soccer Player

Salary: $37 Million

Net Worth: $400 Million

Family & Relatives

Father: José Dinis Aveiro

Mother: Maria Dolores dos Santos Aveiro

Brother(s): Hugo Aveiro

Sister(s): Katia Aveiro Elma Aveiro

Marital Status: Married

Wife/Girlfriend: Georgina Rodríguez

Children: 4

Son(s): Cristiano Ronaldo Jr, Mateo Ronaldo

Daughter(s): Alana Martina dos Santos Aveiro, Eva Maria Dos Santos

Ex Girlfriends:

• Irina Shayk
• Andressa Urach
• Rita Pereira
• Kim Kardashian
• Paris Hilton
• Gemma Atkinson
• Nereida Gallardo
• Merche Romero

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