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Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro GOIH ComM ( born 5 February 1985) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a forward .

He is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time. Ronaldo has won five Ballon d'Or awards and four European Golden Shoes, the most by a European player. He has won 33 trophies in his career, including seven league titles, five UEFA Champions Leagues , and the UEFA European Championship and the UEFA Nations League . He is one of the few players to have made over over 1,200 professional career appearances, and has scored over 900 official senior career goals for club and country.

One of the world's most marketable and famous athletes, Ronaldo was ranked the world's highest-paid athlete by Forbes in 2016, 2017, 2023, and 2024 and the world's most famous athlete by ESPN from 2016 to 2019. Time included him on their list of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2014. He is the first footballer and the third sportsman to earn US$1 billion in his career.

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Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro was born in the São Pedro parish of Funchal , the capital of the Portuguese island of Madeira . He grew up in the nearby parish of Santo António. He is the fourth and youngest child of Maria Dolores dos Santos Viveiros da Aveiro, a cook, and José Dinis Aveiro, a municipal gardener and part-time kit man. He has one older brother, Hugo, and two older sisters, Elma and Liliana Cátia "Katia". Ronaldo grew up in an impoverished Catholic Christian home, sharing a room with all his siblings.

As a child, Ronaldo played for Andorinha from 1992 to 1995, where his father was the kit man, and later spent two years with Nacional. In 1997, aged 12, he went on a three-day trial with Sporting CP , who signed him for a fee of £1,500. After that, he moved from Madeira to Alcochete, near Lisbon , to join Sporting's youth academy.

By age 14, Ronaldo believed he had the ability to play semi-professionally and agreed with his mother to cease his education to focus entirely on football. He was popular with other students at school, but had been expelled after throwing a chair at his teacher, who he said had "disrespected" him. One year later, he was diagnosed with tachycardia , a condition that could have forced him to give up playing football. Ronaldo underwent heart surgery. He was discharged from the hospital hours after the procedure and resumed training a few days later.

Club career

Ronaldo began his senior career with Sporting CP , being promoted from Sporting's youth team by first-team manager László Bölöni. He became the first player to play for the club's under-16, under-17 and under-18 teams, the B team and the first team, all within a single season.

A year later, on 29 September 2002, Ronaldo made his debut in the Primeira Liga . He left the club in 2003, after signing with Manchester United . A decade after his departure from the club, in April 2013, Sporting honoured Ronaldo by selecting him to become their 100,000th member.

Ronaldo became the first Portuguese player to sign for the club.

His transfer fee made him, at the time, the most expensive teenager in English football history. Although he requested the number 28, his number at Sporting, he received the squad number 7 shirt, which had previously been worn by such United players as George Best , Eric Cantona and David Beckham . Wearing the number 7 became an extra source of motivation for Ronaldo. A key element in his development during his time in England proved to be the MU coach Alex Ferguson , of whom he later said: "He's been my father in sport, one of the most important and influential factors in my career."

Ronaldo scored his first goal for Manchester United with a free-kick in a 3–0 win over Portsmouth on 1 November. He ended his first season in English football by scoring the opening goal in United's 3–0 win over Millwall in the 2004 FA Cup Final, earning his first trophy.

Ronaldo scored United's 1,000th Premier League goal on 29 October 2004, their only goal in a 4–1 loss to Middlesbrough . A few weeks later, he signed a new contract with the club that extended his previous deal by two years to 2010.

Ronaldo scored his first (and only till 2022) hat-trick for United in a 6–0 win against Newcastle United on 12 January 2008.

His 31 league goals earned him the Premier League Golden Boot , as well as the European Golden Shoe, which made him the first winger to win the latter award. He additionally received the PFA Players' Player of the Year and FWA Footballer of the Year awards for the second consecutive season.

With his 2008 Ballon d'Or and 2008 FIFA World Player of the Year, Ronaldo became United's first Ballon d'Or winner since Best in 1968, and the first Premier League player to be named the FIFA World Player of the Year.

Ahead of the 2008–09 season, on 7 July, Ronaldo underwent ankle surgery, which kept him out of action for 10 weeks. Following his return, he scored his 100th goal in all competitions for United with the first of two free kicks in a 5–0 win against Stoke City on 15 November, which meant he had now scored against all 19 opposition teams in the Premier League at the time. At the close of 2008, Ronaldo helped United win the 2008 FIFA Club World Cup in Japan.

Ronaldo ended his time in England with nine trophies. His final goal for United came on 10 May 2009 with a free kick in the Manchester derby at Old Trafford .

Ahead of the 2009–10 season, Ronaldo joined Real Madrid for a world record transfer fee at the time of £80 million (€94 million). His contract, which ran until 2015, was worth €11 million per year and contained a €1 billion buy-out clause. At least 80,000 fans attended his presentation at the Santiago Bernabéu , surpassing the 25-year record of 75,000 fans who had welcomed Diego Maradona at Napoli .

Since club captain Raúl already wore the number 7 (the number Ronaldo wore at United), Ronaldo received the number 9 shirt, which was presented to him by former Madrid player Alfredo Di Stéfano .

Following Raúl's departure, Ronaldo was given the number 7 shirt for Madrid before the 2010–11 season. For the first time in his career, he scored four goals in a single match during a 6–1 rout against Racing Santander on 23 October. Despite his performances, he did not make the top three in the inaugural 2010 FIFA Ballon d'Or.

During a historic series of four Clásicos against rivals Barcelona in April 2011, Ronaldo scored twice to equal his personal record of 42 goals in all competitions. His two goals in the last match of the season against Almería made him the first player in La Liga to score 40 goals. In addition to the Pichichi Trophy, Ronaldo won the European Golden Shoe for a second time, becoming the first player to win the award in different leagues.

During the following season, Ronaldo achieved a new personal best of 60 goals in all competitions. He finished as runner-up to Messi for the 2011 FIFA Ballon d'Or. Ronaldo helped Madrid win their first league title in four years with a record 100 points. His final league goal of the season, against Mallorca, took his total to 46 goals, four short of the new record set by Messi, though he became the first player to score against all 19 opposition teams in a single La Liga season.

Ronaldo began the 2012–13 season by lifting the 2012 Supercopa de España, his third trophy in Spain.

Following the 2012–13 winter break, Ronaldo captained Madrid for the first time in an official match. He became the first non-Spanish player in 60 years to captain Madrid in El Clasico on 30 January, a match which also marked his 500th club appearance.

At the start of the 2013–14 season , Ronaldo signed a new contract that extended his stay by three years to 2018, with a salary of €17 million net, making him briefly the highest-paid player in football.

He was joined at the club by winger Gareth Bale , whose world record transfer fee of €100 million surpassed the fee Madrid had paid for Ronaldo four years prior. Together with striker Karim Benzema , they formed an attacking trio popularly dubbed "BBC", an acronym of Bale, Benzema and Cristiano, and a play on the name of the British public service broadcaster , the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). He ended 2013 with 69 goals in 59 appearances, his highest year-end goal tally. He received the 2013 FIFA Ballon d'Or, an amalgamation of the Ballon d'Or and the FIFA World Player of the Year award, for the first time in his career.

Concurrently with his individual achievements, Ronaldo enjoyed his greatest team success in Spain to date, as he helped Madrid win La Décima , their tenth European Cup.

During the 2014–15 season, Ronaldo set a new personal best of 61 goals. After winning the 2014 FIFA Club World Cup, Ronaldo received the 2014 Ballon d'Or, joining Johan Cruyff , Michel Platini and Marco van Basten as a three-time recipient.

At the start of his seventh season at Madrid, the 2015–16 campaign , Ronaldo became the club's all-time top scorer, first in the league and then in all competitions. For his efforts during the season, he received the UEFA Best Player in Europe Award for a second time.

Ronaldo missed Madrid's first three matches of the 2016–17 season. On 15 December, Ronaldo scored his 500th club career goal in the 2–0 win over Club América in the semi-finals of the 2016 FIFA Club World Cup. He won the 2016 Ballon d'Or, his fourth, and the inaugural 2016 The Best FIFA Men's Player, a revival of the former FIFA World Player of the Year, largely owing to his success with Portugal in winning Euro 2016 .

On 23 October 2017, his performances throughout the year saw him awarded The Best FIFA Men's Player award for the second consecutive year. On 7 December, Ronaldo won the 2017 Ballon d'Or, receiving his fifth-time award on the Eiffel Tower in Paris.

On 16 December, he scored a free kick winner, as Madrid won their second Club World Cup in a row by beating Grêmio in the final. On 3 March 2018, he scored two goals in a 3–1 home win over Getafe, his first being his 300th La Liga goal in his 286th appearance, making him the fastest player to reach this landmark and only the second player to do so after Messi. On 18 March, he reached his 50th career hat-trick, scoring four goals in a 6–3 win against Girona.

Ronaldo left Madeid for Italian club Juventus in July 2018.

On 10 July 2018, Ronaldo signed a four-year contract with Italian club Juventus after completing a €100 million transfer, which included an additional €12 million in other fees and solidarity contributions to Ronaldo's youth clubs. The transfer was the highest ever for a player over 30 years old, and the highest paid by an Italian club. Upon signing, Ronaldo cited his need for a new challenge as his rationale for departing Madrid, but later attributed the transfer to the lack of support he felt was shown by club president Florentino Pérez .

Ronaldo won his first trophy with the club on 16 January 2019, the 2018 Supercoppa Italiana, after he scored the only goal from a header against AC Milan . On 27 April 2019, he scored his 600th club goal, the equaliser in a 1–1 away draw against Derby d'Italia rivals Inter Milan . Ending his first Serie A campaign with 21 goals and 8 assists, Ronaldo won the inaugural Serie A award for Most Valuable Player.

On 22 February, Ronaldo played in his 1,000th senior professional game, a 2–1 away win against SPAL .

On 4 July, he scored his 25th league goal of the season from a free kick in a 4–1 home win over rivals Torino, becoming the first Juventus player to achieve this milestone since Omar Sívori in 1961. He also reached 30 league goals for the season, becoming just the third player (after Felice Borel in 1934 and John Hansen in 1952) in Juventus's history to reach that milestone in a season. Moreover, he became the oldest player, at the age of 35 years and 166 days, to score over 30 goals in one of the five top European leagues since Ronnie Rooke with Arsenal in 1948.

Ronaldo played his 100th match in all competitions for Juventus on 13 December 2020. With Juventus's victory in the 2021 Coppa Italia Final on 19 May, Ronaldo became the first player in history to win every major domestic trophy in England, Spain and Italy. Ronaldo ended the season with 29 league goals, winning the Capocannoniere award for highest goalscorer and becoming the first footballer to finish as top scorer in the English, Spanish and Italian leagues.

On 26 August, it was confirmed that City's rivals Manchester United, Ronaldo's former club, were in advanced talks to sign him.

On 27 August 2021, Manchester United announced they had reached an agreement with Juventus to re-sign Ronaldo. The transfer was for an initial £12.85 million, with a two-year contract plus an optional year, and was confirmed on 31 August. Ronaldo was given the number 7 shirt after Edinson Cavani agreed to switch to 21. The first 24 hours of Ronaldo's shirt sales was reported to have broken the all-time record following a transfer, overtaking Messi after his move to Paris Saint-Germain .

On 11 September, Ronaldo made his second debut at Old Trafford, scoring the opening two goals in a 4–1 league victory against Newcastle United .

On 16 April 2022, Ronaldo scored his 50th club hat-trick in a 3–2 win over Norwich City . On 23 April, he scored his 100th Premier League goal in a 3–1 defeat to Arsenal. After scoring in the following matches against Chelsea and Brentford , he was named the Premier League Player of the Month for April.

He finished the season with 24 goals in all competitions, being named in the Premier League Team of the Year and the winner of Manchester United's Sir Matt Busby Player of the Year award, given to the club's best player from the previous season; however, with United finishing in a disappointing sixth place and qualifying for the UEFA Europa League , Ronaldo went trophyless for the first time since 2010.

In 2022, after growing dissatisfaction with the club's management, Ronaldo's agent Jorge Mendes began negotiating with various clubs for a transfer on loan or on a free transfer. However, due to his age, overall cost of a transfer and high wages demands, multiple European clubs rejected the opportunity to sign him.

Having failed to secure a transfer, Ronaldo lost his place in the starting lineup to Marcus Rashford and Anthony Martial , only featuring in Europa League matches. On 14 November, an interview with Piers Morgan was published, where Ronaldo said that he felt "betrayed" by the club managers. Ronaldo stated there was "no evolution" in the club itself since the departure of former manager Alex Ferguson in 2013, despite expecting changes in "technology, infrastructure".

Following the interview, which aired in two-parts on 16 and 17 November, United began seeking legal action over whether Ronaldo had breached his contract, and were looking to terminate his contract. On 22 November, Ronaldo's contract was terminated by mutual agreement with immediate effect.

On 30 December 2022, Saudi club Al-Nassr reached an agreement for Ronaldo to join the club, signing a contract until 2025. Ronaldo received the highest football salary ever, at €200 million per year, including a guaranteed football salary of €90 million, with commercial and sponsorship deals bringing his total annual salary to €200 million.

He made his debut for Al Nassr on 22 January 2023, as club captain, playing the full 90 minutes of a 1–0 win over Al-Ettifaq, and scored his first goal in a 2–2 draw against Al-Fateh by converting a last-minute penalty. On 9 February, Ronaldo scored all four goals in a 4–0 win over Al Wehda, his first goal of the match being his 500th career league goal. According to the BBC , Ronaldo's transfer to Al-Nassr led a "revolution" in Asian football, with many players from other leagues, particularly those in Europe, transferring to Saudi Pro League clubs for the 2023–24 season.

In the final of the Arab Club Champions Cup on 12 August, Ronaldo scored both goals as they defeated rivals Al-Hilal 2–1 after extra time. Ronaldo scored six goals in the competition. At the close of the year, Ronaldo scored 54 goals in all competitions for Al-Nassr and Portugal, making him the outright top scorer in 2023, reaching the same goalscoring record as in 2016. On 27 May 2024, in Al Nassr's home fixture against Al-Ittihad , Ronaldo scored his 34th and 35th league goals of the campaign, surpassing Abderrazak Hamdallah's record for the most goals scored in a single Saudi Pro League season. He also became the first footballer to finish as top scorer in four different leagues, the English, Spanish, Italian and Saudi leagues. On 31 May, in a 5–4 penalty shoot-out defeat to Al-Hilal in the 2024 King Cup final following a 1–1 draw after extra-time (in which he scored his side's second spot kick), he equalled Rogério Ceni 's record for most top-level matches by a male professional footballer (1,225).

At the age of 18, Ronaldo made his debut for Portugal as a substitute against Kazakhstan on 20 August 2003. At UEFA Euro 2004 , he scored his first international goal in a 2–1 group stage loss to Greece in his eighth international appearance. Despite Portugal losing to Greece again in the final, Ronaldo made the team of the tournament, with two assists and two goals. In the 2006 FIFA World Cup , at the age of 21 years and 132 days, Ronaldo became the youngest ever goalscorer for Portugal at a World Cup finals. Portugal reached the semi-finals, where Portugal lost to France , with Ronaldo being booed during their defeat, due to an incident that occurred in the quarter-finals against England . FIFA's Technical Study Group overlooked him for the tournament's Best Young Player award and handed it to Germany 's Lukas Podolski , citing his behaviour as a factor in the decision.

On 6 February 2007, Cristiano captained Portugal for the first time in a friendly against Brazil . He wore the number 7 shirt ahead of UEFA Euro 2008 . Despite scoring eight goals in qualifications , the second-highest tally, he scored just one goal in the finals, netting the second goal of Portugal's 3–1 win in the group stage game against the Czech Republic . Portugal were eliminated in the quarter-finals after a 3–2 loss to Germany .

Ronaldo failed to score in 2010 World Cup qualifying. He scored only one goal in the 2010 World Cup finals ; despite this, he was named man of the match in all three group stage matches, against Ivory Coast , North Korea and Brazil. His only goal of the tournament came in their 7–0 demolishing of North Korea, which was his first international goal in 16 months. Two years later, in UEFA Euro 2012 , Ronaldo was joint top scorer with three goals, enough for him to be included in the team of the tournament. During qualification for the 2014 FIFA World Cup , Ronaldo scored eight goals. Despite this, Portugal did not qualify directly; Ronaldo scored all four goals against Sweden in the play-off to qualify. At the tournament in Brazil , Ronaldo assisted a last-minute 2–2 equaliser against the United States , and scored an 80th-minute winner in a 2–1 win over Ghana .

In 2016, Ronaldo led Portugal to their first-ever trophy at the UEFA Euro 2016 , although he was subbed off in the 25th minute in the final against hosts France. He received the Silver Boot as the second-highest goalscorer, which gave him his fourth Ballon d'Or later that year. With the win, Portugal qualified and made its only appearance in the FIFA Confederations Cup held in Russia , where they finished in third place, with Ronaldo being named man of the match in all three of Portugal's group stage matches.

In the 2018 World Cup , Ronaldo became the oldest player to score a hat-trick in a World Cup match, in a 3–3 draw against Spain . The following match, Ronaldo scored the only goal in a 1–0 win against Morocco , breaking Puskás' record as the highest European goalscorer of all time, with 85 international goals. For his performances in the tournament, Ronaldo was named in the World Cup Dream Team .

Ronaldo led Portugal to victory in the inaugural UEFA Nations League in 2019, receiving the top scorer award in the finals , and received the Golden Boot as top scorer of Euro 2020 . Ronaldo also became the first player to score at five European Championships. On 23 June 2021, Ronaldo scored two goals in the Euro 2020 match against France, breaking the men's goalscoring record previously held by Ali Daei .

On 9 October, he scored the opening goal in a 3–0 friendly win over Qatar at the Estádio Algarve; with his 181st international appearance, he also overtook Sergio Ramos 's record for the most international caps received by a European player. In the following match against Luxembourg on 12 October, also played at the Estádio Algarve, Ronaldo scored a hat-trick in a 5–0 win for Portugal, thus becoming the first player to score 10 hat-tricks in men's international football.

In the 2022 World Cup , on 24 November, Ronaldo became the first player to score at five World Cups, netting a penalty against Ghana. Following a dispute with manager Fernando Santos, after their last group game against South Korea , he was dropped from the starting line-up for Portugal's last 16 match, marking the first time since Euro 2008 that he had not started a game for Portugal in a major international tournament, and the first time Portugal had started a knockout game without Ronaldo in the starting line-up at an international tournament since Euro 2000 .

On 23 March 2023, Ronaldo scored a brace against Liechtenstein as he earned his 197th overall cap to become the most capped male footballer of all time. On 20 June, Ronaldo made his 200th appearance for his national team, scoring the only goal of an away win over Iceland, in the Euro qualifiers, as he became the first player in the history of men's international football to make 200 appearances for his country. On 16 October, Portugal secured first place in their qualifying group, following a 5–0 away victory over Bosnia and Herzegovina , with Ronaldo scoring twice. The landmark goals saw him score in more than 100 goals in each of the last three decades (2000s, 2010s, 2020s).

With his start in Portugal's UEFA Euro 2024 opener against the Czech Republic , Ronaldo became the first player to feature in six European Championships, having previously been the first player to appear in five. Later that year, on 5 September, he scored his 900th career goal in a 2–1 victory over Croatia in the UEFA Nations League.

Player profile

Ronaldo is capable of playing on either wing as well as through the centre of the pitch. He is very strong with both feet. Ronaldo became noted for his dribbling and an array of tricks and feints, such as the step overs and so-called 'chops' that became his trademark; he has also been known to use the flip–flap.

He has also increasingly played a creative role, often dropping deep to pick up the ball, participate in the build-up of plays and create chances for his teammates, courtesy of his vision and passing ability.

Ronaldo has adopted several goal celebrations throughout his career, including one particular celebration which gained widespread coverage in the media, when he squatted and stared directly into a camera on the sidelines of the pitch with his hand on his chin. After scoring a goal, he usually celebrates with a "storming jump" and "turn", before "landing in spread-eagled fashion" into his "signature power stance", while usually simultaneously exclaiming "Sí" (Spanish and Italian for "yes"). This trademark celebration has been dubbed the "Siu" in the media.

Both players have scored in multiple UEFA Champions League finals and have regularly broken the 50-goal barrier in a single season. Sports journalists and pundits regularly weigh the individual merits of both players in an attempt to argue who they believe is the best player in modern football or in the history of the game. Part of the debate revolves around the contrasting personalities of the two players, as Ronaldo is sometimes depicted as an arrogant and theatrical showoff, while Messi is portrayed as a shy, humble character.

"It's part of my life now. People are bound to compare us. He tries to do his best for his club and for his national team, as I do, and there is a degree of rivalry with both of us trying to do the best for the teams we represent."

Ronaldo has signed many sponsorship deals for consumer products, including sportswear, football boots; since November 2012, Ronaldo has worn the Nike Mercurial Vapor personalized CR7 edition, soft drinks, clothing, automotive lubricants, financial services, electronics, and video games. Ronaldo was featured as the cover star of EA Sports' FIFA video game FIFA 18 and was heavily involved in the game's promotion. His "Sii" goal celebration features in the FIFA series, accompanied with his own voiceover. He was also the face of Pro Evolution Soccer , appearing on the covers of the 2008, 2012 and 2013 editions of the game.

With earnings of €720 million (£615 million) from 2010 to 2019, Ronaldo was ranked second in Forbes list of The Highest-Paid Athletes Of The Decade, with only boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. earning more. Forbes twice ranked Ronaldo first on its list of the world's highest-paid football players; his combined income from salaries, bonuses and endorsements was $73 million in 2013–14 and $79 million in 2014–15. He is the first footballer and only the third sportsman to earn $1 billion in their career.

Ronaldo has established a strong online presence. The most popular sportsperson on social media, he counted over 500 million total followers across Facebook, Twitter and Instagram by February 2021, making him the first person to pass half a billion followers. The most-followed person on Facebook (148 million), the most-followed on Instagram (310 million) and the most-followed sportsperson on Twitter (92 million), his sponsors earned $936 million in media value across his accounts between June 2016 to June 2017. Ronaldo has released two mobile apps. In December 2011, he launched an iPhone game called Heads Up with Cristiano , created by developer RockLive, and in December 2013, he launched Viva Ronaldo , a dedicated social networking website and app. Computer security company McAfee produced a 2012 report ranking footballers by the probability of an internet search for their name leading to an unsafe website, with Ronaldo's name first on the list.

Ronaldo has been the subject of several works. His autobiography, titled Moments , was published in December 2007. His sponsor Castrol produced the television film Ronaldo: Tested to the Limit , in which he was physically and mentally tested in several areas; his physical performance was consequently subject to scrutiny by world media upon the film's release in September 2011. Cristiano Ronaldo: The World at His Feet , a documentary narrated by actor Benedict Cumberbatch , was released via Vimeo in June 2014. A documentary film directed by Anthony Wonke about his life and career, titled Ronaldo , was released on 9 November 2015.

Demand for a replica Ronaldo shirt has been high throughout his career. In 2008, Ronaldo's number 7 Manchester United shirt was the best-selling Premier League sports product. In 2015, Ronaldo's number 7 Real Madrid shirt was the second best-selling worldwide, after Messi's number 10 Barcelona shirt. In 2018, within 24 hours of his number 7 Juventus shirt being released, over 520,000 had been sold, with $62.4 million generated in one day.

Ronaldo opened a fashion boutique under the name CR7 (his initials and shirt number) on the island of Madeira in 2006 and opened a second in Lisbon in 2008. In partnership with Scandinavian manufacturer JBS Textile Group and the New York fashion designer Richard Chai, Ronaldo co-designed a range of underwear and sock line, released in November 2013. He expanded his CR7 fashion brand by launching a line of premium shirts and shoes in July 2014. In September 2015, Ronaldo released his own fragrance, "Legacy", in a partnership with Eden Parfums.

Personal life

Ronaldo's father, José, died at age 52 in September 2005 when Ronaldo was 20.

Ronaldo has had six children. He first became a father to a son, who was born on 17 June 2010 in the United States. He stated that he has full custody of the child and would not be publicly revealing the identity of the mother per an agreement with her. In January 2015, Ronaldo announced that his five-year relationship with Russian model Irina Shayk had ended.

Ronaldo became a father to twins, born on 8 June 2017 in the United States via surrogacy . He is currently in a relationship with Argentine-born Spanish model Georgina Rodríguez, who gave birth to a daughter on 12 November 2017. The couple expected their second pair of twins in 2022. The male twin died during childbirth while the female twin survived.

Ronaldo does not have any tattoos as he regularly donates blood and bone marrow .

Ronaldo has made contributions to various charitable causes throughout his career. Television footage of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami showed an eight-year-old boy survivor named Martunis wearing a Portuguese football shirt who was stranded for 19 days after his family was killed. Following this, Ronaldo visited Aceh , Indonesia, to raise funds for rehabilitation and reconstruction. After accepting undisclosed damages from a libel case against The Sun newspaper in 2008, Ronaldo donated the damages to a charity in Madeira . In 2009, Ronaldo donated £100,000 to the hospital that saved his mother's life in Madeira following her battle with cancer, so that they could build a cancer centre on the island. In support of the victims of the 2010 Madeira flood, Ronaldo pledged to play in a charity match in Madeira between Primeira Liga club Porto and players from Madeiran-based clubs Marítimo and Nacional.

In 2012, Ronaldo and his agent paid for specialist treatment for a nine-year-old Canarian boy with apparently terminal cancer. In December 2012, Ronaldo joined FIFA's "11 for Health" programme to raise awareness amongst kids of how to steer clear of conditions including HIV, malaria, and obesity. In January 2013, Ronaldo became Save the Children 's new Global Artist Ambassador, in which he hopes to help fight child hunger and obesity. In March 2013, Ronaldo agreed to be the ambassador for The Mangrove Care Forum in Indonesia, an organisation aiming to raise awareness of mangrove conservation.

Ronaldo was named the world's most charitable sportsperson in 2015 after donating £5 million to the relief effort after the earthquake in Nepal which killed over 8,000 people. In June 2016, Ronaldo donated the entirety of his €600,000 Champions League bonus after Real Madrid won the Champions League. In August, Ronaldo launched CR7Selfie, a selfie app for charity to help Save the Children that lets participants take a selfie with him in one of several different outfits and poses.

• He can jump higher than the average NBA . Ronaldo can reach 78 cm (30.7 inches) off the floor.
• In 2013, Ronaldo opened a museum, The Museu CR7, at Funchal in Madeira in his honor. It contains Ronaldo’s trophies that he has won over the years; the museum is an official sponsor of the local football team União da Madeira.
• In 2007, C.D. Nacional renamed its youth campus Cristiano Ronaldo Campus Futebol (Cristiano Ronaldo Football Campus).
• In January 2014, President of Portugal Aníbal Cavaco Silva raised Ronaldo to the rank of Grand Officer of the Order of Prince Henry .
• In 2009, Real Madrid announced that the team had insured Cristiano Ronaldo’s legs for around 100 million euros.
• In June 2010, Ronaldo became the fourth footballer (after Steven Gerrard , Pelé, and David Beckham) to be represented as a waxwork at Madame Tussauds London .
• In June 2015, astronomers led by David Sobral from Lisbon and Leiden discovered a galaxy which they named Cosmos Redshift 7 (CR7) in tribute to Ronaldo.
• On 23 July 2016, following Portugal's triumph at Euro 2016, Madeira Airport in Funchal was renamed as Cristiano Ronaldo International Airport .
• There are at least 3 statues and busts of Crisitano Ronaldo in the world: his bronze bust is installed at Madeira Airport, one full-size statue is Madeira and the other giant one is in Calangute, Goa, weighing about 410 kg.

• "In your life you do not win without sacrifices and you must take risks"
• "I'm living a dream I never want to wake up from."
• "Your love makes me strong, your hate makes me unstoppable."
• "If you think you’re perfect already, then you never will be."
• "I see football as an art and all players are artists."
• "If you are a top artist, the last thing you would do is paint a picture somebody else has already painted."
• "If you don't believe you are the best, then you will never achieve all that you are capable of."

Career statistics

• Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: 2002
• Premier League : 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09
• FA Cup : 2003–04
• Football League Cup : 2005–06, 2008–09
• FA Community Shield : 2007
• UEFA Champions League : 2007–08
• FIFA Club World Cup : 2008
• La Liga : 2011–12, 2016–17
• Copa del Rey : 2010–11, 2013–14
• Supercopa de España : 2012, 2017
• UEFA Champions League : 2013–14 , 2015–16 , 2016–17 , 2017–18
• UEFA Super Cup : 2014, 2017
• FIFA Club World Cup : 2014, 2016, 2017
• Serie A : 2018–19, 2019–20
• Coppa Italia : 2020–21
• Supercoppa Italiana : 2018, 2020
• Arab Club Champions Cup: 2023
• UEFA European Championship : 2016
• UEFA Nations League : 2018–19
• Ballon d'Or /FIFA Ballon d'Or: 2008, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017
• FIFA World Player of the Year: 2008
• The Best FIFA Men's Player: 2016, 2017
• The Best FIFA Special Award for Outstanding Career Achievement: 2021
• UEFA Club Footballer of the Year: 2007–08
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Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro , better known as Cristiano Ronaldo, is a Portuguese professional football player for the Italian club Juventus and the national football team of Portugal. He plays as a forward for both teams.

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Key Facts & Information

• Cristiano Ronaldo was born on February 5, 1985 in Madeira, Portugal, but grew up in Santo Antonio, Funchal.
• Cristiano’s parents are Jose Dinis Aveiro, who is a gardener, and Maria Dolores dos Santos Aveiro, a cook.
• His given name “Ronaldo” was taken after the name of former US President Ronald Reagan.
• He and his three older siblings were raised in a Catholic home.
• When he was 15 years old, Cristiano Ronaldo was diagnosed with a racing heart condition and he had to have a heart surgery to correct it.

Career Beginnings

• From 1992 to 1995, Cristiano Ronaldo played for the amateur team called Andorinha, then later devoted two years to the football club Nacional.
• In 1997, when he was 12 years old, Cristiano Ronaldo played on a three-day trial with Sporting CP.
• When Cristiano Ronaldo was 14 years old, he had confidence that he could play semi-professionally.
• Consented by his mother, he stopped his education so he could focus on football.
• Cristiano Ronaldo started his international career with Portugal at the 2001 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival.
• On October 7, 2002, Cristiano Ronaldo debuted in the Primeira Liga.

Career Achievements

• Cristiano Ronaldo was the first Portuguese player for Manchester United when he signed the team before the 2003-2004 season.
• In April 2013, Sporting awarded Cristiano Ronaldo as their 100,000th member.
• Cristiano Ronaldo became the most expensive teenager in English football history because of his £12.24 million transfer fee from Sporting.
• Cristiano Ronaldo finished his first season winning his first trophy by scoring the opening goal in the FA Cup final.
• In the 2006–07 season, Cristiano Ronaldo broke the 20-goal barrier for the first time and bagged his first Premier League title.
• In the 2006-2007 season, Cristiano Ronaldo was awarded the Premier League Player of the Month in November and December. He became the third player to ever receive continuous honors.
• In the 2006-2007 season, Cristiano Ronaldo won the Professional Footballers’ Association’s Player’s Player, Fans’ Player, Young Player of the Year, and Football Writers’ Association Footballer of the Year awards. He became the first player to triumph all four main PFA and FWA awards.
• On January 12, 2008, Cristiano Ronaldo made his first and only hat-trick for Manchester United in a 6–0 win.
• On March 19, 2008, Cristiano Ronaldo captained Manchester United for the first time.
• Cristiano Ronaldo became United’s first Ballon d’Or winner since George Best in 1968 and the first Premier League player to be awarded the FIFA World Player of the Year.
• In the 2010-2011 season, Cristiano Ronaldo scored four goals in a single match for the first time in his career on October 23.
• In April 2011, Cristiano Ronaldo scored the match-winning goal in the 103rd minute of the Copa del Rey final in which he won his first trophy in Spain.
• Cristiano joined Real Madrid from 2009 to 2013.
• During the 2011-12 season, Cristiano achieved a personal best of 60 goals across all competitions.
• Cristiano started the 2012-13 season by lifting his third cup for Spain, the Supercopa de España.
• His performance earned him a runner up place for the FIFA Ballon d’Or next to four-time winner Lionel Messi.
• He had consecutive FIFA Ballon d’Or wins and La Décima from 2013 to 2015.
• Cristiano Ronaldo became the first player to score in six successive Clásicos.
• Cristiano Ronaldo finished 2013 with his highest year end goal score which earned him the FIFA Ballon d’Or award for the first time.
• In 2016, Cristiano Ronaldo finished the FIFA Club World Cup as top scorer with four goals and was awarded the best player of the tournament.
• In July 2018, he signed a four-year contract with Juventus.

Personal Life

• Cristiano Ronaldo named his first son Cristiano Jr. He was born on June 17, 2010.
• Cristiano Ronaldo had a five-year relationship with Russian model Irina Shayk which ended in January 2015.
• Cristiano Ronaldo became a father to twins named Eva and Mateo born on June 8, 2017 through surrogacy.
• Cristiano Ronaldo is currently in a relationship with Spanish model Georgina Rodriguez, who gave birth to their daughter Alana on November 12, 2017.

Press Features and Advocacies

• In 2004, Cristiano Ronaldo went to Aceh, Indonesia, to raise funds for rehabilitation and restoration after the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami.
• In 2008, Cristiano Ronaldo donated to a charity in Madeira.
• In 2009, Cristiano Ronaldo donated £100,000 to the hospital in Madeira that saved his mother from breast cancer. The money was so that they could build a cancer center on the island.
• In 2010’s Madeira flood, Cristiano Ronaldo played in a charity match in Madeira between Primeira Liga club Porto and players from Madeiran-based clubs Marítimo and Nacional.
• In 2015, Cristiano Ronaldo was dubbed the world’s most charitable sports person after donating £5 million for relief donations after the earthquake in Nepal that killed over 8,000 people.

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Cristiano Ronaldo — Portuguese superstar Cristiano Ronaldo turns the beautiful game into child’s play. As Brazil’s legendary FIFA World Cup-winning midfielder Didi once said: “If we don’t treat the ball with love, she won’t do what we want her to do.” Perhaps more than any other player of the modern era, Real Madrid’s flying winger seems to maintain that wide-eyed innocence on the field that makes every dazzling dribble and every penetrating pass feel like the very first. And such is his artistry that, almost magnetically, the ball returns to his feet time and time again, ready for the next touch of genius.

Cristiano Ronaldo is a professional soccer player who has set records while playing for both Manchester United and Real Madrid.

There is something almost balletic about Cristiano Ronaldo’s play that transforms mere possession of the ball into a footballing pas-de-deux. Much as he is restless, almost jealous, whilst others enjoy the limelight, the graceful Ronaldo comes to life with the ball at his feet, pirouetting away from opposing defenders with poise, and gliding across the stage with an uncommon elegance.

From his early days with local club Andorinha, where his father was kit man, it was clear that the young Cristiano was destined for greatness. After a short stint with Nacional, he left Madeira to follow his dream and, as it has turned out, to become one of the greatest players in the world.

But in keeping with the finest artistic traditions, the young star’s rise to footballing pre-eminence came on the back of a series of life-changing choices. The first was to leave his family behind on the tiny Atlantic island in order to join Sporting Lisbon’s famous academy. Naturally, the winger found a home from home on a bigger stage, and success followed quickly. It was at the age of 15 that the talented teenager faced his greatest trial as a routine medical examination revealed an irregular heartbeat. Typically, Cristiano took the setback in his elegant stride, and a successful operation soon saw Madeira’s favorite son resume his career, from where he would go on to conquer the world.

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Sporting’s fans were the first to bear witness to the young genius. He made his first team debut at the age of 17, scoring twice in the process. As it turned out, he would only wear the famous green-and-white hoops for one complete season; at the start of 2003/04, English giants Manchester United came to the Portuguese capital to play Sporting in a friendly to mark the opening of the new Jose Alvalade Stadium. It was love at first sight. The teenager bewitched his illustrious opponents, and Sir Alex Ferguson swooped to bring the youngster to Old Trafford, giving him the famous number 7 shirt, as worn by United legends George Best, Bryan Robson and Eric Cantona.

With the world at his feet, Cristiano Ronaldo blazed a trail through English football on his way to becoming a global superstar. Adulation and awards followed in equal measure: he was named FIFA World Player of the Year in 2008, and he managed to fill the Santiago Bernabeu single-handedly as Real Madrid’s fans turned out in force to welcome their latest acquisition in 2009. All that is missing is success on the game’s greatest stage. He suffered the bitter disappointment of just missing out on glory with Portugal in UEFA Euro 2004. When the hosts finished runners-up to Greece that year, the image of the youngster in tears flashed around the world. In South Africa, he will be wiser, stronger and hungrier than ever before to turn his country’s dreams into reality and lead them to FIFA World Cup glory.

On 15 June 2010, in Portugal’s opening 2010 FIFA World Cup match against Cote d’Ivoire, Ronaldo shot from 35 yards in the 11th minute, but the ball hit the post. Ten minutes later, Ronaldo was yellow-carded, with much controversy, after being tackled by Guy Demel. As Ronaldo was making his way down the field, Demel started an argument between the two which led to both being booked. On 16 June 2010, the Portugal Football Federation contacted FIFA to suggest that Ronaldo’s yellow card be rescinded since the player was “pulled into” the confrontation after having already moved away from the spot where he was tackled. In the match Portugal v.s. North Korea , Ronaldo scored in the 87th minute, assisting one more goal ending the match 7-0.

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He is one of the most famous Portuguese soccer players in the world and has played for Manchester United and Real Madrid.

He is the highest paid footballer in the world and in the history of football. Each year he earns a base salary of $40 million and extra $30 million from endorsements.

Early Life of Cristiano Ronaldo

• Ronaldo was born on February 5, 1985 and was named Ronaldo after the then US President Ronald Reagan.
• He grew up in a poor family and had to share a bedroom and bathroom with his older brother and two older sisters.
• He started playing soccer at an early age when he was just eight. He was always running away from doing homework.
• He was nicknamed ‘cry baby’ because he felt bad when he used to pass the ball to his friends and they couldn’t score.
• A very popular student in school, Ronaldo was expelled at the age of 14 for throwing a chair at his teacher who Ronaldo thought disrespected him. He then turned his entire attention to soccer and went on to become the world’s greatest soccer player.
• But at the age of 15 Ronaldo was diagnosed with ‘racing heart’. His condition was serious and would have made him let go of football . But a surgery saved him and he went back for his training.
• At the age of 17, Ronaldo played his first professional game for the ‘Portuguese Super League.’
• In 2003, for the first time, Manchester United paid such a young player 12 million pounds as a signing amount. After this there has been no looking back.
• Arnold Schwarzeneggar has labelled Ronaldo as the fittest athlete in the world. His body fat ratio is just 10%!
• Ronaldo has an amazing ability to jump really high. This gives him an advantage to make goals as he can jump head and shoulders higher than other footballers.
• He can produce 5 times more G-force than a cheetah during a take-off on his jump! His free kick speed is 13.1 kmph, equivalent to a space shuttle!

Recognition

• On June 2010 Ronaldo became the fourth footballer ever to have a wax statue at the Madame Tussauds museum in London.
• In his hometown there is a museum, Museu CR7 which is dedicated only to Ronaldo containing his trophies, medals, rare pictures and everything related to Ronaldo.
• Ronaldo was doubtful about wearing the Number 7 shirt because he thought it would be too much pressure on him as the number 7 shirt was worn by legends like Johnny Berry, Eric Cantona and David Beckham. After wearing it, he was forced to live up to the number.
• Ronaldo donates blood regularly and does not smoke or have any tattoos on his body.
• Ronaldo has won the FIFA world player of the year award, Ballon d’Or, the Golden Boot, and has been named the UEFA Club Forward of the Year as well.
• Ronaldo also has a fashion boutique named CR7 and models for men’s fashion wear. The store is famous for featuring diamond studded clothing.
• He is rich and famous but is always involved with charity, fund raising and donations to NGOs. He has funded schools in Gaza and also acts as the Ambassador to Save the Children and The Mangrove Care Forum in Indonesia.

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