His name is “Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro”. One of the Greatest Footballer in the history of Football. Born on 5th February, 1985 in Funchal, Madeira, Portugal.
He was born in a very poor family. When he was conceived by his mother he family think to abort him because it was not possible for his family to afford livelihood for another child. But with the consent of his mother “Maria Dolores dos Santos Aveiro” the couple give birth the baby and named him after the then U.S. President and actor “Ronald Regan” and gave the name Cristiano Ronaldo.
In school he was called Crybaby by his schoolmates. He left school at a very early age by throwing a chair to his teacher.
After leaving school he started to play football with local child. His father noticed the passion towards football of his son. And he took him to the local club of Funchal, Madeira “Andorinha CF” at the age of 7 in 1992. In Andorinha he started to play football in different children leagues for the club. Then he made a move to central Madeira club “CD Nacional” youth team as a very young player at the age of 10 in 1995. In Nacional his shows the world his true color. He grabbed the attention of one of the biggest Club of Portugal “Sporting CP”. They signed Cristiano Ronaldo to their youth team at a fee of £1,500 in 1997. There he showed some incredible performances and got promoted to the semi-pro team of the club Sporting CP at the age of 14.
In 2000 he was diagnosed “Racing Heart”. Which means his heart is beating faster than others. Then he went under a Laser Surgery and after 3 days of surgery he went back to his club training ground. After 2 years He Signed for Sporting CP professional team as a main weapon. After that everything is history.
Cristiano Ronaldo started his professional football player for Sporting CP in 2002. At first he played for the B-Pro team of the club. After playing some matches he got promoted to the main team of the club. He played his best knock against the Sir Alex Ferguson’s “Manchester United” in a friendly. CR7 single handedly beat Man. Utd. 3-1 in that match. He was approached by some biggest clubs of Europe like Arsenal, Barcelona and others. But his performance against Man. Utd. Make Ferguson to sign him for the club.
In the middle of 2002 Manchester United signs Cristiano Ronaldo for £12.24 at the age of 17. Then the transfer fee was the highest for any teenage sensation. He was given the no. 7 shirt, which was previously worn by the previous prolific footballer of that club like David Beckham, Eric Cantona. In his debut for Man. Utd. he got standing ovation from the spectators. It was one of the best debut for any footballer in the history. In his first season with Manchester United he scored 6 goals in 40 matches. In 2007-2008 season he scored 42 goals in 49 matches with Manchester united. Which earns him the first FIFA Ballon d’Or in 2008. He won three consecutive premier leagues, one FA Cup, one UEFA Champions League, one FA community shield, two football league cup and one FIFA club world cup. Total 9 trophies with a club in just 6 seasons. 2008-2009 was the last season of Cristiano Ronaldo with Manchester United. In that season he scored total 28 goals for the club.
In 2009 he made a move to Spanish giant Real Madrid with staggering transfer fee of €94 million. Which is the highest of that time. The Real Madrid era was the golden era of his career. In 2009-2010 season he scored 33 goals in 35 matches. Helped Madrid to earn the 2nd position in LaLiga 2009-2010. He earned the FIFA Ballon d’Or nomination for his contribution. The rivalry with Messi started from his very first season of LaLiga. In 2010-2011 season he scored 53 goals in just 54 matches for the club. Helped the club to win COPA DEL REY 2010-2011. Again he earned the nomination and lose to Messi in FIFA Ballon d’or. In 2011-2012 season he scored 60 goals in just 55 matches. That season Real Madrid won the LaLiga title with the help of CR7 goals. He again got nominated for FIFA Ballon d’or but lose to Messi again. In 2012-2013 season for Real Madrid he scored 55 goals in just 55 matches. But this year again Real Madrid ended up with the 2nd position in LaLiga. This time again in FIFA Ballon d’Or he lose to Messi four times in a row.
His best times of his career is just about to arrive. In 2013-2014 season he scored 51 goals in just 47 matches. Helped Real Madrid to win Champions league “La Decima” 10 times. Won Spanish SuperCopa and Club world cup and Finally got the Ballon d’Or by beating his best rival Messi. He won the Ballon d’Or again in 2014 by beating Neymar and Messi. In 2014-2015 season he passed his one of the best seasons. But lack of trophies made him to lose the Ballon d’Or to Messi again in 2015.
In 2015-2016 season he scored 51 goals in 48 matches for Real Madrid. Won the Champions League again. Got back the Ballon d’Or. Single handedly won the EURO 2016 for Portugal. Become the greatest in Portugal football history. In 2016-2017 he scored 42 goals in 46 matches. Won both the LaLiga and Champions League 2nd time in a row. Won the Ballon d’Or again in 2017. In 2017-2018 season he scored 44 goals in 44 matches. Won the champions league 3rd time in a row. And make the number 13 (A POR LA 13) for Real Madrid. Now he is the strongest candidate to win the Ballon d’Or again in 2018.
After the FIFA World Cup 2018 he made a move to Juventus from Real Madrid with a transfer fee of €112. Highest ever transfer fee for a 33 years old footballer. According to many greats it will help Italian football to rise up again like before. Within the 24 hours of transfer Juventus share price increase 5.5%. And become the first Italian club with a value over $1 billion. They sold 520000 thousand CR7 jersey within 24 hours. And they hope it will cross million mark before the Italian football season. Juventus 2018-2019 match tickets was sold out within the 24 hours of the signing of Cristiano Ronaldo.
Personal Life:
He lives with his son, mother and his big brother’s family in Madrid. The new location is still unknown after signing Juventus. His son Cristiano Ronaldo Jr. He took the custody of his son after birth in 2010. He ended up the relation with Irina Shayek in 2015. He has a famous image of being a playboy. The number of girlfriends of Cristiano Ronaldo is still unknown. He became father again in early 2017 of a twin.
In the wedding of his agent Jorge Mendes he gifted him a Islan in Greek coast. Which value is almost $60 million. This is the most expensive gift till now given by a human. In 2018 summer vacation he left a tip of €17980 to the hotel staffs in Greece. This is also the biggest tip given to staffs in a hotel.
He is well known for his philanthropic work. 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 number 7 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.[533][534] After accepting undisclosed damages from a libel case against The Sun newspaper in 2008, Ronaldo donated the damages to a charity in Madeira.[535] 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.[536] 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.[537]
In 2012, Ronaldo and his agent paid for specialist treatment for a nine-year-old Canarian boy with apparently terminal cancer.[538] In November 2012, Ronaldo sold the golden boot he had won in 2011 for €1.5 million and gave the money to fund schools for children in Gaza.[539] In December 2012, Ronaldo joined FIFA's "11 for Health" programme to raise awareness amongst kids of how to steer clear of conditions including drug addiction, HIV, malaria and obesity.[540]
In January 2013, Ronaldo became Save the Children's new Global Artist Ambassador, in which he hopes to help fight child hunger and obesity.[541] In March, Ronaldo agreed to be the ambassador for The Mangrove Care Forum in Indonesia, an organisation aiming to raise awareness of mangrove conservation.[542]
In November 2014, Ronaldo appeared in FIFA's "11 against Ebola" campaign with a selection of top football players from around the world, including Neymar, Gareth Bale, Xavi and Didier Drogba.[543] Under the slogan "Together, we can beat Ebola", FIFA's campaign was done in conjunction with the Confederation of African Football and health experts, with the players holding up 11 messages to raise awareness of the disease and ways to combat it.[543] He was named the world's most charitable sportsperson in 2015.[544] In June 2016, Ronaldo donated the entirety of his €600,000 Champions League bonus after Real Madrid won the 2015–16 UEFA Champions League.[544]
In August 2016, 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.[545] In the app, fans can select from among 68 photos of Ronaldo in different outfits and poses, and scroll through 39 filters to apply to their selfies.
Career Statistics:
Club: In 763 appearances he scored 573 goals. He is the highest goal scorer in Real Madrid History. 450 goals in 438 matches.
International: He is the highest European international goal scorer. 85 goals in 154 matches. Breaking the record of Hungarian ex-pro footballer Ferenc Puskas 84.
Honors and Achievements:
32 individual trophy, 23 Club trophy and one international trophy.
He is surely one of the greatest of all time.
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True indeed.
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