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Cristiano Ronaldo - Famous Portuguese football player (Soccer)
Cristiano Ronaldo
Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro
(5 February 1985, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal)
Nationality: Portugal
Category: Athletes,
Occupation: Football (Soccer) Players
Unique distinction: Height: 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in), Weight: 78 kg (171 lb 15 oz.) Playing position: Forward. Squad Number: 7.
Gender: Male
Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro
(5 February 1985, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal)
Nationality: Portugal
Category: Athletes,
Occupation: Football (Soccer) Players
Unique distinction: Height: 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in), Weight: 78 kg (171 lb 15 oz.) Playing position: Forward. Squad Number: 7.
Gender: Male
Quotes: 1. Without football, my life is worth nothing.
2. I’m living a dream I never want to wake up from.
3. I've never tried to hide the fact that it is my intention to become the best.
4. I see myself as the best footballer in the world. If you don't believe you are the best, then you will never achieve all that you are capable of.
5. There is no harm in dreaming of becoming the World's best player. It's all about trying to be the best. I will keep working hard to achieve it, but it is within my capabilities.
6. It gives me the happiest feeling in the World. I just love scoring and It doesn't matter if it's a simple goal from close range, a long shot or a dribble around several players, I just love to score all kind of goals."
7. Your love makes me strong, your hate makes me unstoppable.
I'm not going to change the world. You're not going to change the world. But we can help - we can all help.
We should make the most of life, enjoy it because that’s the way it is!
8. The number 7 shirt is an honor and a responsibility. I hope it brings me a lot of luck. 9. When I win awards, I think of my father.
Video: Top 10 Unimaginable Goals
Website: Cristianoronaldo
Achievements:
Social and professional position: Portuguese professional footballer, (Soccer) Player.
The main contribution to (what is known): Ronaldo is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Spanish club Real Madrid and thePortugal national team. He is a forward and serves as captain for Portugal. He is ranked as one of the best player in the world, and the best Portuguese player of all time.
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The main contribution to (what is known): Ronaldo is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Spanish club Real Madrid and thePortugal national team. He is a forward and serves as captain for Portugal. He is ranked as one of the best player in the world, and the best Portuguese player of all time.
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Ronaldo is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Spanish club Real Madrid and thePortugal national team. He is a forward and serves as captain for Portugal. He is ranked as one of the best player in the world, and the best Portuguese player of all time.
Ronaldo holds three Golden Ball (Ballon d'Or) (2008, 2013, 2014) and he is the only player to win four European Golden Shoe (2008, 2011, 2014, 2015).
In 2016, he became the highest paid athlete in the world. According to Forbes magazine his total income is equal to $ 88 million and advertising revenue - $ 32 million.
He was the subject of the most expensive association football transfer when he moved from Manchester United to Real Madrid in 2009 in a transfer worth €94 million ($132 million).
Ronaldo holds the record for most goals scored in a single UEFA Champions League season, having scored 17 goals in the 2013–14 season.
He is the only player in the history of football to score 50 or more goals in a season on six consecutive occasions.
Ronaldo is the all-time top goalscorer in the UEFA Champions League (96), and he also became Real Madrid's all-time leading goalscorer (368).
He is the second highest goalscorer in La Liga history (373) behind Lionel Messi, his perceived career riva (498).
In 2008, by age 23, he won his first Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year nominations.
He won the three FIFA Ballon d'Or in 2008, 2013 and 2014.
In 2015, Ronaldo scored his 500th senior career goal for club and country.
He is the only player to win four European Golden Shoe awards (2008, 2011, 2014, 2015).
One of the most marketable athletes in sport, in 2016 Forbes named Ronaldo the world's best paid athlete.
In June 2016, ESPN ranked him the world's most famous athlete.
He is paid €12 million per year and ranked as the most expensive footballer in history (2013).
His net wealth is estimated at $160 millon. In August 2015, Ronaldo bought an $18.5 million loft in Trump Tower in New York City.
Ronaldo made his international debut for Portugal in August 2003, at the age of 18. He is Portugal's most capped player of all time with over 130 caps, and has participated in seven major tournaments: four UEFA European Championships (2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016) and three FIFA World Cups (2006, 2010 and 2014).
At Euro 2016, Portugal won the tournament for the first time, following a 1–0 victory after extra time over the host team, France. Ronaldo scored 3 goals and equalled Michel Platini's all-time record for most goals scored (9) in European Championship finals.
Major works: He won the FIFA Ballon d'Or in 2008, 2013 and 2014. He is the only player to win four European Golden Shoe awards. In 2015, Ronaldo scored his 500th senior career goal for club and country.
Life:
Origin: Ronaldo was born in Santo António, a neighbourhood of Funchal, Madeira, the youngest child of Maria Dolores dos Santos Aveiro, a cook, and José Dinis Aveiro, a municipal gardener. The family was staunchly Catholic.
Ronaldo has one older brother, and two older sisters: brother: Hugo (b. 1975). Sisters: Elma (b. 1974), Sister: Liliana Cátia ("Ronalda", singer, b. 1976).
Ronaldo's father died of an alcoholism-related liver condition at the age of 52 when Ronaldo was 20.
Education: He studied at secondary school in Funchal (island of Madeira).
Career highlights:
Personal life:
Education: He studied at secondary school in Funchal (island of Madeira).
Career highlights:
Ronaldo began his club career playing for Sporting CP (2002–2003, league appearances 25, goals -3).
in 2003 at age 18 he signed with Manchester United (2003–2009, league appearances 196, goals - 84), (£12m).
He helped MU win three successive Premier League titles, a UEFA Champions League title, and a FIFA Club World Cup.
Currantly he plays for Spanish club Real Madrid (2009-, league appearances 240, goals -261), (€94m).
In Spain, he has since won one La Liga title, two Copas del Rey, two Champions League titles, and a Club World Cup.
Personal life:
Ronaldo became a father on 17 June 2010 following the birth of a son, named Cristiano. He was born in the United States, and Ronaldo announced that he had full custody. There's still a big mistery nowadays, on who is the mother of the Cristiano Ronaldo's son.
Cristiano now lives with his cousin, Nuno and his brother in law Ze. He is a very family oriented person and enjoys cooking. He speakes Portuguese, Spanish Ronaldo has previously dated Portuguese model and TV presenter Isabel Figueira, Indian actress Bipasha Basu, Colombian model Mirella Griseyl, Spanish model Nereide Gallardo, English models Alice Goodwin and Gemma Atkinson.
Since the start of 2010, he has been dating Russian model Irina Shayk. The couple ended their relationship in January 2015.
After splitting from Irina Shayk, after a five-year romance, he had enjoyed brief flings with Spanish TV presenter Lucia Vilyalon Puras, Colombian model Paula Suarez, and then the model of Ukrainian descent Yara Hmidan. In August 2016 his new choice was a blond fitness trainer and Instagram star Cassandra Davis.
In September 2016 the Spanish press reported that the Real Madrid striker has been dating "Miss Spain -2014" Desiree Cordero. She is 23 years old and she finished sixth in the Miss Universe contest «I don't like being alone», - said Ronaldo.