Cristiano Ronaldo Biography

Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro was brought into the world on February 5, 1985, in Madeira, Portugal to Maria Dolores dos Santos Aveiro and José Diniz Aveiro. Cristiano has a senior brother, Hugo, and two senior sisters, Elma and Liliana Cátia. His name was inspired by the former US president, Ronald Reagan, whom his father was influenced by.

The island of Madeira was also the place where Cristiano previously learned to master his skills as a footballer. He went through his early years playing for his local team, Nacional, and when he turned 12 years old, he already made his name for himself as one of Madeira's top footballers. It wasn't well before he started to catch the attention of other big Portuguese clubs. Among Sporting was Benfica, a team Cristiano and his father followed as young men. Be that as it may, he eventually decided to play for Sporting which was a team his mother cherished and followed as she was growing up, to play with any semblance of Figo was the dream for her son.

He was then spotted by former Liverpool manager, Gerard Houllier at the age of sixteen yet Liverpool had no intentions to sign him around then because they thought he was excessively youthful and he really wanted additional opportunities to foster his skills. Nonetheless, in the late spring of 2003, while Sporting played against Manchester Joined together and defeated them, Cristiano caught the attention of Manchester Joined manager, Sir Alex Ferguson.

Ronaldo became Manchester Joined's very first Portuguese player. Initially, he mentioned the number 28 as his shirt number because he didn't feel that he could satisfy the tension of past players, for example, George Best and David Beckham who wore the number 7 pullover.

The year 2006 to 2008 ended up being a rather controversial year for the star. In the 2006 World Cup, Cristiano faced accusations regarding his sportsmanship. In a quarter-final match against England, he was heavily condemned for sending off his club teammate, Wayne Rooney who was playing for the England team. It wasn't excessively lengthy until fans started accepting Cristiano again. In 2007, he won PFA Youthful Player of the Year, PFA Player of the Year, PFA Fans' Player of the Year, Portuguese Footballer of the Year, FWA Footballer of the Year, Sir Matt Busby Player of the Year, and Manchester Joined's Players' Player of the Year. The year 2008 also saw him taking back the PFA Player Of The Year Award for the subsequent time running. That same year, Ronaldo also had to deal with discussions regarding his club transfer to Spanish giants, Real Madrid. He eventually decided to stay with Manchester Joined together and focused to the public that he had no intentions of leaving the club.

Cristiano currently lives with his cousin, Nuno, and his brother-in-law Ze. At the point when he isn't on the field, he is a family-oriented person. Growing up, when he was about to pick football as his career, he said that it was truly challenging for him as that would mean lesser time with his family, especially his mother, whom he says play a major job in his life.

During his leisure time, Cristiano appreciates cooking. He referenced in an interview that he usually cooks before he leaves for his soccer practice. Because he is constantly training, Cristiano rarely has time to watch television. Assuming that he gets an opportunity to watch, he says he cherishes watching one of the local Portuguese game shows which are generally about trivia questions. Cristiano is an avid learner and he takes interest in learning new things every day. Among Cristiano's biggest annoyances are smoking, individuals who don't make an effort, and contemptibility.

At the point when the tsunami hit South East Asia, Cristiano traveled to Indonesia to help those out of luck. He auctioned off a couple of stuff to assist with raising assets for charity. He desires to engage in greater charity projects in the future because he accepts his star status will assist him with reaching out to others for help.

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After a fruitful season with Sporting that carried the youthful player to the attention of Europe's biggest football clubs, Ronaldo endorsed with English stalwart Manchester Joined in 2003. He was an instant sensation and before long came to be regarded as perhaps of the best forward in the game. His finest season with Joined came in 2007-08, when he scored 42 League and Cup goals and earned the Brilliant Shoe award as Europe's leading scorer, with 31 League goals. After helping Joined to a Champions League title in May 2008, Ronaldo captured Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) World Player of the Year praises for his stellar 2007-08 season. He also drove Joined to an appearance in the 2009 Champions League final, which they lost to FC Barcelona.

Before long Ronaldo was offered to Spain's Real Madrid — a club with which he had for quite some time been supposed to want to play — for a then-record £80 million (about $131 million) transfer charge. His scoring ability continued with his new team, and he got the most goals (40) in La Liga history during the 2010-11 season (his record was broken the following season by his rival Lionel Messi of Barcelona). In 2011-12 Ronaldo assisted Madrid in capturing a La Liga championship and scored a personal-best 46 goals during the League season. He scored a total of 66 goals in 56 appearances with Madrid and the Portuguese national team in 2013 to earn his second world player of the year award (the FIFA World Player of the Year was renamed the FIFA Ballon d'Or in 2010). In 2014 he scored 52 goals in 43 games and drove Madrid to a Champions League title, which brought about Ronaldo capturing another Ballon d'Or award. In 2014-15 he got 48 goals to lead La Liga in scoring. Ronaldo got his 324th goal as an individual from Real in October 2015 to turn into the club's all-time leading goal scorer. He scored 35 La Liga goals in 2015-16 and aided Real win its record 11th Champions League title, and in December 2016 he won a fourth career Ballon d'Or for his accomplishments. Ronaldo scored 42 goals for Real across all rivalries in 2016-17 and drove his team to La Liga and Champions League titles that season, which brought about a fifth career Ballon d'Or award. In 2017-18 he scored 44 goals in 44 games, and Real won a third straight Champions League title  In July 2018 he reached a four-year contract worth €112 million (about $132 million) with the Italian force to be reckoned with Juventus. He finished his Real career with 311 goals in 292 matches. He scored 28 goals in his most memorable season with Juventus — his least homegrown goal total since his last season with Manchester Joined together — as the stalwart club won its eighth straight Italian league title. In the 2019-20 season, Ronaldo assisted the club in capturing another league title, and Juventus later won the 2020 Supercoppa Italiana and the 2021 Coppa Italia Final. Several months after the latter match, he left Juventus and got back to Manchester Joined together. His second stint with the club demonstrated disappointment, in any case. Both Ronaldo and Manchester battled, and he communicated growing dissatisfaction with the club. In November 2022 his contract was terminated by "mutual agreement." The following month Ronaldo endorsed the Saudi Arabian club Al Nassr.

On his home soil, after moving through the young and under-21 ranks, Ronaldo made his most memorable appearance for Portugal's full national team against Kazakhstan in August 2003 (four days after his presentation for Joined together). He was a vital participant in Portugal's fourth-place finish at the 2006 World Cup and became the full-time captain of the national team in 2008. In 2012 his stellar play drove Portugal to the semifinals of the European Championship, where his team was eliminated by rival Spain in a match that was concluded by a penalty throw shoot-out. Ronaldo came into the 2014 World Cup hot off of his second world player of the year win, however his play at the tournament was inconsistent, and the whole Portugal team battled during a gathering stage elimination. In 2016 he assisted Portugal in winning the European Championship, the nation's most memorable major international tournament title, although he just played sparingly in the final because of a knee injury that he had sustained early in the match. Ronaldo played brilliantly at the 2018 World Cup, scoring four goals in four games as Portugal advanced to the knockout round just to lose its most memorable match of that stage to areas of strength for an Uruguay side. Four years later Ronaldo became the principal male player to score at five distinct World Cups. Be that as it may, he was not part of the starting lineup for several games, and Portugal's 2022 World Cup finished with misfortune in the quarterfinals.