Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro,[2] OIH, (born 5 February 1985),[3] commonly known

as Cristiano Ronaldo, is a Portuguese footballerwho plays as a forward for Spanish La

Liga club Real Madrid and who serves as captain of the Portuguese national team. Ronaldo became
themost expensive footballer in history after moving from Manchester United to Real Madrid in
a transfer worth £80 million (€93.9 million/$131.6 million). In addition, his contract with Real Madrid, in
which he is paid €12 million per year, makes him one of the highest-paid footballers in the
world,[4] and his buyout clause is valued at €1 billion as per his contract. [5]

Ronaldo began his career as a youth player for Andorinha, where he played for two years, before
moving to C.D. Nacional. In 1997, he made a move to Portuguese giants Sporting Clube de Portugal.
Ronaldo caught the attention of Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson, who signed him for
£12.24 million (€15 million) in 2003. The following season, Ronaldo won his first club honour, the FA
Cup.

Ronaldo was the first player to win all four main PFA and FWA awards, doing so in 2007. In 2008,
Ronaldo won the Ballon d'Or.[6] He placed second in the Ballon d'Or in 2007, 2009, 2011 and 2012.
He was awarded the European Golden Shoe in both 2008 and 2011. In 2008, he won three of the four
main PFA and FWA trophies and was named the FIFPro Player of the Year, World Soccer Player of
the Year, Onze d'Or, and the FIFA World Player of the Year.[7][8][9] In 2007 and 2008, Ronaldo was
named FWA Footballer of the Year. Ronaldo was the inaugural winner of the FIFA Puskás Award in
2009.

Ronaldo holds numerous former and current scoring records, including records for most goals scored
in a season for Real Madrid, most goals scored per minute in La Liga, first top European league
player to reach 40 goals in a single season in two consecutive years, fastest Real Madrid player to
reach one hundred league goals, and the first player ever to score against every team in a single
season in La Liga.[10] In January 2013, Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 300th club goal.[11][12]

Ronaldo is a Portuguese international and made his debut against Kazakhstan in August 2003. He
has since participated in five major tournaments; UEFA Euro 2004, the 2006 FIFA World Cup, UEFA
Euro 2008, the 2010 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2012. He scored his first international goal in
the opening game of the Euro 2004 against Greece, in addition to helping Portugal reach the final. He
took over the captaincy of the side in July 2008 and went on to captain Portugal to the semi-finals at
the Euro 2012 and finished the competition as the joint best scorer with three goals. On 16 October
2012, Ronaldo won his 100th cap against Northern Ireland, making him the third highest capped
player for Portugal and became the third youngest European to reach a century of international
appearances.[13] In October 2012, he became the first sportsperson to reach 50 million followers
on Facebook.[
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Cristiano Ronaldo is the son of Maria Dolores dos Santos Aveiro (a cooker) andJosé Dinis Aveiro (a
Municipal gardener). Many say that Ronaldo's humble family origins are the reason why CR7 manages
to deal so well with the fame and spotlights he has nowadays. Cristiano Ronaldo has two older
sisters, Liliana Cátiaand Elma, and one older brother, Hugo.

Cristiano Ronaldo first steps in football/soccer were made in his amateur

hometown club called Andorinha, when he was still 8
years old. A couple years later, CR7 moved to CD
Nacional, one of the most known teams in Madeira,
around his 10th birthday. But he didn't stay there for
too long and the year after (1996),Ronaldo was
persuaded to join Sporting Lisbon, one of the biggest
clubs inPortugal.

It's now clear that 1996 was a turnaround year in Cristiano Ronaldo life. By joining Sporting
CP, Ronaldo had to leave his family back in Madeira and start learning how to live on his
own. CR7 trained with the youth team in the first years and in 2002, by the age of 16, he made his
senior debut against Moreirense, in thePortuguese First Division. In that match, Ronaldo scored a brace
and immediatly caught everyone's attention upon him. The European debut took place later on, in
the UEFA Champions League qualifier match against Inter Milan.

By the age of 17, Cristiano Ronaldo really started to attract many attentions
throughout the World, and his tremendous
performances when playing forPortugal's Youth Team
in UEFA's Under 17 Championship, made him one of
the most promising stars of the moment. Among many
other top clubs, Liverpool andArsenal had some scouts
on that tournament. Managers Gérard
Houllier and Arsene Wenger were allegadly interested
in signing Cristiano Ronaldo. However, it was
revealed later that both clubs got a bit hesitant on
betting in such a young player and Manchester
United ended up to rush things and sign Ronaldo in
the 2003 pre-season.
The moment Cristiano Ronaldo definately convinced a top club to sign him, was
after a 2003 pre-season friendly match,
between Sporting and Manchester United, in the
inauguration of the "Estádio José de Alvalade"
in Lisbon. The Portuguese side defeated the Red
Devils by 3-1 and United players were said to be
stunned byCristiano Ronaldo's technique skills as
well as his natural talent and kept talking about it on
 their way home. Rumors say that Sir Alex
Ferguson had a chat with his team players and then
decided to sign Cristiano Ronaldo, in a transfer fee
around 15 million euros (£12.24 million pounds).

Name: Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro

Birth date: February 5, 1985
Birthplace: Funchal, Madeira, Portugal
Height: 186.5 cm
Playing position: Left/right winger, striker
First club: Sporting Lisbon
Career debut: 1999 vs Moreirense
Current club: Real Madrid
International team: Portugal
Int’l debut: August 20, 2003 vs Kazakhstan

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Born Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro on February 5, 1985, in Funchal, Madeira,
Portugal, a small island off the western coast of the
country,Ronaldo is the youngest of four children born
to Maria Dolores dos Santos and Jose Dinis Aveiro. He
was named after Ronald Reagan, a favorite actor of his
father's.

Cristiano Ronaldo has rapidly made the transition from an exciting young footballing talent into a
global superstar to become one of the most renowned and coveted players in the world game.

Having grown up on the island of Madeira, Ronaldo joined Sporting’s academy as a 12-year-old.
Following on from the likes of Luis Figo and Simao Sabrosa before him, Ronaldo made his debut
for Sporting against Moreirense in October 2002, at the age of 17, and he announced himself with
two goals in a 3-0 victory.

He continued to showcase his talent in Sporting’s run to the league championship, but it would
prove to be his first and last season in Portugal as many of Europe’s biggest club had already been
following the youngster’s progress.
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Everything changed for the 18-year-old after he produced a scintillating performance as Sporting
defeated Manchester United in a pre-season friendly in the summer of 2003. The United players
frantically encouraged manager Alex Ferguson to bring Ronaldo to Manchester, which he duly did
in an 18m Euro deal just days later.

Inheriting the famous no. 7 shirt worn by George Best, Bryan Robson, Eric Cantona and David
Beckham, Ronaldo was heralded as the latest United superstar, and his sensational second-half
cameo during the opening day win over Bolton Wanderers led Ferguson to claim that the Old
Trafford fans had “found a new hero”.

Ronaldo wowed observers in his first season in the Premiership with his speed, trickery and
enthusiasm for the game. The campaign ended with a Man of the Match performance in United’s 3-
0 FA Cup final win over Millwall, and Ronaldo was voted the Sir Matt Busby Player of the Season by
the club’s fans.

Non-stop progress

Having scored six goals in his debut season, Ronaldo then hit nine in his follow up campaign,
including a crucial double at Highbury during United’s famous 4-2 victory over Arsenal, and his
third year saw him break into double-figures after notching twelve in 2005/06.

Aside from more goals, Ronaldo became an expert at playing on either flank, exploiting his ability
to use both feet and becoming one of the Premiership’s most feared players. An increasingly
strong physique was also combined with a good aerial threat and deadly-long range shooting.

World Cup controversy

Things turned somewhat sour briefly during the summer of 2006 when Ronaldo was strongly
criticised by the English press, who accused him of conspiring to get Wayne Rooney sent off during
Portugal’s last-16 World Cup match with England, in which Ronaldo scored the winning penalty of
the shootout following a goalless draw.

Any thoughts that he would be hounded out of the Premiership were quickly dispelled as the
following season saw his game step up yet another level, with Ronaldo combining with Rooney to
help fire United to the Premiership title, earning him both the PFA Young Player of the Year award
and the Players' Player of the Year award for 2007.

In the 2007/08 campaign, Ronaldo enjoyed his best season in a United shirt, scoring 42 goals and
helping Alex Ferguson's side to a Premiership and Champions League double, with Ronaldo scoring
in the European Cup final as his side beat Chelsea on penalties following a 1-1 draw in Moscow. A
host of personal accolades followed, including the prestigious Ballon d'Or and Fifa World Player of
the Year awards for 2008.

Real Madrid dream realised

Throughout his time in England, which amassed a total of six years, Ronaldo regularly admitted an
ambition to one day play in Spain's La Liga, specifically for Real Madrid. His superb working
relationship with manager Ferguson had seen Ronaldo regularly convinced to delay his dream
move, but faced once again with the player's insistence on leaving, Ferguson finally granted
Ronaldo his wish and sanctioned a world-record 94m-euro transfer to the Bernabeu in 2009.

Ronaldo was presented in front of close to 80,000 supporters in the Spanish capital, as he
prepared to embark on the latest chapter of a truly remarkable story.

Though many openly pronounced that he would never again play to the level that he had done at
Manchester United, Cristiano Ronaldo never once looked likely to fail at Madrid. In spite of injuries,
Ronaldo would score a goal per game on average in his first season, which unfortunately ended
without Real Madrid adding to their glorious trophy cabinet.

2010/11 proved to be yet another season in which Ronaldo would silence his doubters and break
records, both individually and in La Liga. Ronaldo scored 40 league goals, breaking the record for
goals scored in a La Liga season, and once again showed that he is capable of scoring in big games
by sealing the Copa del Rey title for Real Madrid with a thunderous header in extra time.

But Ronaldo didn't stop there. In 2011/12, Ronaldo produced his best season ever statistically,
with 60 goals in all competitions and winning the La Liga title for the first time with Madrid.
Ronaldo broke his own record for goals scored in a La Liga season with 46, but was surpassed by
Lionel Messi, who scored 50 goals in La Liga.

The brilliant career of Cristiano Ronaldo seems to know no bounds, and with José Mourinho at the
helm, Real Madrid will surely put winning the Champions League at the top of their list of priorities
for next season.

International Career

Ronaldo made his international debut shortly after his move to Manchester United, and has since
become the inspirational figure of the Portuguese national side.

He was one of the stars of the 2004 European Championships, and his reputation was enhanced
throughout World Cup qualification, before Ronaldo used the World’s biggest stage in Germany
2006 to again showcase his exceptional talent. At the age of just 23, Ronaldo competed in his third
major international tournament in 2008. After a bright start to the competition, Portugal crashed
out to Germany at the quarter-final stage of Euro 2008.

After a miserable qualifying campaign for the World Cup 2010 in which Ronaldo failed to score a
single goal, Portugal were obligated to compete in the playoffs against Bosnia. Having secured
their berth at the tournament proper, expectations were relatively low, especially since Portugal
had been drawn in a difficult group against Brazil, Ivory Coast, and the lesser known North
Koreans.

As had been the case throughout qualifying, Carlos Queiroz used Ronaldo primarily as a lone
striker, with a heavily defensive set up behind him. Ronaldo did score a goal in a scintillating
performance against North Korea, but ultimately the World Cup in South Africa was a major
disappointment as the Seleccao failed to register a goal in three of their four matches and were
eliminated in the quarter-finals by eventual winners Spain.

In spite of the disappointment suffered during the World Cup 2010, the outcome opened the door
to change. Two games into qualifying for Euro 2012, Portugal already looked in serious danger of
missing out on the competition. With Carlos Quieroz and the FPF in upheaval and Ronaldo out
injured, Portugal slumped to a draw against lowly Cyprus and were beaten in Oslo by the
Norwegians.

Bento rejuvenates Ronaldo

Enter Paulo Bento. With the appointment of the former Sporting manager, everything changed for
Ronaldo. Bento, for all of his pride and stubbornness, managed to do the one thing that was best
for Portugal: he put Ronaldo in a position to succeed. The response was immediate, and Ronaldo
scored seven times in eight matches during qualification. Despite missing out on an automatic
berth to Denmark, Ronaldo led Portugal to a tremendous 6-2 victory over Bosnia in the second leg
of their play-off.

During this tournament, Ronaldo will once again have a prime opportunity to prove his undeniable
class on the world stage. Having become comfortable with his role in the team again, Ronaldo will
fancy his chances of taking Portugal all the way to European glory.

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Ronaldo is a positive and lively person who generally has an invigorating, inspiring, and energizing effect
on others.
Boredom or staying anchored in old habits is not a problem for Cristiano Ronaldo since he has numerous
interests and the energy to pursue many of them.
However, he definitely has the tendency to overextend himself without taking the time to regroup or to
move on to new things before he finishes previous tasks.
Cristiano can burn out by being involved in too many activities.
Cristiano Ronaldo seems impelled to be always in motion, as if he were afraid if missing out on
something interesting "out there". Paying attention to his body's need for rest, attending to his own
inner world and feelings and giving sufficient attention to his immediate family and their needs is
something Cristiano Ronaldo needs to learn to do more of. It would benefit Ronaldo to simply stop from
time to time and take a breather.
He is very idealistic and frequently disappointed that he does not live in a perfect world, but it is through
the vision and energy of people like Cristiano Ronaldo that new ideas are introduced and positive
changes made. Ronaldo's gifts are his ability to entertain and toy with creative ideas and possibilities,
seek new solutions to problems, and venture gaily into new territory (literally or figuratively).
Cristiano Ronaldo needs to cultivate his capacity for receptivity - the ability to listen and quietly absorb
what another person is saying, for example, instead of focusing on what he has to say. It would serve
Cristiano Ronaldo well to learn to wait and trust, rather than make something happen or try to bend the
world to his will.
Cristiano has trouble dealing with emotions - both his own and those of others. Cristiano Ronaldo often
ignores or discounts feelings and the emotional reality of a situation, thus seeming insensitive or
uncaring to others. Ronaldo needs to develop the capacity to experience deep emotional ties, empathy,
compassion and sensitivity to the feelings of others; however, this ability will only manifest later in life
rather than in his youth.
Though he may appear emotionally self-sufficient or above it all, Cristiano's tendency to repress his
feelings could have physical ramifications; as such, it would serve Ronaldo well to learn to acknowledge
and express all of his emotions.
Ronaldo may also find that he craves fluids or the desire to live near bodies of water as a means to
acquire balance.
As you will read on the next page, Cristiano Ronaldo has a practical touch and a certain pragmatic,
down-to-earth way of approaching things, which - combined with his enthusiasm and ideas - can make
Ronaldo very effective. Cristiano Ronaldo is able to ground his ideals and give form to his creative
impulses.

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