Cristiano Ronaldo is a professional footballer who plays for the Portuguese National team and Italian club Juventus. He is considered as one of the best and greatest players of all time in soccer history.
His full name is Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro. His father by the former US President and actor Ronald Regan and he named “Ronaldo” after his name.
Cristiano Ronaldo was born on 5 February 1985 in Funchel city which was on the island of Madeira in Portugal. He was the youngest of four children in the family.
From childhood, he was interested in sports. His father worked at the local football club. By watching the game at his father club Ronaldo developed a keen interest in the football game.
As a kid, Ronaldo played for the local team Andorinha and Nacional club. At the age of 12, he signed with Sporting CP sports club.
At the age of 14, Cristiano Ronaldo stopped his education and decided to become a professional footballer. In childhood, he has suffered from Race heart problems (Heart rate over 100 beats per minute) and underwent surgery.
in 2002 Ronaldo played debut game in Portugal premira league and scored two goals. Ronaldo became popular among the club with his top-notch performance. One fine day he was caught by Alex Ferguson who was a manager of Manchester United. Ferguson was impressed by Ronaldo performance and he insisted him to join Manchester United.
In 2003 Ronaldo signed with Manchester United. He was the first Portugal player in the Manchester club. He led his team to won the FA Cup Final 2004, He scored three goals in that match and It was his first trophy.
In the year of 2007, Ronaldo won four Professional Footballers Association awards and Football Writers Association awards. In 2008, He led his team Manchester to win the FIFA Club World Cup. The first time he won the Ballon d’Or award and he was named FIFA World Player of the Year.
In 2009 Cristiano Ronaldo left Manchester United and Joined the Spanish Football Club Real Madrid. Real Madrid spent $80Million for Ronaldo, which was the most expensive in football history.
In 2016, Ronaldo led his national team Portugal to win the European Championship.
In 2017, Ronaldo became the first player to reach 100 goals in UEFA Champions League and in the same year he scored his 500th goal in his club career.
In 2018 Ronaldo left Real Madrid and the Italian Club Juventus purchased him for a record-breaking sum of $100millions. He became the first player in the football history to win 100 champions league matches.
Cristiano Ronaldo Family
Parents
Ronaldo father’s name is Jose Diniz Aveiro, he worked as a municipal Gardener. Jose has died when Ronaldo was 20. His mother’s name is Maria Dolores dos Santos Aveiro, she is a cook. She was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2007.
Siblings
Ronaldo was the youngest among four children. He has one brother and two elder sisters.
Ronaldo brother name is Hugo dos Santos Aveiro and first sister name is Elma Aveiro, Second sister is Liliana Catia Aveiro
Wife/Partner
Cristiano has involved in several relationships. Ronaldo was in relationship with the Russian model Irina Shayk for five years and estranged in 2015.
Ronaldo was in a relationship with Spanish model Georgina Rodriguez. The couple has one daughter Alana Martina who was born in November 2017.
Children
Ronaldo has four children. Ronaldo became a father in 2010, he does not want to reveal the mother of his first son publicly because he has an agreement with her.
In 2017 he had son Mateo and daughter Eva via surrogacy. His fourth child Alana Martina was born to his partner Georgina Rodriguez.
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