Cristiano Ronaldo biography

It is true that football is a team-based game, a passing game as Martin Tyler puts it. But that does not stop some footballers, especially forwards, from shining the brightest on the pitch, outshining others as they reach for the pinnacle of football. One particular football player who has been outshining his teammates for more than a decade is the former Manchester United and Real Madrid striker,

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There is no doubt that the Portugal international does not need any introduction, as he is known both inside and outside of football by literally millions and maybe billions of people around the world. Many are definitely interested in reading more about

Cristiano Ronaldo bio

and both his personal and professional life. That is why we have provided below an in-depth article about Cristiano Ronaldo biography, which will shed light onto some of the lesser-known parts of the prolific striker’s life.

Cristiano Ronaldo date of birth

is 5 February 1985, which means that he will be turning 36 years old in the February of 2021. Coincidentally, he shares his birthday with Paris Saint-Germain and former Barcelona star, Neymar, who was also born on 5 February. Of course Neymar is not the only elite footballer with whom Cristiano shares his birthday, as the former Manchester United, Manchester City and Juventus forward, Carlos Tevez, was also born on 5 February, who currently plays for the Argentine side, Boca Juniors.

Considering the fact that Ronaldo was born in 1985, it is quite amazing to see a 35-year-old still at his prime, continuing to break records and set new ones which will be tough to break for years to come.

Cristiano Ronaldo nationality

has certainly helped him in establishing the pillars of his successful career, as there are many Portuguese clubs who are known for raising world-class talents, such as Bruno Fernandes, who currently plays for Manchester United.

While Ronaldo is a Portuguese footballer, born and raised in Portugal, he has played in his country’s domestic league for a short period of time, as he quickly signed for

after being discovered by Sir Alex Ferguson. Being born in the Wester Europe, one could guess another’s religion, as Christianity is quite the predominant belief in such areas. While the current Juventus man is does not identify himself as a religious person, it is still claimed that

Cristiano Ronaldo religion

is Roman Catholic.

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Cristiano Ronaldo biography

facts that you might be interested to know about, as we start with more basic details about the Portuguese forward’s life and then delve into his professional career.

Cristiano Ronaldo information

Before having an in-depth look at

Cristiano Ronaldo childhood

and professional career, we have provided you with a number of basic information bits about the Portugal international, that could give you an overview about who Cristiano is.

Bio

• Full name:

   Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro

• Nickname: 

  CR7

Physical Stats

• Height: 

  1.87 m (6 ft. 2 in.)

• Eye color:

   Hazel Brown

• Hair color

  : Black

Football Information

• Position:

   Forward

• Jersey number:

   7

• Professional debut: 

  14 August 2002

Personal Information

• Date of birth:

   5 February 1985

• Place of birth:

   Funchal, Madeira, Portugal

• Marital status:

   TBD

• Zodiac sign: 

  Aquarius

With more of the basic info at hand about Cristiano Ronaldo biography, let us delve into the personal life and the professional journey of the Portuguese superstar.

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Cristiano Ronaldo early life

Cristiano Ronaldo childhood began as any other child born in Funchal on the Island of Madeira. Born to a family of five, he is the youngest member of his family, being the fourth child of Maria Dolores dos Santos, his mother, and Jose Dinis Aveiro, his father, who sadly passed away in 2005. Ronaldo grew up with his older brother and two older sisters in Santo Antonio, and started to find his talent and realize his potential from a very young age.

Of course all that Cristiano has achieved might never have even happened, as his mother was initially planning on aborting him due to poverty and the instability of the family. Thankfully, she did not get to have an abortion, and Ronaldo grew up to join CF Andorinha, an amateur football club in Santo Antonio, at the age of seven. His father was in fact working as a part-time equipment manager at the same club.

Cristiano Ronaldo life story

took him to Nacional after his first club, where he got to spend a couple of years before participating in the Sporting CP tryouts and impressing the club’s youth coaches. With Ronaldo showing his talents to everyone on the pitch,

signed the young prodigy for a little over €1,800 when he was only 12 years old. Despite his family’s poor financial status, Ronaldo managed to join the youth team of one of the best teams in Portugal, where he finally got to rise up the ranks.

Of course such an accomplishment would take unbelievable amounts of effort, which is why Cristiano talked to his mother and decided to quit his school and education at the age of 14 and pursue his footballing career on a semi-professional level. There are many unfortunate events that hold off up and coming and talented children from becoming successful athletes. One such instance happened to Cristiano, as he was diagnosed with tachyarrhythmia or a racing heart, which is a heart rate above the normal resting rate.

Having been diagnosed with this irregularity, Ronaldo underwent surgery in order to alter his resting heart rate and normalize it, so that he could continue his footballing career. After the procedure, it only took the teenager a few days to get back to training and excel at what he was doing once again. He might have gotten his desire for competition due to growing up with three siblings and sharing a room with all three of them, which is what helped Ronaldo push himself even more and get invited into Sporting CP’s first-team by the club’s then manager, Laszlo Boloni.

Having been invited to the club’s first-team, Cristiano Ronaldo life story took a turn for the better as he had moved up the ladder and gotten closer to his dream of being one of the best footballers in history. He did in fact get to play for Sporting CP’s Under-16, Under-17, Under-18, the reserves squad and the first team all within one season, and become the first player to ever be able to do so.

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The Portuguese forward’s journey towards success in professional football when he was finally called up to Sporting CP’s senior team. He got to make his professional debut during a time when the club had been facing issues regarding the absence of several key players, as they had to face Inter in the

qualifiers. It was on 14 August 2002 that Ronaldo made his professional debut and everyone got to see the new exciting prospect on the pitch.

His first match was against Inter in the Champions League qualifier, as Sporting CP were not able to qualify directly for the competition. Of course the attention was on another Ronaldo, who is dubbed by many to be the “Original Ronaldo”. Ronaldo Nazario was absent from Inter’s squad as Cristiano came off the bench to make one of the historical moments in the world of football happen. He then went on to make his

debut on 7 October 2002 against Moreirense, as he managed to score two goals in their 3-0 victory.

Ronaldo’s impressive performance during his first season had already turned many heads towards his game, which is why many clubs such as

, Barcelona and Arsenal were interested in signing the youngster, with

’s then manager Arsene Wenger even meeting with Cristiano regarding a possible move to London.

In the end, however, it was Sir Alex Ferguson who managed to sign the brightest of the young stars for almost £13 million, after he was captivated by Ronaldo’s performance in the match between Manchester United and Sporting CP, where the Red Devils lost 3-1 to the Portuguese side. Arriving at Manchester United, Cristiano was handed the number 7 shirt, worn by many Man United greats such as David Beckham, George Best and Eric Cantona.

Although Ronaldo is partly known by his trademark number 7 shirt, he had initially requested the number 28 shirt upon his arrival at the Old Trafford. He got to make his Manchester United debut also in August, as he came on as a second-half substitute against

on the opening day of the Premier League on 16 August, 2003.

The match ended in 4-0 victory for Ferguson’s side, but Ronaldo did not manage to score his first goal for the club, as he had to wait until 1 November, when he got to score a beautiful free-kick past

goalkeeper to get his first goal. Ronaldo managed to rise up the ranks and become one of the most exciting prospects and most talented players in the world at United, which only meant that there was only one way forward, and that was becoming a Galactico.

Cristiano Ronaldo broke the world record for the highest transfer fee in 2009, when he signed for

for £80 million, with his contract including a massive €1 billion buy-out clause. He was presented to Madridistas in front of more than 80,000 fans at the Santiago Bernabeu, who welcomed their new signing with open arms. Not even Diego Maradona had gotten such a welcome during his presentation at Napoli, where 75,000 fans were present to see their new signing. Even though Ronaldo was given the number 7 shirt quite easily at Manchester United, contrary to the number he had initially requested, Ronaldo did not get to wear the same number at Real Madrid in the beginning, as it was already being worn by club legend, Raul Gonzalez.

While Ronaldo was not able to score on his league debut at Sporting CP, he made history from the moment he made his debut for Real Madrid, as he became the first player in the club’s history to score in each of his first four league games with Real. With Cristiano’s arrival at the Spanish capital, one of the most iconic rivalries in football, the rivalry between

and Cristiano Ronaldo, came into being, as Barcelona and Real Madrid challenged each other for all of the domestic and continental titles.

As Raul departed from Madrid in the 2010/11 season, Ronaldo got his hands on the number 7 jersey and went on to make history with Los Blancos, becoming the club’s all-time highest goal scorer by overtaking the same player whose shirt he had inherited at the club. After nine glorious seasons at one of Europe’s most decorated clubs, Cristiano decided it was time for a new challenge at a new club, as he signed for the Serie A side,

for £105 in 2018.

Surely the Allianz Stadium giving him a standing ovation when he scored a magnificent bicycle kick against their club in the Champions League had quite a significant effect on Ronaldo’s decision to join I Bianconeri. The 2020/21 season is the Portuguese superstar’s third season at Juventus, where has managed to win the league title every season since moving to Italy.

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Style of play

While Cristiano Ronaldo started his career as a left-winger with immense dribbling ability, lightning-fast pace and an eye for scoring ridiculously long-range goals, His style of play has change drastically over the years. Ronaldo used to use his dribbling techniques to showboat and get past the opposition defenders a lot more during his time at Manchester United. At the age of 35, however, he has turned into an absolute goal-machine in the front, as he is deployed as the central striker.

With such an immense versatility, Ronaldo is also comfortable with both of his feet, despite the fact that he is predominantly right-footed. Not only can he use both of his feet for long-range shots, he is also a brilliant header of the ball, as he jumps unbelievably high in the air to head the ball into the back of the net.

In fact, he got to jump an incredible 2.56 meters and have a 1.5-second airtime, as he flew in the air to head the ball in the match between Juventus and Sampdoria in 2019. His physical attributes and the incredibly fit body helps him jump such heights, which have made the news headlines several times.

Reception

When football fans talk about the best players of the current generation of footballers, there are only two people that come to the minds of the most, Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. As Portugal’ all-time leading goal scorer, Ronaldo has been lauded for his efforts and non-stop commitment to his fitness by many elites in the world of football.

Sir Alex Ferguson, his former manager has had the following to say in praise of the Portuguese striker: “there is a difference between Messi and Ronaldo and I'll tell you what it is. I think Messi is a

player but Ronaldo could be playing for

and he would score a hat-trick. He is brilliant in the air and he has two feet.”

Goal celebration

Cristiano Ronaldo is one of the players who need to have their own trademark celebrations in the modern world, as people pay more attention to the more attractive moves and celebrations. His trademark “Siiiiii!” celebration might actually be one of the reasons why he has surpassed the 250 million Instagram followers mark. During this celebration, which people have witnessed numerous times thanks to Ronaldo’s goal-scoring feats, he runs towards the crowd and performs a mid-air pirouette before shouting “si!”, (which is “yes” in Spanish).

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Cristiano Ronaldo outside football

Being one of the greatest footballers in history to ever grace the pitch means that almost every company that can afford you, would want to sign a sponsorship deal with you. Ronaldo has signed numerous sponsorship deals a diverse selection of companies, from sportswear, to clothing, financial services, electronics, beauty products and even video games. He has his own personalized CR7 edition of Nike Mercurial Vapor boots, which he wears at every match due to contractual obligations. He also has his very own CR7 underwear and socks collection in partnership with JBS.

Cristiano was in fact named as the second highest paid athlete of the 2010s behind Floyd Mayweather Jr. People have also celebrated his presence by building statues of the footballer, with one of them being in his own country, in Madeira, Portugal. Of course it is not only with statues that the striker has been reserved in history, as he also became the fourth footballer to have a waxwork representation of himself at Madame Tussauds wax museum in London.

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Cristiano Ronaldo personal life

Below we will take a look at Ronaldo’s personal life, from his family and his children, to his good deeds, humanitarian activities and even legal issues that have at times bothered the mind of the of the genius footballer.

Family, children and relationships

Cristiano himself grew up in a family of six, with three siblings and his parents, which is why he loves big families. He too has his own big family, with his four children, his reportedly fiancée Georgina Rodriguez, and his mother all living together. Sadly, the former Real Madrid man has lost his father in 2005, but still receives the love of his family and has his other family members beside him. His children, based on the order they were born are, Cristiano Ronaldo Jr., Mateo Ronaldo, Eva Maria and Alana Martina.

While it is not known who Cristiano Ronalo Jr.’s or the twins’ (Eva and Mateo) mothers are, Alana Martina is the lovechild of Cristiano and Georgina Rodriguez.

Philanthropy

Cristiano is a superstar both on and off the pitch and is known for his good heart and humanitarian deeds. While he has taken part in countless philanthropic efforts, donating money to various charities, the simplest, yet most heartwarming deed of them all might be the fact that he does not have any tattoos since he donates blood regularly.

Aside from such an act in which he is directly involved with literally his own blood, he also became the Save the Children Fund’s Global Artist Ambassador in 2013, while also donating millions of pounds to earthquake victims, charities and several other foundations.

Legal issues

Cristiano Ronaldo has had a number of legal issues throughout the years of his adulthood. He was charged with tax evasion in 2017 as he was believed to have evaded about €15 million in tax between 2011 and 2014. Of course the Portugal international denied such all charges initially, but later settled to a €17 million and a two-year suspended jail time, which could be served under probation.

There also were a number of rape allegations against Ronaldo, as it was believed that the former Real Madrid man had abused and raped a couple of women on different occasions. All of the allegations were withdrawn as there was not enough evidence to support such claims.

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Cristiano Ronaldo career statistics

Now that we have gone through Ronaldo’s personal life, it is time we got to have an in-depth look at his professional career and his overall stats throughout the years, both on club and international levels.

Club

The prolific striker has played for four clubs in throughout his professional career, which are Sporting CP, Manchester United, Real Madrid and Juventus. Overall, he has made over 866 appearances in club competition and has managed to score an unbelievable 656 goals, while providing 224 assists in the process. He is also Real Madrid’s all-time leading goal-scorer with an amazing 450 goals in 438 appearances.

International

While there are those who only get to shine for either their club or their national team, Cristiano Ronaldo has managed to excel at both levels as he is currently his country’s all-time leading goal-scorer and aims to take former

international, Ali Daei’s place as the player with the most international goals scored. He has made a total of 170 appearances for

, and has scored 102 goals in the process, which makes him only the second footballer to ever score more than a hundred goals on international level.

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Cristiano Ronaldo honors

Ronaldo has got quite a full trophy cabinet for himself with numerous individual and collective honors and trophies, which include: 5 Ballon d’Or awards, 2 The Best FIFA Men’s Player awards, 3 UEFA Best Player in Europe awards, 5 UEFA Champions League trophies, 1 UEFA European Championship, 1 UEFA Nations League title, 3

titles, 1 FA Cup, 2 English League Cups, 2

titles, 2 Copas del Rey, 2 Spanish Super Cups, 2

, 1 Italian Super Cup, 4 FIFA Club World Cups, 1 Portuguese Super Cup, 3 UEFA Supercups and 2 Community (Charity) shileds.

Of course these are only some of the honors the Portuguese footballer has won, as other honors include 10 Portugal Footballer of the Year awards and 2 Manchester United Player of the Year awards. He has also been named the Footballer of the Year at Real Madrid and Juventus. These are only his stats until 11/1/2021, and will surely improve even more until the day he decides to finally hang up his boots.

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