1. Cristiano Ronaldo has won 33 trophies in his career, including seven league titles, five UEFA Champions Leagues and the UEFA European Championship.
110 Facts About Cristiano Ronaldo
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Cristiano Ronaldo is one of the few players to have made over 1,200 professional career appearances, the most by an outfield player, and has scored over 900 official senior career goals for club and country, making him the top goalscorer of all time.
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Cristiano Ronaldo began his senior career with Sporting CP, before signing with Manchester United in 2003, winning the FA Cup in his first season.
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Cristiano Ronaldo was integral to Madrid becoming a dominant force again, as they won four Champions Leagues from 2014 to 2018, including La Decima.
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Cristiano Ronaldo won back-to-back Ballon d'Or awards in 2013 and 2014, and again in 2016 and 2017, and was runner-up three times behind Lionel Messi, his perceived career rival.
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Cristiano Ronaldo became the club's all-time top goalscorer and finished as the Champions League's top scorer for six consecutive seasons between 2012 and 2018.
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Cristiano Ronaldo won several trophies in Italy, including two Serie A titles and a Coppa Italia, and broke several records for Juventus.
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Cristiano Ronaldo returned to United in 2021; despite a collectively disappointing season, Ronaldo's individual performances earned him being included in the PFA Team of the Year at 37 years old.
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Cristiano Ronaldo's contract was terminated in 2022 due to a fall out with the newly appointed manager, and in 2023 he signed for Al Nassr, a move that has since been widely credited for revolutionising football in Saudi Arabia.
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Cristiano Ronaldo made his international debut for Portugal in 2003 at the age of 18 and has earned more than 200 caps, making him history's most-capped male player.
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Cristiano Ronaldo has played in eleven major tournaments and scored in ten; he scored his first international goal at Euro 2004, where he helped Portugal reach the final and subsequently made the team of the tournament.
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Cristiano Ronaldo assumed captaincy of the national team in July 2008 ahead of Euro 2008; four years later, at Euro 2012, he was named to the team of the tournament.
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In 2015, Cristiano Ronaldo was named the best Portuguese player of all time by the Portuguese Football Federation.
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In 2018, Cristiano Ronaldo had his most prolific World Cup campaign and was voted in the Fan Dream Team.
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Cristiano Ronaldo led his country to victory in the inaugural UEFA Nations League in 2019, receiving the top scorer award in the finals, and received the Golden Boot as top scorer of Euro 2020.
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One of the world's most marketable and famous athletes, Cristiano Ronaldo was ranked the world's highest-paid athlete by Forbes in 2016,2017,2023, and 2024 and the world's most famous athlete by ESPN from 2016 to 2019.
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Cristiano Ronaldo is the first footballer and the third sportsman to earn US$1 billion in his career.
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Cristiano Ronaldo was named in the UEFA Ultimate Team of the Year in 2015, the All-time UEFA Euro XI in 2016, and the Ballon d'Or Dream Team in 2020.
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Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro was born on 5 February 1985 in the Sao Pedro parish of Funchal, the capital of the Portuguese island of Madeira, and grew up in the nearby parish of Santo Antonio.
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Cristiano Ronaldo is the fourth and youngest child of Maria Dolores dos Santos Viveiros Aveiro, who worked as a cook in the hospitality industry and a cleaning woman, and Jose Dinis Aveiro, a municipal gardener at the Junta de Freguesia of Santo Antonio and part-time kit man for football club Andorinha.
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Cristiano Ronaldo's great-grandmother on his father's side, Isabel da Piedade, an African woman, was born in the island of Sao Vicente, in what was then Portuguese Cape Verde, and moved to Madeira Island at 16.
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Cristiano Ronaldo has one older brother, Hugo, and two older sisters, Elma and Liliana Catia "Katia".
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Cristiano Ronaldo's mother revealed that she wanted to abort him due to poverty, his father's alcoholism, and having too many children already, but her doctor refused to perform the procedure.
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Cristiano Ronaldo grew up in an impoverished Catholic home, sharing a room with all his siblings.
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Cristiano Ronaldo subsequently moved from Madeira to Lisbon to join Sporting CP's youth system.
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Cristiano Ronaldo underwent heart surgery where a laser was used to cauterise multiple cardiac pathways into one, altering his resting heart rate.
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Cristiano Ronaldo was discharged from the hospital hours after the procedure and resumed training a few days later.
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Cristiano Ronaldo's performance earned praise from Best, who hailed it as "undoubtedly the most exciting debut" he had ever seen.
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On 15 May 2004, in a victory against Aston Villa, Cristiano Ronaldo scored the opening goal and later received the first red card of his career.
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Cristiano Ronaldo's feet are mesmerising at times, and if he can couple that with some consistently good crossing, the future looks frightening.
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Cristiano Ronaldo clashed with a teammate, striker Ruud van Nistelrooy, who took offence at the winger's showboating style of play.
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Cristiano Ronaldo was named runner-up to Kaka for the 2007 Ballon d'Or, and came third, behind Kaka and Lionel Messi, in the running for the 2007 FIFA World Player of the Year award.
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Cristiano Ronaldo additionally received the PFA Players' Player of the Year and FWA Footballer of the Year awards for the second consecutive season.
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Shortly after, Cristiano Ronaldo was linked to a move to Real Madrid, United filed a tampering complaint with governing body FIFA over Madrid's alleged pursuit of their player, but they declined to take action.
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Cristiano Ronaldo scored in each of his first four league games, the first Madrid player to do so.
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Cristiano Ronaldo became the first player in La Liga to score 40 goals.
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Cristiano Ronaldo continued prolific scoring, with 69 goals in 2013, winning the 2013 FIFA Ballon d'Or, and the FIFA World Player of the Year award, for the first time in his career.
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Cristiano Ronaldo finished the season with 48 goals, winning a second consecutive Pichichi and the European Golden Shoe for a record fourth time.
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Cristiano Ronaldo became Real Madrid's all-time top scorer on 12 September 2015 against Espanyol, netting 230 goals in 203 matches, surpassing the previous record holder, Raul.
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Cristiano Ronaldo became the all-time top scorer in the Champions League with a hat-trick in the first group match against Shakhtar Donetsk, having finished the previous season level with Messi on 77 goals.
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Cristiano Ronaldo won the 2016 Ballon d'Or, his fourth, and the inaugural 2016 The Best FIFA Men's Player, a revival of the former FIFA World Player of the Year, largely owing to his success with Portugal in winning Euro 2016.
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Cristiano Ronaldo finished the season with 42 goals in all competitions as he helped Madrid to win their first La Liga title since 2012.
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Cristiano Ronaldo finished as the top scorer of the tournament for the sixth consecutive season with 15 goals.
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Cristiano Ronaldo won his first trophy with the club on 16 January 2019, the 2018 Supercoppa Italiana, after he scored the only goal from a header against AC Milan.
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Cristiano Ronaldo ended the season with 29 league goals, winning the Capocannoniere award for highest goalscorer and becoming the first footballer to finish as top scorer in the English, Spanish and Italian leagues.
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Cristiano Ronaldo was given the number 7 shirt after Edinson Cavani agreed to switch to 21.
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Cristiano Ronaldo proved to be crucial in the next Champions League fixtures, scoring various last minute goals to help United qualify for the round of 16 as group winners.
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Cristiano Ronaldo finished the season with 24 goals in all competitions being named in the Premier League Team of the Year and the winner of United's Sir Matt Busby Player of the Year award, but United finished in a disappointing sixth place and qualified for the UEFA Europa League; as a result, Ronaldo went trophyless for the first time since 2010.
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On 30 December 2022, Saudi club Al-Nassr reached an agreement for Cristiano Ronaldo to join the club, signing a contract until 2025.
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At the close of the year, Cristiano Ronaldo scored 54 goals in all competitions for Al-Nassr and Portugal, making him the outright top scorer in 2023, reaching the same goalscoring record as in 2016.
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On 27 May 2024, in Al Nassr's home fixture against Al-Ittihad, Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 34th and 35th league goals of the campaign, surpassing Abderrazak Hamdallah's record for the most goals scored in a single Saudi Pro League season.
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Cristiano Ronaldo became the first footballer to finish as top scorer in four different leagues, the English, Spanish, Italian and Saudi leagues.
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At the age of 18, Cristiano Ronaldo made his debut for Portugal as a substitute against Kazakhstan on 20 August 2003.
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Portugal reached the semi-finals, where Portugal lost to France, with Cristiano Ronaldo being booed during their defeat, due to an incident that occurred in the quarter-finals against England.
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On 6 February 2007, Cristiano Ronaldo captained Portugal for the first time in a friendly against Brazil.
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Cristiano Ronaldo wore the number 7 shirt ahead of UEFA Euro 2008.
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Cristiano Ronaldo scored only one goal in the 2010 World Cup finals; despite this, he was named man of the match in all three group stage matches, against Ivory Coast, North Korea and Brazil.
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Two years later, in UEFA Euro 2012, Cristiano Ronaldo was joint top scorer with three goals, enough for him to be included in the team of the tournament.
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In 2016, Cristiano Ronaldo led Portugal to their first-ever trophy at the UEFA Euro 2016, although he was subbed off in the 25th minute in the final against hosts France.
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Cristiano Ronaldo received the Silver Boot as the second-highest goalscorer, which gave him his fourth Ballon d'Or later that year.
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Cristiano Ronaldo led Portugal to victory in the inaugural UEFA Nations League in 2019, receiving the top scorer award in the finals, and received the Golden Boot as top scorer of Euro 2020.
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Cristiano Ronaldo became the first player to score at five European Championships.
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On 23 June 2021, Cristiano Ronaldo scored two goals in the Euro 2020 match against France, breaking the men's goalscoring record previously held by Ali Daei.
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On 23 March 2023, Cristiano Ronaldo scored a brace against Liechtenstein as he earned his 197th overall cap to become the most capped male footballer of all time.
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Cristiano Ronaldo became noted for his dribbling and flair, often displaying an array of tricks and feints, such as the step overs and so-called 'chops' that became his trademark; he has been known to use the flip-flap.
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Cristiano Ronaldo holds the record for the highest recorded jump in football history, measuring 2.93 metres, which he achieved during a match against Manchester United while playing for Real Madrid in the round of 16 of the UEFA Champions League in 2013.
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Cristiano Ronaldo has increasingly played a creative role for his team, often dropping deep to pick up the ball, participate in the build-up of plays and create chances for his teammates, courtesy of his vision and passing ability.
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Cristiano Ronaldo developed into a prolific goalscorer, capable of finishing well both inside the penalty area and from distance with an accurate and powerful shot, courtesy of his striking ability.
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When taking free kicks, Cristiano Ronaldo is known for using the knuckleball technique, which was developed by Juninho Pernambucano.
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Cristiano Ronaldo adopts a trademark stance before striking the ball, which involves him standing with his legs far apart.
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At Real Madrid, Cristiano Ronaldo continued to play a more offensive role, while his creative and defensive duties became more limited, although not entirely diminished.
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Cristiano Ronaldo continued to play a similar role in his second season with the club under manager Maurizio Sarri.
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Cristiano Ronaldo is widely regarded as one of the two best players of his generation, alongside Argentina forward Lionel Messi.
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Cristiano Ronaldo is noted for his work ethic, elite body conditioning and dedication to improvement on the training pitch, as well being regarded as a natural leader.
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Cristiano Ronaldo is credited, along with his compatriot, coach Jose Mourinho, with inspiring changing fortunes of Portuguese football in 2010s and 2020s.
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Cristiano Ronaldo was occasionally criticised early in his career by manager Alex Ferguson, teammates and the media for being a selfish or overly flamboyant player.
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Jonathan Wilson of The Guardian opined that Cristiano Ronaldo had made Juventus, who he joined aged 33 in 2018, weaker, due to "his relative immobility" in his mid-30s, even if his personal goal-scoring output remained high.
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Cristiano Ronaldo is often seen moaning, gesticulating and scowling while trying to inspire his team to victory, with Ronaldo insisting that his competitive nature should not be mistaken for arrogance.
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Cristiano Ronaldo has adopted several goal celebrations throughout his career, including one particular celebration which gained widespread coverage in the media, when he squatted and stared directly into a camera on the sidelines of the pitch with his hand on his chin.
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Since Cristiano Ronaldo first performed the gesture in 2013, it has been widely imitated by athletes and personalities both in and outside of football when celebrating scoring in respective sports or a significant achievement, and is widely regarded as the most iconic association football celebration of all time.
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Cristiano Ronaldo started doing it more often and when the supporters see it they are reminded of him.
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Part of the debate revolves around the contrasting personalities of the two players, as Cristiano Ronaldo is sometimes depicted as an arrogant and theatrical showoff, while Messi is portrayed as a shy, humble character.
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Cristiano Ronaldo tries to do his best for his club and for his national team, as I do, and there is a degree of rivalry with both of us trying to do the best for the teams we represent.
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In September 2023, Cristiano Ronaldo declared that his rivalry with Messi was over and "gone", after 36 official fixtures and 15 years of "sharing the stage".
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Cristiano Ronaldo was named in the 2014 Time 100, Times annual list of the most influential people in the world.
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Demand for a replica Cristiano Ronaldo shirt has been high throughout his career.
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Cristiano Ronaldo is the first footballer and only the third sportsman to earn $1 billion in their career.
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Cristiano Ronaldo is one of the world's most marketable sportsmen: SportsPro rated him the fifth most marketable athlete in 2012 and eighth most marketable athlete in 2013.
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Cristiano Ronaldo featured as the cover star of FIFA video game FIFA 18 and was heavily involved in the game's promotion.
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Cristiano Ronaldo was the face of Pro Evolution Soccer, appearing on the covers of the 2008,2012 and 2013 editions of the game.
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Cristiano Ronaldo has made contributions to various charitable causes throughout his career.
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In support of the victims of the 2010 Madeira flood, Cristiano Ronaldo pledged to play in a charity match in Madeira between Primeira Liga club Porto and players from Madeiran-based clubs Maritimo and Nacional.
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In December 2012, Cristiano Ronaldo joined FIFA's "11 for Health" programme to raise awareness among kids of how to steer clear of conditions including drug addiction, HIV, malaria, and obesity.
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In January 2013, Cristiano Ronaldo became Save the Children's new Global Artist Ambassador, in which he hopes to help fight child hunger and obesity.
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In March 2013, Cristiano Ronaldo agreed to be the ambassador for The Mangrove Care Forum in Indonesia, an organisation aiming to raise awareness of mangrove conservation.
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In December 2013, Cristiano Ronaldo opened a museum, Museu CR7, in his hometown of Funchal, Madeira, to house trophies and memorabilia; the museum is an official sponsor of the local football team Uniao da Madeira.
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In June 2010, during the build-up to the World Cup, Cristiano Ronaldo became the fourth footballer to be represented as a waxwork at Madame Tussauds London.
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The bust and the name change were controversial, with the lack of the bust's likeness to Cristiano Ronaldo being ridiculed by comedians, including Saturday Night Live, A year later, sports website Bleacher Report commissioned sculptor Emanuel Santos to create another bust; however, this bust was never used and a new one was made by a Spanish sculptor, shown to the public on 15 June 2018.
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Cristiano Ronaldo opened a fashion boutique under the name CR7 on the island of Madeira in 2006 and opened a second in Lisbon in 2008.
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In partnership with Scandinavian manufacturer JBS Textile Group and the New York fashion designer Richard Chai, Cristiano Ronaldo co-designed a range of underwear and sock line, released in November 2013.
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Cristiano Ronaldo expanded his CR7 fashion brand by launching a line of premium shirts and shoes in July 2014.
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In September 2015, Cristiano Ronaldo released his own fragrance, "Legacy", in a partnership with Eden Parfums.
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Cristiano Ronaldo appears as a playable character in the 2025 fighting game Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves.
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Cristiano Ronaldo first became a father to a son, who was born on 17 June 2010 in the United States.
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Cristiano Ronaldo has full custody of the child and has not publicly revealed the identity of the mother per an agreement with her.
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Cristiano Ronaldo became a father to twins, born on 8 June 2017 in the United States via surrogacy.
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Cristiano Ronaldo is currently in a relationship with Argentine-born Spanish model Georgina Rodriguez, who gave birth to a daughter on 12 November 2017.
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Cristiano Ronaldo is of Cape Verdean descent through his great-grandmother.
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Cristiano Ronaldo has said that he does not drink alcohol, and he received libel damages over a Daily Mirror article that reported him drinking heavily in a nightclub while recovering from an injury in July 2008.
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Additionally, Albregts stated that no evidence was found of Cristiano Ronaldo's lawyers having "intimidated [the woman] or impeded law enforcement" during the 2010 settlement with her.