128 Facts About Ronaldo Cristiano

Widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, Ronaldo has won five Ballon d'Or awards and four European Golden Shoes, the most by a European player.

Ronaldo Cristiano has won 32 trophies in his career, including seven league titles, five UEFA Champions Leagues, and the UEFA European Championship.

Ronaldo Cristiano holds the records for most appearances, goals, and assists in the Champions League, goals in the European Championship, international goals, and international appearances by a European.

Ronaldo Cristiano is one of the few players to have made over 1,100 professional career appearances, and has scored over 800 official senior career goals for club and country.

Ronaldo Cristiano began his senior career with Sporting CP, before signing with Manchester United in 2003, aged 18, winning the FA Cup in his first season.

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Ronaldo Cristiano would go on to win three consecutive Premier League titles, the Champions League and the FIFA Club World Cup; at age 23, he won his first Ballon d'Or.

Ronaldo Cristiano won back-to-back Ballons d'Or in 2013 and 2014, and again in 2016 and 2017, and was runner-up three times behind Lionel Messi, his perceived career rival.

Ronaldo Cristiano won two Serie A titles, two Supercoppe Italiana, and a Coppa Italia, before returning to Manchester United in 2021.

Ronaldo Cristiano made his international debut for Portugal in 2003 at the age of 18 and has since earned over 190 caps, making him Portugal's most-capped player.

Ronaldo Cristiano has played in and scored at 11 major tournaments; he scored his first international goal at Euro 2004, where he helped Portugal reach the final.

Ronaldo Cristiano assumed captaincy of the national team in July 2008.

In 2015, Ronaldo Cristiano was named the best Portuguese player of all time by the Portuguese Football Federation.

Ronaldo Cristiano led them to victory in the inaugural UEFA Nations League in 2019, and later received the Golden Boot as top scorer of Euro 2020.

One of the world's most marketable and famous athletes, Ronaldo Cristiano was ranked the world's highest-paid athlete by Forbes in 2016 and 2017 and the world's most famous athlete by ESPN from 2016 to 2019.

Ronaldo Cristiano is the first footballer and the third sportsman to earn US$1 billion in his career.

Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro was born 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.

Ronaldo Cristiano is the fourth and youngest child of Maria Dolores dos Santos Viveiros da Aveiro, a cook, and Jose Dinis Aveiro, a municipal gardener and part-time kit man.

Ronaldo Cristiano has one older brother, Hugo, and two older sisters, Elma and Liliana Catia "Katia".

Ronaldo Cristiano'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.

Ronaldo Cristiano grew up in an impoverished Catholic Christian home, sharing a room with all his siblings.

Ronaldo Cristiano subsequently moved from Madeira to Alcochete, near Lisbon, to join Sporting's youth academy.

Ronaldo Cristiano underwent heart surgery where a laser was used to cauterise multiple cardiac pathways into one, altering his resting heart rate.

Ronaldo Cristiano was discharged from the hospital hours after the procedure and resumed training a few days later.

At age 16, Ronaldo Cristiano was promoted from Sporting's youth team by first-team manager Laszlo Boloni, who was impressed with his dribbling.

Ronaldo Cristiano subsequently became the first player to play for the club's under-16, under-17 and under-18 teams, the B team and the first team, all within a single season.

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Ronaldo Cristiano's performance earned praise from Best, who hailed it as "undoubtedly the most exciting debut" he had ever seen.

Ronaldo Cristiano's feet are mesmerising at times, and if he can couple that with some consistently good crossing, the future looks frightening.

Ronaldo Cristiano had a one-match ban imposed on him by UEFA for a "one-fingered gesture" towards Benfica fans, and was sent off in the Manchester derby for kicking Manchester City's former United player Andy Cole.

Ronaldo Cristiano clashed with a teammate, striker Ruud van Nistelrooy, who took offence at the winger's showboating style of play.

Ronaldo Cristiano won the Professional Footballers' Association's Player's Player, Fans' Player and Young Player of the Year awards, as well as the Football Writers' Association's Footballer of the Year award, becoming the first player to win all four main PFA and FWA honours.

Ronaldo Cristiano's wages were concurrently upgraded to £120,000 a week as part of a five-year contract extension.

Ronaldo Cristiano 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.

Ronaldo Cristiano additionally received the PFA Players' Player of the Year and FWA Footballer of the Year awards for the second consecutive season.

Ronaldo Cristiano missed three matches after headbutting a Portsmouth player at the start of the season, an experience he said taught him not to let opponents provoke him.

At the close of 2008, Ronaldo Cristiano helped United win the 2008 FIFA Club World Cup in Japan, assisting the final-winning goal against Liga de Quito and winning the Silver Ball in the process.

Ronaldo Cristiano ended his time in England with nine trophies, as United claimed their third successive league title and a Football League Cup.

Ronaldo Cristiano finished the campaign with 26 goals in all competitions, 16 goals fewer than the previous season, in four more appearances.

Since club captain Raul already wore the number 7, Ronaldo Cristiano received the number 9 shirt, which was presented to him by former Madrid player Alfredo Di Stefano.

Ronaldo Cristiano scored in each of his first four league games, the first Madrid player to do so.

Midway through the season, Ronaldo Cristiano finished second in the 2009 Ballon d'Or and the 2009 FIFA World Player of the Year awards, behind Messi.

Ronaldo Cristiano subsequently scored further hat-tricks against Athletic Bilbao, Levante, Villarreal and Malaga.

Ronaldo Cristiano finished as runner-up to Messi for the 2011 FIFA Ballon d'Or, after scoring hat-tricks against Real Zaragoza, Rayo Vallecano, Malaga, Osasuna and Sevilla, the last of which put Madrid on top of the league by the season's midway point.

Ronaldo Cristiano found greater team success in the league, helping Madrid win their first league title in four years with a record 100 points.

Ronaldo Cristiano helped Madrid reach the 2013 Copa del Rey Final by scoring twice in El Clasico, which marked the sixth successive match at Camp Nou in which he had scored, a club record.

Ronaldo Cristiano did not celebrate scoring against his former club as a mark of respect.

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Ronaldo Cristiano ended 2013 with 69 goals in 59 appearances, his highest year-end goal tally.

Ronaldo Cristiano received the 2013 FIFA Ballon d'Or, an amalgamation of the Ballon d'Or and the FIFA World Player of the Year award, for the first time in his career.

Concurrently with his individual achievements, Ronaldo Cristiano enjoyed his greatest team success in Spain to date, as he helped Madrid win La Decima, their tenth European Cup.

Ronaldo Cristiano played the final against medical advice, later commenting: "In your life you do not win without sacrifices and you must take risks".

Ronaldo Cristiano scored 31 goals in 30 league games, which earned him the Pichichi and the European Golden Shoe, receiving the latter award jointly with Liverpool striker Luis Suarez.

Ronaldo Cristiano subsequently achieved his best-ever goalscoring start to a league campaign, with 15 goals in the first eight rounds.

Ronaldo Cristiano finished the season with 48 goals, winning a second consecutive Pichichi and the European Golden Shoe for a record fourth time.

Ronaldo Cristiano 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.

Ronaldo Cristiano subsequently became the first player to score double figures in the competition's group stage, setting the record at 11 goals, including another four-goal haul against Malmo.

Ronaldo Cristiano scored a hat-trick against VfL Wolfsburg to send his club into the Champions League semi-finals.

Ronaldo Cristiano finished the tournament as top scorer with four goals and was named player of the tournament.

Ronaldo Cristiano 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.

Ronaldo Cristiano finished the season with 42 goals in all competitions as he helped Madrid to win their first La Liga title since 2012.

Ronaldo Cristiano finished as the top scorer of the tournament for the sixth consecutive season with 15 goals.

Ronaldo Cristiano 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.

Ronaldo Cristiano finished his second league campaign with 31 goals, making him the second-highest goalscorer in the league behind only European Golden Shoe winner Ciro Immobile, with 36 goals.

Ronaldo Cristiano 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.

Ronaldo Cristiano was given the number 7 shirt after Edinson Cavani agreed to switch to 21.

Ronaldo Cristiano is believed to be the record holder for goals scored in professional football, although the Football Association of the Czech Republic argues that Josef Bican scored 821 goals.

Ronaldo Cristiano was named the Premier League Player of the Month for April, and was voted in the Premier League Team of the Year; however, with United finishing a disappointing sixth place and qualifying for the UEFA Europa League, Ronaldo went trophyless for the first time since 2010.

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Ronaldo Cristiano began his international career with Portugal under-15 in 2001.

Ronaldo Cristiano was featured in the team of the tournament, having provided two assists in addition to his two goals.

Ronaldo Cristiano was Portugal's second-highest scorer in their qualification group for the 2006 FIFA World Cup with seven goals.

At the age of 21 years and 132 days, Ronaldo Cristiano became the youngest ever goalscorer for Portugal at a World Cup finals.

In Portugal's infamously dirty round of 16 match against the Netherlands, Ronaldo Cristiano was forced off injured in the first half after a tackle from Dutch defender Khalid Boulahrouz.

In Portugal's quarter-final against England, Ronaldo Cristiano's Manchester United teammate Wayne Rooney was sent off for stamping on Portugal defender Ricardo Carvalho.

Ronaldo Cristiano went on to score the vital winning penalty during the shoot-out which sent Portugal into the semi-finals.

One day after his 22nd birthday, Ronaldo Cristiano captained Portugal for the first time in a friendly game against Brazil on 6 February 2007, as requested by Portuguese Football Federation president Carlos Silva, who had died two days earlier.

Ronaldo Cristiano failed to score a single goal in the qualification for the 2010 World Cup, as Portugal narrowly avoided a premature elimination from the tournament with a play-off victory over Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Ronaldo Cristiano scored seven goals in the qualification for Euro 2012, including two strikes against Bosnia and Herzegovina in the play-offs, to send Portugal into the tournament, where they were drawn in a "group of death".

Ronaldo Cristiano did not take a penalty as he had been slated to take the unused fifth slot.

Ronaldo Cristiano scored five goals, including a hat-trick against Armenia, in the qualification for Euro 2016.

At the start of the tournament, Ronaldo Cristiano failed to convert his chances in Portugal's draws against Iceland and Austria, despite taking 20 shots on goal.

Ronaldo Cristiano was awarded the Silver Boot as the joint second-highest goalscorer, with three goals and three assists, and was named to the team of the tournament for the third time in his career.

Ronaldo Cristiano was named man of the match in all three of Portugal's group stage matches.

Ronaldo Cristiano's hat-trick took his World Cup qualifying goals total to 29, making him the highest scorer in UEFA qualifiers, ahead of Andriy Shevchenko, and the highest goalscorer in World Cup qualifying and finals matches combined with 32 goals, ahead of Miroslav Klose.

Ronaldo Cristiano set a new record for scoring against the most national teams, 40, while completing his eighth international hat-trick.

Ronaldo Cristiano became the first player to score at five European Championships, and in eleven consecutive tournaments.

Ronaldo Cristiano finished the tournament with five goals and one assist, earning him the Golden Boot.

Versatile attacker, Ronaldo Cristiano is capable of playing on either wing as well as through the centre of the pitch, and, while ostensibly right-footed, is very strong with both feet.

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Ronaldo Cristiano 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.

Ronaldo Cristiano 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.

Ronaldo Cristiano 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.

When taking free kicks, Ronaldo Cristiano is known for using the knuckleball technique, which was developed by Juninho Pernambucano.

Ronaldo Cristiano adopts a trademark stance before striking the ball, which involves him standing with his legs far apart.

At Real Madrid, Ronaldo Cristiano continued to play a more offensive role, while his creative and defensive duties became more limited, although not entirely diminished.

Ronaldo Cristiano continued to play a similar role in his second season with the club under manager Maurizio Sarri.

Ronaldo Cristiano is widely regarded as one of the two best players of his generation, alongside Lionel Messi.

Ronaldo Cristiano 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.

Ronaldo Cristiano is credited, along with his compatriot, coach Jose Mourinho, with inspiring changing fortunes of Portuguese football in 2010s and 2020s.

Ronaldo Cristiano was occasionally criticised early in his career by manager Alex Ferguson, teammates and the media for being a selfish or overly flamboyant player.

Jonathan Wilson of The Guardian opined that Ronaldo Cristiano 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.

Ronaldo Cristiano 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.

Ronaldo Cristiano 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.

Some commentators choose to analyse the differing physiques and playing styles of the two, Part of the debate revolves around the contrasting personalities of the two players, as Ronaldo Cristiano is sometimes depicted as an arrogant and theatrical showoff, while Messi is portrayed as a shy, humble character.

Ronaldo Cristiano 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.

Ronaldo Cristiano was featured as the cover star of EA Sports' FIFA video game FIFA 18 and was heavily involved in the game's promotion.

Ronaldo Cristiano was the face of Pro Evolution Soccer, appearing on the covers of the 2008,2012 and 2013 editions of the game.

Ronaldo Cristiano is the first footballer and only the third sportsman to earn $1 billion in their career.

Ronaldo Cristiano 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, with Brazilian footballer Neymar topping both lists.

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Ronaldo Cristiano was additionally named in the 2014 Time 100, Times annual list of the most influential people in the world.

Ronaldo Cristiano's autobiography, titled Moments, was published in December 2007.

Ronaldo Cristiano opened a fashion boutique under the name CR7 on the island of Madeira in 2006 and opened a second in Lisbon in 2008.

In partnership with Scandinavian manufacturer JBS Textile Group and the New York fashion designer Richard Chai, Ronaldo Cristiano co-designed a range of underwear and sock line, released in November 2013.

Ronaldo Cristiano expanded his CR7 fashion brand by launching a line of premium shirts and shoes in July 2014.

In September 2015, Ronaldo Cristiano released his own fragrance, "Legacy", in a partnership with Eden Parfums.

In December 2013, Ronaldo Cristiano 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.

In June 2010, during the build-up to the World Cup, Ronaldo Cristiano became the fourth footballer to be represented as a waxwork at Madame Tussauds London.

The bust and the name change were controversial, with the lack of the bust's likeness to Ronaldo Cristiano being ridiculed by comedians, including Saturday Night Live, while the name change was subject to much debate locally by some politicians and citizens, who even started a petition against the move, an action criticised by President of Madeira Miguel Albuquerque.

Ronaldo Cristiano stated that he has full custody of the child and would not be publicly revealing the identity of the mother per an agreement with her.

In January 2015, Ronaldo Cristiano announced that his five-year relationship with Russian model Irina Shayk had ended.

Ronaldo Cristiano became a father to twins, daughter Eva and son Mateo, born on 8 June 2017 in the United States via surrogacy.

Ronaldo Cristiano is currently in a relationship with Argentine-Spanish model Georgina Rodriguez, who gave birth to their daughter Alana Martina on 12 November 2017.

Ronaldo Cristiano 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.

Ronaldo Cristiano has made contributions to various charitable causes throughout his career.

In 2009, Ronaldo Cristiano donated £100,000 to the hospital that saved his mother's life in Madeira following her battle with cancer, so that they could build a cancer centre on the island.

In support of the victims of the 2010 Madeira flood, Ronaldo Cristiano pledged to play in a charity match in Madeira between Primeira Liga club Porto and players from Madeiran-based clubs Maritimo and Nacional.

In December 2012, Ronaldo Cristiano joined FIFA's "11 for Health" programme to raise awareness amongst kids of how to steer clear of conditions including drug addiction, HIV, malaria, and obesity.

In January 2013, Ronaldo Cristiano became Save the Children's new Global Artist Ambassador, in which he hopes to help fight child hunger and obesity.

In March 2013, Ronaldo Cristiano 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 June 2016, Ronaldo Cristiano donated the entirety of his €600,000 Champions League bonus after Real Madrid won the Champions League.

In June 2018, Ronaldo Cristiano was given a two-year suspended jail sentence and fined €18.

Additionally, Albregts stated that no evidence was found of Ronaldo Cristiano's lawyers having "intimidated [the woman] or impeded law enforcement" during the 2010 settlement with her.