Cristiano Ronaldo is a Portuguese footballer who plays as a forward for Real Madrid and the Portugal national team. He began his career playing for youth clubs in Portugal before joining Sporting CP. In 2003, he signed with Manchester United where he won several trophies. In 2009, he transferred to Real Madrid for a record fee, where he continues to break records and win titles including multiple FIFA Ballon d'Or awards. Off the pitch, Ronaldo is known for his relationships and is the first athlete to reach 100 million Facebook fans.

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2. Cristiano Ronaldo, is
a Portuguese
footballer who plays
as right or left wing in
Real Madrid and in
Portugal National
Team, where he is also
the team captain.
INTRODUCTION:

3. PERSONAL INFORMATION
Full name: Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro
Date of birth: 5th February 1985 - (age 29)
Place of birth: Funchal, Madeira, Portugal
Nationality: Portuguese
Height: 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight: 80 Kg
Favourite Foot: right
Nicknames: CR, CR7, CR9, Ronny, Cris

4. CLUB INFORMATION
Current club : Real Madrid (Spain)
Number : 7
Playing position: Forward

5. Baptized in honour of the ex-
President of the United States,
Ronald Reagan, who was his
father’s favourite actor, he grew
up poor and playing with a soft
drink can.
At the age of 9, even though he
wasn’t much athletic, Cristiano
played very well already. He was
so fast that they used to call him
“abelhinha” (“little bee”).
THE BEGINNING

6. YOUTH CAREER
1993–1995 Andorinha
(Amateur club in his hometown.)
1995–1997 Nacional
da Madeira
1997–2001 Sporting CP

7. PROFESSIONAL CLUBS
years Clubs Games
(goals)
2001 – 2003 Sporting 31
(5)
2003 – 2009 Manchester United 292
(118)
2009 – . . . Real Madrid 179
(202)

8. NATIONAL TEAM
Years Games
(goals)
2001–2002 Portugal U17 9
(16)
2003 Portugal U20 5
(1)
2002–2003 Portugal U21 6
(3)
2004 Portugal U23 3
(1)

9. SPORTING CLUBE DE PORTUGAL
Ronaldo joined the other young players of Sporting Clube de Portugal
and managed to become the only player to play in Sporting’s Under-
16, Under
17, Under-18, B Team and Main Team, all in only one season.
When he was 15 years old, Ronaldo was diagnosed a heart problem,
which
could have made him give up playing football.
He was operated and the problem was solved.

10. Ronaldo’s early talent called
the
attention of
Sir Alex Ferguson,
Manchester United manager.
In 2003, when he was only
18
years old, Ronaldo signed a
contract with the English
club,
which paid around 12,24
million
pounds (15 million euros) to
Sporting Clube de Portugal.
MANCHESTER UNITED FOOTBALL CLUB

11. MANCHESTER UNITED FOOTBALL CLUB
Despite being young, he won several titles in Manchester United,
such as:
- English Cup
- League Cup (2005-06/2008-09)
- Premier League (2006-07/ 2007-08/ 2008/09)
- English Supercup
- Champions League
- Clubs World Championship FIFA 2008
In 2008, he became the second player to win the following prizes in
a season:
- Fifa’s Best Footballer in the World;
- Golden Boot;
- Golden Ball.

12. After much talking,
Real Madrid reached an agreement
with Manchester United to
transfer
the best player in the world in
2009,
by the amount of 94 million euros.
This happened on 11th June 2009.
This way, Ronaldo became the
most
expensive hiring in the history of
worldwide football.
On 31st
March 2012, Ronaldo
reached the 133 matches with
Real
Madrid’s jersey.
REAL MADRID CLUB DE FÚTBOL

13. He was called for the first
time for
a friendly match against
Cazaquistan (20th
August
2003).
Ronaldo was summoned to:
-Euro 2004 (played in
Portugal)
-World Cup 2006.
-Euro 2008.
-World Cup 2010.
-Euro 2012.
PORTUGUESE NATIONAL TEAM

14. SOME TROPHIES
FIFA ballon d'or 2008
Golden Boot in 2010,
granted by UEFA
Golden Boot for the
best scorer in 2008,
offered by FIFPro
Fifa’s best player of the world,
in 2008.
EFE trophy: best
Ibero–American player
in “La Liga” - 2011/2012
FIFA ballon d'or 2013

15. PERSONAL LIFE
Ronaldo has had several relationships, including affairs with the
Indian actress Bipasha Basu, a Portuguese actress, Merche
Romero and the English actress Gemma Atkinson.
Nowadays he dates the Russian model Irina Shayk.

16. In July 2010, he revealed that he
is the father of a boy, not saying
the identity of the mother.
His father dies in 2005 and in
2007, with the age of 22 years
old, he publishes a biography
called “Moments”, where he
talks about his personal life and
his love affairs.
Cristiano Ronaldo is a catholic
and usually before every match
he kisses a crucifix that carries
on his neck.
He has got an older brother,
Hugo, and two older sisters,
Elma and Cátia Liliana
PERSONAL LIFE

17. Cristiano Ronaldo Is First Athlete With
100 Million Facebook Fans
He is the image of Armani, Nike, Time Force,
Castrol, Linic shampoo.

18. CRISTIANO RONALDO – CR7
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