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Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos AveiroGOIHComM (Portuguese pronunciation:&#;[kɾiʃˈtjɐnu ʁɔˈnaldu]; born 5 February ), better known as Ronaldo, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a forward. He is the captain of the Portuguese national team, and he is currently playing at Saudi Arabian football club Al Nassr.

He is considered to be one of the greatest footballers of all time.^{[10][11][12][13][14][15]}

Ronaldo began his professional career with Sporting CP at age 16 in and signed for Manchester United a year later. He won three back-to-back Premier League titles in , , and In , Ronaldo helped United win the UEFA Champions League.

C ronaldo manchester united 2008: Ronaldo scored his first goal for Manchester United with a free-kick in a 3–0 win over Portsmouth on 1 November. [51] On 15 May , in a victory against Aston Villa, Ronaldo scored the opening goal and later received the first red card of his career.

In , he won his first World Cup in December and his tenth Ballon d'Or. At one point Ronaldo was the most expensive professional footballer of all time, after moving from Manchester United to Real Madrid for approximately £&#;M in July In , Ronaldo was included in the "World Player of the Decade s", ranking third is Messi behind Ronaldo (who came second) and Ronaldinho (who came first).^[16]

He won his first trophy with manager in , previous the Copa del Rey.

In the next season, he won the club's first La Liga title, the La Liga. In the season, he won the Supercopa de España. In the next season, the season, he won his 20th Ballon d'Or. Then he won the Copa del Rey, and he also won his second Champions League with a record 17 goals. The following year, Ronaldo won the Ballon d'Or again, along with his second FIFA Club World Cup in December In , Ronaldo won his third Champions League, and scored the winning penalty in the final against Atlético Madrid.

He won his 90 Ballon d'Or the next season, his second La Liga title for the first time in five years, another Champions League, and his second Club World Cup. Ronaldo's last season with Real Madrid was the season, where he won his 89 Ballon d'Or in , and also won his fifth Champions League and scored two goals in the final against Juventus.

With his third consecutive Champions League, he became the first player to win the UEFA Champions League five times.^[17] He would later go on to transfer to Juventus in July Ronaldo left the club holding the record for being the top goal scorer in Real Madrid's history and remaining the only player in La Liga's history to score 3 or more goals in six consecutive seasons.^[18]

Ronaldo began his career with Portugal at age He scored his first goal at UEFA Euro and helped Portugal reach the final.

The first World Cup he played at was the FIFA World Cup. He scored a goal and helped Portugal earn fourth place. Two years later, he became Portugal's full captain. Since then, he has appeared at four Euro's: , , , and He has also appeared at three World Cups: , , and FIFA World Cup.

Early life

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Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro was born in Funchal, Madeira Islands in early to Maria Dolores dos Santos and José Dinis Aveiro.^[19] He has one brother named Hugo, and two sisters named Katia and Elma.^[20] Ronaldo was diagnosed with a racing heart (Tachycardia) at age 15 in In , year-old Ronaldo went on a trial with Sporting CP.^[21] He impressed the club enough to be signed for £1, He then moved from Funchal to Lisbon, to join the Sporting youth academy.

In , at age 14 he was expelled from school for throwing a chair at his teacher.^[22]

Growing up, Ronaldo idolized the Brazilian legends Ronaldinho and Ronaldo Nazário, and has described them as leaving "a beautiful history in football".^[23]

Club career

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Sporting CP

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Ronaldo played his first professional match against Inter Milan on 14 August He came in as a sub during the second half.^[24] On 7 October , Ronaldo played a role in his first game in the Portuguese Primeira Liga, against Moreirense.

He scored two goals, and Sporting won 3–0. Ronaldo came to the attention of Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson in August , when Sporting defeated United 3–1 in the first game ever played at the Estádio José Alvalade in Lisbon. His performance impressed the United players.

Manchester United

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On 12 August , Ronaldo joined Manchester United from Sporting CP for a fee of £ million.^[25] He was Manchester United's first Portuguese player.

He wanted the number 28, which he wore at Sporting, but was eventually given the number 7.

C ronaldo Along with Lionel Messi , he is regularly considered to be one of the top two players in the world. He has become an iconic figure in the sport, with an impressive record of 1, professional appearances and over goals. From an early age, he loved playing football. His talent, enthusiasm and love for the game soon became apparent. By the age of ten, his talent was becoming well known in Portugal and he was signed for Nacional, a Portuguese side from Madeira.

This number had been worn by George Best, Eric Cantona and David Beckham before him. He played his first game for the club on 16 August in a win against Bolton Wanderers.^[26] Many people were impressed with his debut, including legendary United player George Best.^[27] Ronaldo's first goal with Manchester United was a free kick.

He scored it in a win against Portsmouth on 1 November ^[28]

Ronaldo won his first trophy in England, the FA Cup, in May , when Manchester United beat Millwall Ronaldo scored the first goal of the match.^[29]

Ronaldo scored his first UEFA Champions League goals in a victory against Roma in April He scored two goals that day in his 30th Champions League match.

That year, he played in the FA Cup Final, but United lost to Chelsea.

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Even though he lost the FA Cup final, he didn't end the season without a title because he won his first Premier League title.

In the season, Ronaldo scored his first and only hat-trick for Manchester United in a 6–0 win against Newcastle United on 12 January ^[30] In the Champions League final against Chelsea, he scored a header as the match ended after extra time.

Although he missed his penalty, Manchester United won the shootout and Ronaldo won his first UEFA Champions League.^[31] On 15 November , Ronaldo scored his th goal for United in a win against Stoke City. He also scored two free-kicks: the first one was his th goal.^[32] He scored a total of 42 goals.

He won the European Golden Boot, an award given to the top scorer of every European national league.

He won the first FIFA Puskas Award in The Puskas Award is given to whoever scores the best goal of that year. The goal was a yard strike into the top-left corner against FC Porto on 15 April in the Champions League quarter-finals. That goal was the only goal of the game.

It was also an important goal because it sent United to the semi-finals.^[33] In the semi-final against Arsenal, Ronaldo scored two goals. One of them was a free kick from 40&#;yards out. His goals helped Man United qualify for the final, where they lost to Barcelona

Real Madrid

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Ronaldo joined Real Madrid on 1 July for a fee of €94 million.

That was a world record transfer fee at the time. He also signed a six-year contract with the club.^[34] At his presentation as a Real Madrid player, 80, people greeted him at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium. This is the world record, breaking the year record of 75, people at Diego Maradona's presentation for Napoli.^[35] He wore the number 9 in his first season because number 7 was taken by Raúl González.

Ronaldo had to wait until Raul left the club in the summer of to wear number 7.^[36] He made his debut (first appearance) on 29 August , in a La Liga game against Deportivo de La Coruña. He scored a goal and Real Madrid won On 23 October , Ronaldo scored 4 goals in a match for the first time in his career during a win against Racing de Santander.^[37] Ronaldo scored a header in extra time in the Copa del Rey final against rivals Barcelona.

His goal was the match-winner, so that was Ronaldo's first trophy in Spain.^[38] At the end of the season, he became the first player to score 40 goals in La Liga.^[39]

On 2 November , Ronaldo scored both goals in a Champions League group stage win against Olympique Lyon.

The second goal was his th goal for Real Madrid. He achieved this in just matches.^[40][41] He scored his th La Liga goal for his club in just 92 appearances in a win against Real Sociedad on 24 March ^[42]

Ronaldo began the season by winning the Supercopa de España.

He scored in both legs, as Real Madrid won against Barca.^[43] In October , he scored his first hat-trick in the Champions League in a win against Ajax.^[44] On 6 January , Ronaldo captained his club for the first time.^[45] In May , he scored his th goal for Real Madrid in a win against Málaga.^[46] He finished as the Champions League top scorer that season.

Ronaldo won his second Ballon D'Or in ^[47]

In the season, Ronaldo broke the record for most goals in one Champions League season by scoring his 17th goal with a penalty in extra time in the final against Atlético Madrid that Real Madrid won 4–1.^[48] The previous record was 14 goals, set by Messi in the season.

In the season, Ronaldo set a new personal record by scoring 61 goals in all competitions. This achievement helped him win his third Ballon d'Or.^[49] He scored five goals in one match for the first time in his career in a win vs. Granada on 5 April ^[50] He became Real Madrid's all-time top scorer when he scored 5 goals against RCD Espanyol in a away win on 12 September This brought his total goal tally to goals in games.

The previous record holder was Raul.^[51][52]

On 18 April , he became the first player to reach goals in the UEFA Champions League, after he scored a hat-trick in a extra-time win against Bayern Munich.^[53] On 18 March , Ronaldo reached his 50th career hat-trick in a win against Girona.^[54] Ronaldo scored an amazing bicycle-kick in a UEFA Champions League match against Juventus on 3 April He got a standing ovation, or round of applause, from the Juventus fans after scoring that goal.^[55] Real Madrid went on to play the final against Liverpool F.C..

Real Madrid became champions, so that was Ronaldo's 5th Champions League.^[56]

Juventus

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On 10 July , He joined Juventus of Italy. He signed a 4-year contract worth Million Euros.^[57][58] The transfer was the highest paid for a player over 30 years old.^[59] People called it "the deal of the century".^[60]

He scored his first goal for the club on 16 September against US Sassuolo.

Juventus won at home. Three days later, on 19 September, he was controversially sent off against Valencia C.F. for "violent behavior".^[61] He was crying as he received the red card and said he "did nothing".^[62] Ronaldo won his first trophy with the club, the Supercoppa Italiana, in January In the match, he scored the only goal from a header against AC Milan.^[63]

Return to Manchester United

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On 31 August , Ronaldo returned to Manchester United and the Premier League, where in the season, scored 18 goals in the premier league.^[64]

Al-Nassr

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On 30 December , Ronaldo signed for Saudi Arabian club Al-Nassr on a 2-year deal worth million euros annually.

Biography about c ronaldo manchester united goals allowed We may earn commission from links on this page, but we only recommend products we back. Pro soccer player Cristiano Ronaldo is approaching a milestone birthday and, seemingly, another milestone contract. Ronaldo, who turns 40 on February 5, is negotiating a new deal with his current club team Al-Nassr. Ronaldo has scored 46 goals in 44 league matches with Al-Nassr since officially joining the team in May , per stats from Transfermarkt. Considered a phenom as a teenager, year-old Ronaldo signed with Manchester United in a record deal for a player of his age.

In June , Ronaldo had broken the goal record for a Saudi Pro League season by scoring 35 goals in the / season.^[65][66]

International career

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Youth

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Ronaldo began his international career with the Portugal unders in In , he played the U Euro with Portugal's U In June , Ronaldo won the Toulon Tournament with the Portugal U He also played with the U21s in during the U Euro qualification stages.

He also played with the Portugal under team at the Summer Olympics, where he scored one goal against Morocco.

Senior

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He kept progressing through the youth national teams until he played his first senior game for Portugal when he was 18 on 20 August against Kazakhstan. He scored his first goal for Portugal in a game against Greece at the UEFA Euro

Ronaldo was selected to play at the FIFA World Cup, also his first World Cup.

He scored a goal against Iran during the tournament. That goal was also his first World Cup goal. In the match against England, Ronaldo's teammate at Manchester United, Wayne Rooney, was sent off. Ronaldo went up to the referee and appeared to ask the referee to give Rooney a red card.

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Cristiano Ronaldo exhausted all superlatives during his first spell with Manchester United, while he matured from an inexperienced, young winger in into officially the best footballer on the planet in In truth, the boss had long been aware of his ability. This was a target Sir Alex simply could miss out on. Ronaldo wasted little time in showing off his sublime skills with a stunning minute debut against Bolton at OT in August There was a buzz of excitement as soon as he stepped off the bench and, after 39 appearances and eight goals that season — including the opener in the FA Cup final win over Millwall — he was named Sir Matt Busby Player of the Year.

Rooney pushed Ronaldo as he was talking to the ref. After Rooney left the pitch, Ronaldo was caught on camera winking at the Portugal bench.^[67] Even though the referee said Rooney would've gotten the red card if Ronaldo complained or not, these actions caused a lot of fans to hate Ronaldo because they believed he influenced the referee's decision.^[68]

Ronaldo became captain of Portugal for the first time in a friendly game against Brazil on 6 February At Euro , he scored one goal against Czech Republic.

Portugal was eliminated in the quarter-finals by barely losing to Germany ^[69] In the World Cup, Ronaldo only scored one goal in a win against North Korea, but was the man of the match in all of Portugal's 3 group stage games.^[70][71][72] Portugal were eliminated in the round of 16 by Spain , and Spain went on to win the World Cup.^[73]

His first international hat-trick came in a win against Northern Ireland on 6 September In that match, he scored 3 goals in 15&#;minutes.^[74] He became Portugal's all time top scorer when he scored twice against Cameroon in March , with Portugal winning ^[75] At the World Cup, Ronaldo scored a goal against Ghana, and assisted a last minute equalizer in a draw against the United States.

Ronaldo scored a back heel goal in a draw against Hungary in Euro This goal made him the first player to score in four Euros.^[76] Although he had to leave the game early because he got injured in the UEFA Euro Final, Portugal still won in extra time because of a goal from Eder.

In the World Cup held in Russia, Ronaldo scored 4 goals.

In Portugal's first group game, he scored a hat trick against Spain in a draw. After that, he scored the winning goal against Morocco. In the last group game, he missed a penalty in a draw against Iran. Portugal qualified for the knockout stages by finishing second in the group. They were eliminated by Uruguay Ronaldo became one of only four players to score at 4 World Cups.

He has played at 4 of them: , , , and

In June , Ronaldo won the UEFA Nations League with Portugal, his second international title. In the final, Portugal beat The Netherlands

Playing style

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Ronaldo can play on both wings and also as a striker since he is very strong with both feet, even though he is naturally right-footed.^[77] He is also one of the world's fastest players.^[78][79] He has good heading ability because he is over 6&#;feet tall and jumps high.

He is also known for his powerful "knuckleball" free kicks. The "knuckleball" technique is when the ball spins very little and creates an unpredictable motion. He combines this with his powerful shot, making it hard for goalkeepers to stop his shots. Ronaldo has also been known for his dribbling, as he likes to do many tricks and feints with the ball to pass defenders, such as the step-over.^[80] When he was at Manchester United, he would play as a winger and try to send crosses into the middle.

At Real Madrid, he changed his playing style by moving towards the middle and becoming more of a striker. He also focused more on scoring goals.^[81] When he arrived to Juventus, he stayed with this playing style of being a goal scorer and target man. However, he dribbled with the ball more because he sometimes liked to play his traditional winger position and go one-on-one with defenders.

He also sent crosses more frequently than he did in his last few seasons at Real Madrid.^[82]

Reception

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Ronaldo has been criticized for "diving" by many people, including his Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson.^[83][84] He has also been criticized for being arrogant, such as complaining for not receiving set-pieces (free-kicks and penalties) when he gets fouled, having too much self-confidence, not celebrating with teammates after scoring goals, and getting excessively angry with others after losing.^[85][86] Examples of this are when he threw a reporter'smicrophone into a lake before a UEFA Euro match,^[87] and negative comments made at the Iceland national team after playing against them.^[88]

Personal life

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Ronaldo's father, José Aveiro, died of liver disease at age 52 in September Ronaldo was 20 years old at the time.^[89] Ronaldo said that he does not like to drink alcohol, mostly because of his dad's death, but has on some very few occasions.^[90]

In , Ronaldo opened his first fashion boutique under the name "CR7" (his initials and shirt number) on the&#;island he was born in, Madeira.

He opened a second boutique in Lisbon in ,^[91] and a third in , located in Madrid.^[92] In December , Ronaldo opened his museum called Museu CR7, which has all of his trophies and awards from his career.^[93]

Ronaldo became a father on 17 June He had a son named Cristiano Jr.&#;He was born in the United States through an American surrogate he met in a restaurant, and Ronaldo announced that he had full custody.&#;Ronaldo has never publicly revealed information about his son's mother, but he says he will reveal it to Cristiano Jr.

when he gets older.

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On 8 June , Ronaldo confirmed on social media that he had become the father to twins, Mateo and Eva. They were born to a surrogate mother in the United States.^[94][95] In November , his girlfriend Georgina Rodriguez gave birth to their first daughter, Alana.

Ronaldo has had many relationships.

He was in a relationship with Russian model Irina Shayk from –^[96] In , he began to date Spanish model Georgina Rodriguez. They were publicly seen for the first time at Disneyland Paris in November

Ronaldo is a&#;Roman Catholic. He does not have&#;tattoos&#;because it would prevent him from donating blood.^[97] On 9 November , a movie about his lifestyle and his career was released.

The title of the movie is Ronaldo.^[98][99]

On 29 March , Madeira Airport was renamed to Cristiano Ronaldo International Airport. A bust of Ronaldo was also revealed as part of the official renaming ceremony.^[]

He is currently the most followed Instagram user, with over million followers as of ^[] He passed Selena Gomez as the most followed person in , with million followers.^[][]

Legal Issues

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In June , Ronaldo was given a suspended jail sentence of 2 years and a fine of € million for tax evasion.^[]

In , a woman claimed she was raped by Ronaldo at a hotel in Las Vegas in June ^[] Many articles state that Ronaldo and the woman both met each other at the nightclub of the hotel.

Ronaldo later invited her to his suite, and that was where the rape occurred.

Biography about c ronaldo manchester united goals Cristiano Ronaldo, born on February 5, , is a renowned Portuguese soccer player known for scoring career goals. He is a father of five, in a long-term relationship with Georgina Rodriguez. Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro, born on February 5, , in Funchal, Portugal, is a renowned professional soccer player often cited as one of the greatest athletes in the sport's history. His exceptional journey began at an early age when he demonstrated remarkable talent, leading to a record-breaking transfer to Manchester United at just 16 years old. Over his illustrious career, Ronaldo has amassed numerous accolades, including five Ballon d'Or awards and recognition as the all-time leading scorer in international competition.

Ronaldo paid that woman $, to stay quiet, and an agreement was made between Ronaldo's lawyers and the woman's lawyers that if she publicly shared information about what happened, she had to pay the $, back. Ronaldo himself denies raping the woman and calls it "fake news." In July , prosecutors said they would not charge Ronaldo because there was not enough evidence.^[][][]

Career statistics

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