Not to be confused with Brazilian footballer Ronaldo.
This person's surname is Santos Aveiro, not Ronaldo.
This name uses Portuguese naming customs. The first or maternal family name is Santos and the second or paternal family name is Aveiro.ow no he is a ronalado he is fast everything side don miss his match
Cristiano Ronaldo
GOIH, ComM
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Ronaldo at the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup
Personal information
Full name Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro
Date of birth 5 February 1985 (age 32)[1]
Place of birth Funchal, Madeira, Portugal
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[2]
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
Real Madrid
Number 7
Youth career
1992–1995 Andorinha
1995–1997 Nacional
1997–2002 Sporting CP
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2003 Sporting CP B 2 (0)
2002–2003 Sporting CP 25 (3)
2003–2009 Manchester United 196 (84)
2009– Real Madrid 275 (287)
National team‡
2001 Portugal U15 9 (7)
2001–2002 Portugal U17 7 (5)
2003 Portugal U20 5 (1)
2002–2003 Portugal U21 10 (3)
2004 Portugal U23 3 (2)
2003– Portugal 147 (79)
Honours[show]
- Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:00, 2 December 2017 (UTC).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22:40, 10 October 2017 (UTC)
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Cristiano Ronaldo
Portuguese professional footballer
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Galaxy named after Ronaldo's CR7 mantle
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Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro GOIH, ComM (Portuguese pronunciation: [kɾiʃ'tjɐnu ʁoˈnaldu]; born 5 February 1985) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Spanish club Real Madrid and the Portugal national team. Often considered the best player in the world and widely regarded as one of the greatest of all time,[note 1] Ronaldo has four FIFA Ballon d'Or awards,[note 2] the most for a European player, and is the first player in history to win four European Golden Shoes. He has won 24 trophies in his career, including five league titles, four UEFA Champions League titles and one UEFA European Championship. A prolific goalscorer, Ronaldo holds the records for most official goals scored in the top five European leagues (371), the UEFA Champions League (113) and the UEFA European Championship (29), as well as the most goals scored in a UEFA Champions League season (17). He has scored more than 600 senior career goals for club and country.
Born and raised on the Portuguese island of Madeira, Ronaldo was diagnosed with a racing heart at age 15. He underwent an operation to treat his condition, and began his senior club career playing for Sporting CP, before signing with Manchester United at age 18 in 2003. He helped United win three successive Premier League titles, a UEFA Champions League title, and a FIFA Club World Cup. By age 22, he had received Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year nominations and at age 23, he won his first Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year awards. In 2009, Ronaldo was the subject of the most expensive association football transfer[note 3] when he moved from Manchester United to Real Madrid in a transfer worth €94 million (£80 million).
In Spain, Ronaldo has won 13 trophies, including two La Liga titles, two Copa del Rey titles, three Champions League titles and two UEFA Super Cups. After joining Real Madrid, Ronaldo finished runner-up for the Ballon d'Or three times, behind Lionel Messi, his perceived career rival, before winning back-to-back Ballons d'Or in 2013 and 2014. He has scored a record 32 La Liga hat-tricks, including a record-tying eight hat-tricks in the 2014–15 season[note 4] and is the only player to reach 30 league goals in six consecutive La Liga seasons. In 2014, Ronaldo became the fastest player in history to reach 200 La Liga goals, which he achieved in 178 matches. In 2015, he became the club's all-time leading goalscorer. In 2016, Ronaldo won his fourth Ballon d'Or by a record voting margin after sealing La Undécima, Madrid's 11th European title, and winning Euro 2016.
A Portuguese international, Ronaldo was named the best Portuguese player of all-time by the Portuguese Football Federation in 2015. Ronaldo made his senior international debut in August 2003, at age 18. He is Portugal's most capped player of all-time with over 140 caps, and has participated in seven major tournaments. He is Portugal's all-time top goalscorer. He scored his first international goal at Euro 2004 and helped Portugal reach the final. He took over full captaincy in July 2008, leading Portugal to their first-ever triumph in a major tournament by winning Euro 2016, and received the Silver Boot as the second-highest goalscorer of the tournament. One of the most marketable sportsmen, he was ranked the world's highest-paid athlete by Forbes in 2016 and 2017, as well as the world's most famous athlete by ESPN in 2016 and 2017.
Contents [hide]
1 Early life
2 Club career
2.1 Sporting CP
2.2 Manchester United
2.2.1 2003–06: Development and breakthrough
2.2.2 2007–09: Collective and individual success
2.3 Real Madrid
2.3.1 2009–12: World record transfer and La Liga championship
2.3.2 2012–14: Consecutive FIFA Ballon d'Or wins and La Décima
2.3.3 2014–17: All-time Real Madrid top scorer and La Undécima
2.3.4 2017–present: 400 goals for Real Madrid and La Duodécima
3 International career
3.1 2001–06: Youth level and early international career
3.2 2006–12: Assuming the captaincy
3.3 2012–16: All-time Portugal top scorer and European champion
3.4 2016–present: Post-European Championship victory
4 Player profile
4.1 Style of play
4.2 Reception
4.3 Comparisons to Lionel Messi
5 In popular culture
6 Outside football
6.1 Personal life
6.2 Philanthropy
6.3 Fashion
6.4 Controversies
7 Career statistics
7.1 Club
7.2 International
8 Honours and achievements
8.1 Club
8.2 International
8.3 Individual
8.3.1 Orders
8.4 Records
8.4.1 World
8.4.2 Europe
8.4.3 Spain
8.4.4 Manchester United
8.4.5 Real Madrid
9 See also
10 References
11 External links