Cristiano Ronaldo

Cristiano Ronaldo Dos Santos Aveiro, is a Portuguese footballer who plays as a striker and is considered one of the best strikers in the world of football. He was born in Funchal, Madeira on February 5, 1985 and is the son of María Dolores dos Santos Aveiro and José Dinis Aveiro. As a child he always showed his good performance in football and stood out for his skill with the ball.

His beginnings were at the age of 8 when he entered the La Andorinha soccer school and where he quickly began to excel above the peers of his age. So much was the quality that showed Cristiano, that at the age of 10 years the clubs C. S. Marítimo and C. D. Nacional showed interest in having the young player. After an agreement was reached, the player signed for C. D. Nacional, where he continued with his training as a footballer and became one of the greatest promise of Portuguese football.

In the year 2001, he was presented to tests in the Sporting Clube de Portugal, where he exceeded each one satisfactorily and managed to be part of one of the most popular clubs in Portugal, so he had to move to Lisbon. By that time, he was diagnosed with a heart problem and had to undergo an operation, which was satisfactory and did not cause dangers in the player's soccer career.

Cristiano Ronaldo's professional debut came on August 14, 2002 at the age of 17, in the European Champions League qualifying match, where Sporting de Lisboa faced Inter Milan. On September 30 he made his debut in the Portuguese league in a game against Sporting Braga, where his club was defeated by a score of 4-2. His first professional goals were scored on October 7 of that same year against Moreirense Futebol Clube, where his team won 3-0 and the player scored two goals, with which he began to be part of the first team of Sporting Lisbon . The talent shown by the Portuguese made him the first player to be part of the youth team, affiliate and professional in the same season, and before finishing it the Sporting Lisbon won the Portuguese league, the Cup and the Portuguese Super Cup.

His talent was quickly captured by several European clubs, so they began to observe teams like England's Liverpool, a team that did not finalize his signing because he considered him very young and should further enhance his skills. In 2003 Sporting Lisbon and Manchester United of England played a friendly match for the opening of the Estadio José Alvalade, which would be the scene of Euro 2004; in that game the player showed great quality and football technique that surprised the opponent and its technical director Alex Ferguson, who was interested in having the player in his team and the summer of that same year the signing of the Portuguese for a number close to 18 million euros.

At the start of the 2003-2004 season, Cristiano Ronaldo joined Manchester United, where he wore the number 7 shirt, which David Beckham had been wearing in the past. He made his debut in the league on August 16, 2003, in the match against Bolton, where he entered the 60th minute of the game. His first goal with the team of Manchester, he scored on November 1 of that year, in the league game against Portsmouth FC For the end of the season, the Portuguese player won the FA Cup with his team and scored a goal that contributed to the obtained title. In the second season, the player increased his level much more, stood out as one of the best youth players in the world and secured a place in the starting team of Manchester United.

Starting the 2005-2006 league, the player scored the thousandth goal in the history of the Premier League and was chosen as the best young player of the year. In that season he also won the league cup and scored 12 goals in 47 games.

In the 2006-2007 season, Cristiano Ronaldo began to stand out for the ability to give goal assists to his teammates and improve his average goalscorer, for that reason, he was chosen in November as the player of the month of the Premier League and the Portuguese athlete of the year, by the newspaper A Bola of his country. In that season he scored 17 goals and was crowned champion of the English league, which made him more attractive to clubs like, Inter Milan, Real Madrid and Barcelona. On April 13, 2007, he extended his contract with Manchester United until 2012 and his salary was 8 million euros per season, one of the highest paid players in the world. In that season he was also recognized by the Professional Footballers Association as player of the year and best young player of the year.

For the start of the 2007-2008 season, the Portuguese player continued to add titles in his career, and it was on August 5, 2007 that he became champion of the Community Shield, a match in which Manchester United defeated Chelsea in definition from the criminal point. It became the end with more goals scored in a season with Manchester United, after scoring 42 goals.

Cristiano Ronaldo, for the first time played a European final, on May 21, 2008, when his team Manchester United played the final of the Champions League against Chelsea FC, match that ended 1-1 in regulation time with a goal from Portuguese, so the title was defined from the penalty spot where his team was made to the European title and Cristiano Ronaldo won his first European championship. After the end of the season, the player managed to win the Premier League with his team and win the gold boot, adding two more palmares in his football career.

He won the ball and the gold and the FIFA World Player in 2008, which identified him as the best player in the world that season and also was part of the ideal team of FIFA. The talent of Cristiano Ronaldo began to value each day more, so much that the Real Madrid already pretended to be made to the services of the talented player, nevertheless, an injury of the player prevented that the business was closed in that year. Before the expected, the Portuguese star recovered from his injury and could continue with the competitions that played Manchester United in the 2008-2009 season, where he reached the final of the Champions League for the second year in a row, but in this case leaving runner-up when falling 2-0 before Barcelona FC. At the end of the season, Manchester United managed to become champion of the League Cup, the Premier League and the FIFA Club World Cup, where their team won 1-0 against the Liga de Quito; in this season Ronaldo scored 33 goals and gave 9 assists in 33 games, which totaled a total of 118 goals in what he had a sports career.

The talented Portuguese player always expressed interest in playing in a club like Real Madrid, so an agreement was reached between Manchester United and the Spanish team for the transfer of Cristiano Ronaldo, for a figure that exceeded 90 million euros. Euros On June 6, 2009, the player was presented at the Santiago Bernabéu stadium before more than 90 thousand fans chanted his name in the phrase "Yes, yes, yes, Ronaldo is already here."

His first game with the Real Madrid jersey, he played against the Irish Shamrock Rovers, on July 21, 2009, in a game corresponding to the pre-season of Real Madrid. In a tour of his team for South Korea, he scored his first goals with Real Madrid, in the 2009 Peace Cup against Juventus of Italy and the Quito League of Ecuador.

He debuted in the Spanish league on August 29, 2009, before Deportivo de la Coruña where he managed to score a goal that contributed to the victory of his team by 3-2. Days later for Champions League, the player scored a double against F. C. Zürich, in the 5-2 victory of Real Madrid. Cristiano Ronaldo continued to show outstanding performance, and on May 5, 2010 he scored his first hat-trick against Mallorca. Although the Portuguese player managed to score 33 goals in 35 games in the 2009-2010 season, he did not get any title with Real Madrid.

At the start of the 2010-2011 season, Cristiano Ronaldo continued to break records, for the first time in his career he scored 4 goals in a game against Racing Santander and managed to score 13 goals in 6 straight games; reaching a figure of 50 goals in 53 games played and the player being Real Madrid in reaching this number in a few games. In the month of December, the Portuguese finished the year with 43 goals in, being his highest number of goals scored in the middle of a season. The player got his first title with Real Madrid, on April 20, 2011, when he won the King's Cup at Barcelona FC by a score of 1-0, where the Portuguese player scored the winning goal. With that goal he reached 43 goals in the season, surpassing his own record of 42 goals. He also managed to overcome the great players Hugo Sánchez and Telmo Zarra, surpassing the 38 goals in a Spanish league. The player closed the season with a total of 53 goals in 54 games, sharing a record with the player Lionel Messi.

On October 15, 2011 he played his 100th game with Real Madrid against Real Betis and on November 2, after scoring 2 goals against Olympique Lyonnais for the Champions League, he scored 100 goals in official games with Real Madrid, with an average of 0.96 goals per game. Days later he received the gold booty, which identified him as the top scorer of last season. Finishing the year 2011, he reached 20 goals in the league, of which 15 goals scored in 5 triples. Cristiano Ronaldo began to be recognized, to mark the Barcelona in each of the exciting Spanish classics, began the year 2012 scoring a goal in the first leg and another in the quarter-final of the King's Cup, although his team was eliminated ; and in the month of April of that same year when he scored the goal of 2-1 in favor of Real Madrid, with it ended Barcelona FC's hopes of being league champions. On May 2, ending the 2011-2012 season, he scored 1 goal in the 3-0 victory against Athletic Club, with which Real Madrid certified their Spanish league title. He finished with a total of 60 goals in all the tournaments he played, standing out as the first player to score all the teams he faced in the league.

The 2012-2013 season started with a title for Real Madrid and Cristiano Ronaldo, where the overall result was 4-4, but by the rule of the away goal Real Madrid came out champion. The Portuguese Marco scored a goal in the first leg and another in the return and reached the record of Ivan Zamorano to score in five consecutive classics; on October 7, 2012 exceeded the record of the Chilean, after scoring two goals in the first classic league by the Blaugrana team, scoring them for the sixth time in a row. Starting the year 2013, the player reached 302 goals in his professional career, being one of the players with the best goalscorers in all history. He played for the first time against his old team Manchester United, on February 13, 2013. For the knockout stages of the Champions League, where he made two goals that contributed to the pass to the next round to Real Madrid. On February 26 of that year, he again scored a double to Barcelona FC, in the semifinal of the King's Cup, contributing to the classification of his team at the end of that competition. On May 8, 2013, Cristiano Ronaldo scored a goal against Málaga, with which he reached 200 goals in 197 with Real Madrid. After the season ended, the player scored 55 goals in 55 games and 12 assists.

On September 15, beginning the 2013-2014 season, Cristiano Ronaldo renewed a contract with Real Madrid until 2018. He reached his 100th match in European competitions, on October 2, 2013 in a match by the Champions League against the Copenhagen, where he scored two goals and Real Madrid won 4-0. Ronaldo's goalscoring ability continued to break records, and at the end of 2013 he became Real Madrid's fourth-highest goalscorer with 164 goals in the Spanish league and in the second goalscorer in away games with 72 goals, second only to Spaniard Raúl González; In addition, he was chosen by the International Federation of Football History and Statistics, as the world's top scorer in 2013.

In the beginning of 2014, the season continued, and in the game against Celta, Cristiano Ronaldo scored two goals with which he reached the figure of 400 goals in his football career. On January 13 of that same year, the Portuguese player was awarded the FIFA Golden Ball, this being the second ball he achieved throughout his career, crediting him as one of the best players in the world in football history . During that year the Portuguese continued to break records, among which stand out: On February 26, he was the first to score 10 or more goals in three leagues of champions followed, after scoring two goals in the first leg of the round of 16 of that competition; On March 15, he became the first player to score 25 or more goals in five consecutive Spanish league seasons. On April 2, he matched the 14-goal tally of Lionel Messi and José Altafini as top goal-scorers in the Champions League, but on April 29 in the semi-finals of that competition against Bayern Munich, he scored 2 goals they served him to become the player who scored the most goals in a Champions League. On May 24 of that same year, Real Madrid played the final of the Champions League against Atletico Madrid, where they won by a score of 4-1 and the Portuguese contributed a goal. After finishing the season, the Portuguese went on to score in the Spanish league with 31 goals and a total of 51 goals in 47 games; He also won the King's Cup, match in which he did not play because of an injury.

For the beginning of the 2014-2015 season, in the month of August, Cristiano Ronaldo was champion of the Super European Cup, where he scored the two goals of Real Madrid's victory against Sevilla. On August 29, 2014, the Portuguese received the award for best player Europe, by UEFA. On October 22 of the current season, Raul Gonzalez reached the top scorer in the Champions League with 71 points in 110 games. Ronaldo's records kept growing, and it was on December 6th when his goals broke another, he reached 200 goals scored with the Real Madrid jersey.

Cristiano Ronaldo won his third FIFA Ballon d'Or, on January 12, 2015, which recognized him again as the best player in the world in 2014 and a few days later he was recognized by the Portuguese Football Federation, with the "Quina" award de Ouro ", which identified him as the best player in the history of Portuguese football. On April 8 of that same year, he scored the goal 300 with the Real Madrid shirt, and a few days later reached 50 goals in a single season, so he became the only player to score that number or more goals in 5 seasons in a row. After the end of that season, the player scored 61 goals in 54 games and added the title of the Super European Cup, the Club World Cup, won the gold boot for the fourth time and was the top scorer in the league with 48 goals .

On September 12, 2015, at the start of a new season, he scored 5 goals in Real Madrid's victory against Espanyol and beat Raúl Gonzáles as top scorer of the Spanish League. For the 2 of October of that same year, the Real Madrid paid homage to him, for having become the historical goleador of the club with 323 goals.

On May 28, 2016, he was crowned champion of the Champions League, where Real Madrid defeated Atlético de Madrid in throws from the penalty spot by a score of 5-3. The end of the 2015-2016 season, left for Cristiano Ronaldo 51 goals scored in 48 games and the title of European champion. On November 6, 2016, the player renewed a contract with Real Madrid until the year 2021, and on December 12 of that same year he won for the fourth time the Golden Ball, which accredited him as the best player in the world in 2016 .

On January 9, 2017, he won the FIFA The Best award.

On October 23, 2017, Cristiano Ronaldo won the FIFA The Best Award, which recognized him again as the best player in the world.

On December 7, 2017, the player won the gold ball awarded by the magazine France Football, which recognized him again as the best player in the world in the year.

For December 28, 2017, Cristiano Ronaldo was honored for the fifth time with the Globe Soccer award for the best player of the year 2017.

On Tuesday, July 10, 2018, his transfer for 105 million euros was made official to Juventus of Turin.

In 2001 he made his debut in the U-17 team of Portugal, where he participated in two matches corresponding to the UEFA European Under-17 Championship 2002, where he showed great talent and quickly began to be recognized, so much so that in 2003 he was He was called up to the U21 national team of Portugal, where he qualified for the U-21 European Championship in 2004, a championship that he did not play because he decided to play the 2003 Esperanzas de Toulon tournament, of which he was crowned champion.

The excellent level shown by the player in the youth teams, made him quickly be called to the senior team of his country, where he made his debut on August 20, 2003 and was part of the team called to face the 2004 European Championship, competition in which he scored two goals in 7 games played and the Portugal team finished runners-up after losing the final match against the Greece team 1-0.

In 2006, he was summoned by Luiz Felipe Scolari, to dispute the World Cup to be held in that year in Germany. In the maximum competition of selections, Portugal beat the selections of Iran, Mexico and Angola in the group stage, qualifying perfectly to the second round. In the direct elimination phase, Portugal won the Dutch national team in quarterfinals, in Quarters to England and their way reached the semifinals where they lost 1-0 to France. At the end of the World Cup, Ronaldo scored a goal and his team was fourth in the competition.

Two years after the World Cup in Germany, Cristiano Ronaldo appeared on the squad to face Euro 2008 in Austria and Switzerland, where Portugal reached the quarterfinals and fell 3-2 defeated by the selection of Germany; the player could only score one goal in that competition.

For the year 2010, Cristiano Ronaldo played the World Cup in South Africa 2010 where he scored a goal and reached the round of 16, where Portugal was eliminated by Spain.

Two years later, the player was part of the payroll of 23 players, who would play Euro 2012 to celebrate in Poland and Ukraine. In the group stage, Portugal and Ronaldo debuted with defeat against Germany, but in the next two games they straightened their way and beat Holland, where the player scored two goals, and Denmark, getting the classification to the next round. In the quarterfinals phase, Ronaldo scored the only goal, with which his team beat the Czech Republic; In the semifinals, Spain ended the dream of the title for Portugal, a match that won in the penalty shootout. After finishing the competition, the player was in second place in the Castrol EDGE Index, which deserves the most regular players of the tournament, and was on the list of the 23 best players in the tournament.

On the way to the World Cup in Brazil 2014, Portugal finished second in their group, which forced them to play the playoff against Sweden; the overall score was in favor of Portugal 4-2 and Cristiano Ronaldo scored the 4 goals, giving the classification to his team. Already in the World Cup in Brazil, the Portuguese and his team failed to pass the group stage, where by goal difference they lost the second square against the United States, the result of a defeat against Germany, a draw with the United States and a victory against Ghana. .

After several competitions with the senior team, another opportunity came for Ronaldo in the Euro 2016 competition. In the Group Stage Portugal achieved an agonizing classification as one of the best third, after achieving 3 draws in the group stage against Austria , Hungary, which scored two goals, and Iceland. In the direct elimination phase, Portugal got Croatia out by a score of 1-0. In Quarterfinals Portugal defeated Poland in throws from the penalty spot, after a 1-1 draw in regular time, where Ronaldo was a great figure of the match. In the semi-final Cristiano Ronaldo faced his Real Madrid teammate Gareth Bale who was part of the Wales team, where Portugal won by a score of 2-0, where the player gave his contribution in the victory with a spectacular performance and a goal, and after 12 years, the player returned to dispute a final of that contest. In the final, the Portuguese crack was injured before the end of the first half, however, his team managed to defeat France 1-0, crowned champion of Europe; that was the first title that Ronaldo got with the senior team, in addition, that he was awarded the silver boot for having scored 3 goals and 3 assists.

Cristiano Ronaldo played the qualifier to the Russian World Cup 2018, where he managed to score 15 goals and finally on October 10, 2017 managed to seal the qualification to the World Cup with the selection of Portugal.

PALMARÉS

WITH THE MANCHESTER UNITED

FA Cup: 2004

League Cup: 2006 and 2009.

Premier League: 2007, 2088 and 2009.

Community Shield: 2007 and 2008.

UEFA Champions League: 2008.

Club World Cup: 2008.

WITH REAL MADRID

Copa del Rey: 2011 and 2014.

Spanish League: 2012 and 2017.

Supercopa of Spain: 2012 and 2017.

UEFA Champion League: 2014, 2016 and 2017.

European Supercup: 2014 and 2016, 2017.

Club World Cup: 2014 and 2016.

WITH THE SELECTION OF PORTUGAL

Eurocopa 2016.

SOME RECORDS AND INDIVIDUAL PRIZES

69 goals in a single year.

61 goals in a season.

98 goals in UEFA competitions.

17 goals in a single edition of the UEFA Champion League.

Best Starter Scorer in history, after scoring 15 goals in 8 games.

Golden Ball: 2008, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017.

Matches followed scoring goal, after scoring 20 goals in 12 games.

Reached 100 goals in the Champions League on April 18, 2017

UEFA Champions League scorer 2016-2017.

Best striker of the season, by UEFA: 2016-2017.

Best UEFA Player 2016-2017.

The Best of FIFA Award: 2016, 2017.

Globe Soccer Award: 2011, 2014, 2016 and 2017.