Cristiano Ronaldo

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For the Brazilian footballer, see Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer).
This name uses Portuguese naming customs. The first or maternal family name is Santos and the
second or paternal family name is Aveiro.

Cristiano Ronaldo

Cristiano Ronaldo with Portugal at the 2018 FIFA World Cup

Personal information

Full name Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro[1]

Date of birth 5 February 1985 (age 33)[2]

Place of birth Funchal, Madeira, Portugal

Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[3]

Playing position Forward

Club information
Current team Juventus

Number 7

Youth career

1992–1995 Andorinha

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)

2009–2018 Real Madrid 292 (311)

2018– Juventus 11 (7)

National team‡

2001 Portugal U15 9 (7)

1–2002 Portugal U17 7 (5)

2003 Portugal U20 5 (1)

2002–2003 Portugal U21 10 (3)

2004 Portugal U23 3 (2)

2003– Portugal 154 (85)

 Honours[show]

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct
as of 22:40, 3 November 2018 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15:45, 16 September 2018 (UTC)

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Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro GOIH ComM (European Portuguese: [kɾiʃˈtjɐnu ʁoˈnaɫdu]; born 5
February 1985) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Italian
club Juventus and the Portugal national team. Often considered the best player in the world and
regarded by many as one of the greatest players of all time,[4][5][6] Ronaldo has a record-tying
five Ballon d'Or awards,[note 2] the most for a European player, and is the first player to win
four European Golden Shoes. He has won 26 trophies in his career, including five league titles,
five UEFA Champions League titles and one UEFA European Championship. A prolific goalscorer,
Ronaldo holds the records for most official goals scored in Europe's top-five leagues (402), the
 UEFA Champions League (120), the UEFA European Championship (9), as well as those for most
assists in the UEFA Champions League (34) and the UEFA European Championship (6). He has
scored over 680 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. After winning his first
trophy, the FA Cup, during his first season in England, 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 when he moved from Manchester United
to Real Madrid in a transfer worth €94 million (£80 million).
In Madrid, Ronaldo won 15 trophies, including two La Liga titles, two Copas del Rey, four UEFA
Champions League titles, two UEFA Super Cups, and three FIFA Club World Cups. Real Madrid's
all-time top goalscorer, Ronaldo scored a record 34 La Liga hat-tricks, including a record-tying eight
hat-tricks in the 2014–15 season[note 3] and is the only player to reach 30 goals in six consecutive La
Liga seasons. After joining 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. After winning the 2016 and 2017 Champions Leagues, Ronaldo secured back-to-
back Ballons d'Or again in 2016 and 2017. A historic third consecutive Champions Leaguefollowed,
making Ronaldo the first player to win the trophy five times.[7] In 2018, he signed to Juventus in a
transfer worth €100 million, the highest ever paid by an Italian club and the highest fee ever paid for
a player over 30 years old.
A Portuguese international, Ronaldo was named the best Portuguese player of all time by
the Portuguese Football Federation in 2015. He made his senior debut for Portugal in 2003 at age
18, and has since had over 150 caps, including appearing and scoring in eight major tournaments,
becoming Portugal's most capped player and his country'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, before becoming
the highest European international goalscorer of all-time.[8] One of the most marketable athletes in
the world, 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, 2017 and 2018.

Contents

 1Early life
 2Club career
o 2.1Sporting CP
o 2.2Manchester United
 2.2.12003–07: Development and breakthrough
 2.2.22007–09: Collective and individual success
o 2.3Real Madrid
 2.3.12009–13: World record transfer and La Liga championship
 2.3.22013–15: Consecutive FIFA Ballon d'Or wins and La Décima
  2.3.32015–17: All-time Real Madrid top scorer and La Undécima
 2.3.42017–18: A record fifth Champions League title and fifth Ballon d'Or
o 2.4Juventus
 2.4.12018–19
 3International career
o 3.12001–07: Youth level and early international career
o 3.22007–12: Assuming the captaincy
o 3.32012–16: All-time Portugal top scorer and European champion
o 3.42016–present: Post-European Championship victory, and World Cup
 4Player profile
o 4.1Style of play
o 4.2Reception
o 4.3Comparisons to Lionel Messi
 5Outside football
 6Personal life
o 6.1Family and relationships
o 6.2Philanthropy
o 6.3Controversies
 7Career statistics
o 7.1Club
o 7.2International
 8Honours and achievements
o 8.1Club
o 8.2International
o 8.3Individual
 8.3.1Awards
 8.3.2Performances
 8.3.3Orders
o 8.4Records
 8.4.1World
 8.4.2Continental
 8.4.3Spain
 8.4.4Portugal
 8.4.5Real Madrid
 9See also
 10References
 11Further reading
 12External links