Portuguese footballer, Real Madrid player , can play as a winger or second striker, both on the left and on the right.
Because of the technique he possesses, speed, agility, dribbling, shot on goal and goal; It is considered one of the best in the world. Win the Pichichi award on May 22 of the 2011 to accumulating 40 goals in the Spanish League football . His highest trophy is the Ballon d’ Or achieved in 2008 , 2013 , 2014 , 2016 and 2017 .
Biographical synthesis
He was born on 5 of February of 1985 in Madeira , Portugal , grows in a working class neighborhood on the Portuguese island of Madeira, within a humble family with three other siblings. Father Dinis Aviero, called him Ronaldo after Ronald Reagan , a politician whom he professed deep admiration.
Passion for soccer
Since he was little, he showed devotion to football , and in 1993 he began to practice it officially by enrolling in Andorinha, a small club in the land where his father collaborated. He began to stand out above his teammates in Andorinha, and when he was 10 years old, in 1995 , the great teams on the island (Marítimo and Nacional) were already raffling him off. Finally he joined the ranks of the National Sports Club, where he continued to progress, becoming one of the brightest promises in Portuguese football.
From a very young age he is a crack. When he was 11 years old, Cristiano Ronaldo signed for Sporting de Portugal . There he became the only player to go through four teams in the lower categories and debut with the first team in the same season. He was then traded to Manchester United , where he continued to hone quality and garner titles before signing for Real Madrid in the summer of 2009 .
In 2001, he took a three-day trial to sign for Sporting de Portugal , and finally left Nacional to join the Lisbon club , moving to the Portuguese capital. Once the transfer was completed, he began his new journey in the Lisbon club discipline. There they assigned him, along with the rest of his classmates, personalized tutors who guided him in his studies, psychologists who helped him through adolescence and doctors who observed physical development. All this contributed to his training as a person and as a footballer, a development that would end up leading him to play the first 90 minutes in the Portuguese Super League in October 2001, when he was only 17 years old.
Cristiano caused among the fans and the press an impression, becoming part of the group of regulars of the template that was proclaimed in the 2001 season / 2002 , winner of the top division of the Portuguese league.
In the Summer of 2003 , Sporting Lisbon and Manchester United played a friendly match on the occasion of the inauguration of the José Alvalade stadium for the European Championship to be held in Portuguese lands. In that game, the young winger put together a magnificent performance that would astonish both the players of the English eleven who were the ones who advised their coach Sir Alex Ferguson to do everything possible to sign the Portuguese star.
At 26 years old, the Madeira- born boy already acts as captain and absolute leader of the Portuguese team. He made his international debut on 20 August of the 2003 against Kazakhstan (with the Luso set victory 1-0). Fast, agile, powerful, with a tremendous punch and a great header, Cristiano is considered today as one of the best forwards in the world. On April 13 of the 2007 , Ronaldo renewed the contract with Manchester until 2012 , becoming the highest paid player in the world.
Trajectory
Absolute Selection
The player stood out as one of the players with the greatest projection on the football scene, and made the leap to the senior team with which he debuted on August 20, after the return of the Toulon tournament being a fixture in the calls. His actions earned him so that in 2004 he was part of the Portugal team at Euro 2004, whose country was also in charge of celebrating. In the tournament he played six games, scoring his first goal with the senior team in the first game of the tournament in the Portuguese defeat by 1-2 against Greece, who defeated them days later in the final.
In it, which coincided with his team’s first match in the tournament, Ronaldo replaced Simão Sabrosa early in the second half and scored the Portuguese goal after a header from a corner kick by Luís Figo. The match ended with a 1-2 defeat against the Greek team, 185 with whom they later met in the final of the tournament.186 Despite this, the player was able to demonstrate the great talent he already possessed at the age of nineteen.
The inaugural stumble did not prevent his team from reaching the semifinals of the tournament after leaving the Russian team, the Spanish team and the English team on the way, the latter from the penalty shoot-out, where Ronaldo scored his shot.187 semifinals, he faced the Dutch team against which he scored his second goal of the championship that served to win 2-1 and thus access the final of the tournament, where curiously he faced the Greek team again, thus repeating the duel that inaugurated the twelfth edition of the highest national team competition in Europe. In the final, the Greeks won 1-0, depriving the player of coming out as continental champion in his first appearance in official competition with the national team.186
Ronaldo finished with two goals and two assists, 188 a runner-up and inclusion in the ideal tournament squad that included the best twenty-three players in the tournament according to the UEFA Technical Study Group.189
Cristiano was called up by the Portuguese coach Luiz Felipe Scolari to play the 2006 World Cup held in Germany, in which he was the first appearance in the world’s top national team tournament. The player was one of the great architects in the qualifying phase, scoring seven goals that helped Portugal finish undefeated and thus go to their fourth World Cup, with the aim of repeating the success of the last European Championship.
After the runner-up in the aforementioned great football event in 2004, Portugal got rid of the Angolan team, the Iranian team, the Mexican team, the Dutch team and the English team, reaching the semifinals of a competition in which the player could only scoring a goal. In the decisive match against the French team, a lone goal by Zinedine Zidane prevented Ronaldo from reaching his second consecutive final with his team. He finally finished in fourth place in the competition after also losing the match for third place.
One day after his 22nd birthday, Ronaldo was Portugal’s captain for the first time in a friendly against Brazil on February 6, 2007.190 This move was in honor of the president of the Portuguese Football Federation Carlos Silva, who had died two days earlier. . Portugal coach Luiz Felipe Scolari explained: “Mr. Silva asked me to make [Ronaldo] captain as a gesture … [who] is too young to be captain, but Mr. Silva asked me, now that he is no longer with us. “191
At Euro 2008, held in Austria and Switzerland, Cristiano was one of those selected to represent Portugal in that tournament. Cristiano was the author of the second of Portugal’s three goals in his second match against the Czech Republic, in which Portugal won 1-3. They were finally eliminated in the quarterfinals by Germany, unable to repeat the success of the previous edition.
For the next big date, the Portuguese coach Carlos Queiroz called Cristiano to play in the 2010 Soccer World Cup held in South Africa. Cristiano only scored one goal, and it was against North Korea, in which Portugal won 7-0192 after having drawn 0-0 against Ivory Coast.193 194 Nor could they rise to the top positions as they were eliminated in the round of 16 by the Spanish team – ultimately the winner of the tournament. Ronaldo – at Euro 2012 – during the game against Germany.
Cristiano topped Portugal’s roster to play the 2012 Euro Cup in Poland and Ukraine.195 The Portuguese team was lined up in Group B – the so-called group of death – 196 n 6 together with the Germany of the «Löw Generation», the The Netherlands runner-up in the world in the last World Cup in South Africa, and the dangerous cast of Denmark. 197 198
In the first game – against the German team – the Portuguese lost 1-0.199 Against Denmark, Paulo Bento’s team won 2-3,200 And in the last game – against the Dutch team – they won thanks to two goals from Ronaldo (2 -1) who silenced the criticism that had fallen on him after the two previous games.201 In the quarter-finals – where he faced the Czech Republic team – Cristiano became a hero again by scoring the only goal of the match.202 In the Semifinals —Where he ran into Spain again after being eliminated in the previous World Cup— he drew 0-0 in regulation time, finally falling in the penalty shootout, where the player was unable to shoot the fifth shot for his team because the shootout was resolved in the pre-release.203
Despite this, Cristiano was one of the top scorers of the tournament with his three goals, and was also second in the ranking of the Castrol EDGE Index, which rewards the regularity of the players in the tournament, 205 being also one of the twenty-three most outstanding footballers. of the Euro for the committee of the European Union of Football Associations.
For the next appointment, the 2014 World Cup in Brazil Portugal was classified in Group F qualifying. On paper, the Portuguese and Russians would compete for the World Cup place, so their direct confrontations were essential, finally choosing one for each side.207 208 This led to the remaining group clashes being decisive. After the ten corresponding matches, the Portuguese team finished second, forced to play the repechage tie. In this phase, Portugal faced the Swedish team obtaining the classification after an aggregate score of 4-2 —with all four goals being scored by Cristiano Ronaldo—, 209 to sign a total of eight in the qualifying matches for the World Cup.210 Yes Ronaldo will play the 2018 Soccer World Cup and score a goal in the competition,would reach the record shared by Uwe Seeler, Pelé and Miroslav Klose, as one of the only players in history to score goals in 4 different World Cups.
Después de perderse el primer partido de las Clasificaciones UEFA para la Euro 2016 contra Albania por lesión, Ronaldo anotó un gol en tiempo de descuento en el minuto 95 para ayudar a Portugal a ganar con un triunfo 1-0 contra Dinamarca.211 212 . Nuevamente, el 14 de noviembre de 2014, jugó contra Armenia por las Clasificaciones UEFA para la Euro 2016, donde anotó el único tanto del partido que le dio la victoria 1-0 a su selección.
Later, on June 13, 2015, he again faced the Armenian team for the UEFA Classifications for Euro 2016, where he had a brilliant performance converting a triplet that gave Portugal the victory by 3 goals to 2, leaving thus leader of group I. On October 8, 2015, he played a match valid for the UEFA Classifications for Euro 2016 against the Denmark National Team, where he would get a valuable 1-0 victory that allowed him to qualify, as group leader I already lack a date, to the Eurocup France 2016. It is worth mentioning that, because he was already classified, Ronaldo did not play the last match of his Selection for the UEFA Classifications for Euro 2016, played on October 11, 2015 and in the which Portugal would win by 2 goals to 1. Skills
He won the 2016 European Championship after defeating Portugal to France in the final. Cristiano had to retire in the first half due to injury, but he ended up lifting the trophy as team captain and, in addition, was proclaimed Silver Boot of the tournament by scoring three goals and giving three assists. This is how the Portuguese footballer achieved his first official national team title.
Club World Cup
With the three goals scored on 12/18/2016 for Real Madrid in the final of the Club World Cup, Cristiano Ronaldo equaled a mark established more than half a century ago by Pelé, highlight the Brazilian media. Pelé achieved the feat reissued this Sunday by the Portuguese attacker in the 1962 decision, when Santos defeated Benfica 5-2 in a match played in Lisbon. Until now, recalled the UOL news portal, the Brazilian soccer idol was the only player in the history of the Club World Cup (counting the Intercontinental Cup phase, pre-FIFA) who could score three times in a final challenge.
Sporting from Portugal
Once the transfer was completed, he began his new journey in the discipline of the Lisbon club. There they assigned him, along with the rest of his peers, psychologists, personalized tutors who guided him in his studies and doctors who observed his physical growth. All this contributed to his training as a person and as a footballer.
When ‘ Cristiano Ronaldo’ Text in bold was fifteen years old, he was diagnosed with a heart problem that may have forced him to retire from playing soccer. Sporting Lisbon informed Cristiano Ronaldo’s mother what the problem was, who, aware of the risks, gave him permission to go to the hospital.
He then underwent an operation in which the area of the heart that was causing the problem was analyzed through laser surgery. The surgery was performed in the morning and Cristiano Ronaldo was discharged from the hospital the same afternoon and a few days later he returned to training.
Undoubtedly, his great football development would end up leading him to play his first 90 minutes in the Portuguese Super League in October 2001, when he was only 16 years old. Cristiano caused among fans and press an impression, becoming part of the group of regulars template that became champion in the season 2001 -02.
Cristiano Ronaldo became the first player to play in a season in the Sporting youth team to the subsidiary team and from there to the Lisbon first team.
He was first noticed by Liverpool FC manager Gerard Houllier but refused to sign him as he was considered too young and had yet to develop his skills further.
However, in the summer of 2003 , Sporting Lisbon and Manchester United played a friendly match on the occasion of the inauguration of the José Alvalade stadium for Euro 2004 to be played on Portuguese soil.
In that game, the young winger put together a magnificent performance that would astonish both the rival players themselves and their coach Alex Ferguson, who managed to transfer the Portuguese to the English club shortly after that same summer, after paying 12.24 million pounds sterling. (more than 18 million euros). This transfer coincided with that of the also right half David Beckham to Real Madrid .
Manchester United
Coach Sir Alex Ferguson assigned him the number ‘7’ left by former Manchester captain , English midfielder David Beckham , when he left for Real Madrid that same season. He made his English league debut on August 16, 2003 against Bolton Wanderers, entering the 60th minute by English midfielder Nicky Butt .
He scored his first touchdown, from a free kick and second of the match, in a 3: 0 win over Portsmouth FC on 1 November at Old Trafford. Despite being a regular in the line-ups, he did not score again until February 14, 2004 in the victory against Manchester City 4: 2 for the round of 16 of the domestic Cup championship.
He had a more prominent role in the second round of the championship, he scored against Exeter City FC in the FA Cup, and later repeated with Aston Villa FC and Arsenal FC (2) in the Premier, against the Gunners he had his best performance of the campaign . They had an outstanding performance in the FA Cup, where they consecutively scored against Everton FC , Southampton FC , and Newcastle United FC in the final rounds of the Cup tournament , however they fell to Arsenal in the final.
That year ended without any title, the Red Devils were third in the league, and were eliminated in the last instances of the Community Shield, by Arsenal; the Carling Cup, by Chelsea FC ; and the Champions League by AC Milan . Ronaldo also did not meet his initial quota of 12 goals, he only scored 9 in the 50 games he played in the year.
With the victory 4: 2 on Fulham FC , with two goals from Ronaldo in February of 2006 he started a hot streak for United. Later the winger signed two outstanding performances against Portsmouth FC in the league and Wigan Athletic FC in the final of the Carling Cup, they were proclaimed champions after beating Wigan by a comfortable 4: 0.
With this, the London team was proclaimed league champion for the second consecutive year. His season-ending numbers left him with 12 goals in 47 games.
Campaigns with Manchester United
Real Madrid
CR7 during his presentation at Real Madrid
The November to June of 2009 Manchester United accepted an offer of 80 million, about € 96 million to Real Madrid CF negotiate with the player about his future after constant requests the player to leave.
Cristiano Champions Legue Real Madrid 2015
The transfer was confirmed on June 26 , thus the operation became the most expensive transfer in the history of football. On July 6, he was presented at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium before 80,000 people, at the ceremony he was presented with the shirt with the number 9, which had been vacated by Argentine striker Javier Saviola after his departure to SL Benfica.
The Portuguese signed a six-year contract with a net salary of € 13 million per year and a release clause of € 1 billion. He made his debut on July 21 against the Irish Shamrock Rovers during the Madrid team’s preseason.
Later, he played the 2009 Peace Cup , where he scored against Liga de Quito and Juventus FC , both scoring via penalty. In his first official matches he scored consecutively against RC Deportivo de La Coruña; RCD Espanyol;
FC Zürich (2), in the Champions League; and Xerez CD (2). Notably highlighting the last two. Against Villareal CF he scored his fifth goal, becoming his best start to the season and one of the best scoring starts in the history of a debutant at Real Madrid .
Would score his first hat-trick for Real Madrid on May 5 of the 2010 against Mallorca , with the final result 1-4 However this year even with great performances failed to win any title falling to 3 points the FC Barcelona in La Liga , [84] eliminated in the Champions League by Olympique de Lyon and in the Copa del Rey by Alrcorcón.
With the departure of captain Raúl he inherited his classic 7 . In the 2010 -11 season he would have a spectacular start to the league, despite not being able to score in the first few days, he had notable performances that would put him in the top scoring positions in La Liga, scoring for the first time in his career 4 goals in a match against Racing Santander .
CR7 celebrating his decisive goal against the boat, to win the Copa del Rey 2011
. In the month of October he would score in 6 games in a row and culminate with 13 goals, the most in a month for him.
On November 10, 2010 he would score goal 200. He would score 50 goals in 53 games, making him the Real Madrid player who has needed the fewest games to reach this figure. By the beginning of December, he already had more than 20 goals in less than 20 games in every competition.
CR7 Celebrates his 39th goal with Marcelo becoming the best Pichichi of all time
He finished 2010 with the best record in his career, 48 goals in any competition, 13 more goals than he achieved in 2008 with Manchester United . On March 3 , in the match against Málaga CF in which he scored his fifth hat-trick of the season, with a final score of 7-0, he was injured when he scored his team’s seventh goal.
He has stood out in 2011 , scoring the necessary goal to win La Copa del Rey on Wednesday , April 20 .
Cristiano is already football history. Of the 52 goals so far this season, he appeared in El Madrigal with the aim of smashing a record with 60 years of history and he did not fail. With a new double he raises his scoring account in the League to 41 goals and is already the best Pichichi [1] of all time.
On August 17 of the 2011 got the hundred goals as Real Madrid player at the Camp Nou . His goal to the center of Benzema, which meant 1-1 at that time in the game, also served for the Portuguese to make his debut in the Blaugrana fiefdom, where until now he had not scored.
Kissing the Ballon d’Or / 2015
Cristiano, in this way, breaks the jinx that haunted him on the Barça field, where, in his first game, with Manchester United , he missed a penalty in the Champions League