Cristiano Ronaldo

 .Cristiano Ronaldo

- Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro, born on February 5, 1985, is a renowned Portuguese footballer. Currently serving as a forward and captain for the Saudi Pro League club Al Nassr, as well as the Portugal national team, Ronaldo is widely recognized as one of the greatest players in the history of the sport. His extraordinary achievements encompass five Ballon d'Or Awards, an impressive record of three UEFA Men's Player of the Year Awards, and four European Golden Shoes, the highest number attained by any European player. Throughout his illustrious career, Ronaldo has amassed a total of 33 trophies, including seven league titles, five UEFA Champions Leagues, the UEFA European Championship, and the UEFA Nations League. Notably, he holds numerous records in the Champions League, such as the most appearances (183), goals (140), and assists (42), as well as the highest number of goals (14) in the European Championship. Furthermore, Ronaldo has scored 128 international goals and made 205 international appearances, setting records in both categories. With over 1,200 appearances, the highest achieved by an outfield player, Ronaldo has solidified his position as the all-time leading goalscorer with an impressive tally of over 850 official senior career goals for both club and country.

- Ronaldo commenced his professional career at Sporting CP before joining Manchester United in 2003, where he achieved success by clinching the FA Cup in his debut season. Subsequently, he went on to secure three consecutive Premier League titles, the Champions League, and the FIFA Club World Cup. At the age of 23, he was honored with his first Ballon d'Or award. In 2009, Ronaldo made a groundbreaking move to Real Madrid for a staggering transfer fee of €94 million (£80 million), setting a new record at the time. At Real Madrid, he formed a formidable attacking trio alongside Karim Benzema and Gareth Bale, playing a pivotal role in the team's triumph in four Champions League tournaments from 2014 to 2018, including the historic La Décima. During this period, he claimed back-to-back Ballons d'Or in 2013 and 2014, followed by consecutive wins in 2016 and 2017, while finishing as the runner-up three times behind his perceived rival, Lionel Messi. Ronaldo also etched his name in the history books as Real Madrid's all-time leading goalscorer and the highest scorer in the Champions League, topping the competition's scoring charts for six consecutive seasons between 2012 and 2018. With Real Madrid, he amassed an impressive collection of trophies, including four Champions League titles, two La Liga championships, two Copa del Rey triumphs, two UEFA Super Cups, and three Club World Cups. In 2018, Ronaldo embarked on a new chapter in his career by joining Juventus in a transfer deal worth an initial €100 million (£88 million), making it the most expensive transfer involving an Italian club and a player over 30 years old. During his time at Juventus, he secured two Serie A titles, two Supercoppa Italiana trophies, and a Coppa Italia, while also being recognized as the inaugural Serie A Most Valuable Player. Additionally, he became the first footballer to clinch the top scorer accolade in the English, Spanish, and Italian leagues. In 2021, Ronaldo made a highly anticipated return to Manchester United, where he concluded his sole full season as the club's leading goalscorer before his contract was terminated in 2022. In 2023, he made a move to Al Nassr.

- Ronaldo, at the age of 18, made his debut for Portugal in 2003 and has since accumulated over 200 caps, making him the most-capped player in both the country's history and the history of the sport, as recognized by the Guinness World Records. Additionally, he holds the record for being the all-time top goalscorer in sports, with more than 100 goals at the international level. Ronaldo has participated in and scored in eleven major tournaments, including Euro 2004 where he scored his first international goal and helped Portugal reach the final. He took on the role of captain for the national team in July 2008. In 2015, the Portuguese Football Federation named Ronaldo the greatest Portuguese player of all time. The following year, he led Portugal to their first major tournament victory at Euro 2016 and received the Silver Boot as the second-highest goalscorer of the tournament. This achievement also earned him his fourth Ballon d'Or. Furthermore, Ronaldo guided Portugal to triumph in the inaugural UEFA Nations League in 2019, where he received the top scorer award in the finals. He later secured the Golden Boot as the top scorer of Euro 2020.

- Ronaldo, one of the most renowned and commercially successful athletes globally, secured the top spot as the highest-earning athlete according to Forbes in 2016, 2017, and 2023. Additionally, ESPN recognized him as the most celebrated athlete from 2016 to 2019. In 2014, Time magazine acknowledged his influence by including him in their prestigious list of the 100 most influential people worldwide. Notably, Ronaldo holds the distinction of being the first footballer and the third athlete overall to amass a staggering $1 billion throughout his career.

*Childhood and upbringing.

- Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro was born on February 5, 1985, in Funchal, the capital of the Portuguese island of Madeira. He grew up in Santo António, a nearby parish. Ronaldo is the youngest of four children, with his mother, Maria Dolores dos Santos Viveiros da Aveiro, working as a cook and cleaning woman in the hospitality industry, and his father, José Dinis Aveiro, being a municipal gardener and part-time kit man for the Andorinha football club. His great-grandmother on his father's side, Isabel da Piedade, hailed from the Island of São Vicente, Cape Verde. Ronaldo has an older brother named Hugo and two older sisters named Elma and Liliana Cátia "Katia". He was named after actor and former U.S. President Ronald Reagan, whom his father admired. Despite facing financial difficulties, his mother considered aborting him due to poverty, his father's alcoholism, and the family already having many children. However, her doctor declined to perform the procedure as abortions were illegal in Portugal at that time. Ronaldo grew up in a modest Roman Catholic household, sharing a room with his siblings.

During his childhood, Ronaldo played for Andorinha from 1992 to 1995, where his father served as the kit man. He later spent two years with Nacional before joining Sporting CP's youth system in Lisbon in 1997. At the age of 12, he went on a three-day trial with Sporting CP and was signed for a fee of £1,500. Ronaldo relocated from Madeira to Lisbon to pursue his football career. By the age of 14, he believed he had the potential to play semi-professionally and made the decision, with the support of his mother and Sporting CP tutor Leonel Pontes, to discontinue his education at Escola EB2de Telheiras in the Telheiras area of Lisbon. Ronaldo faced challenges balancing his school responsibilities and football commitments. Living away from his family in Madeira, he did not complete his education beyond the 6th grade. Although he was well-liked by his peers, Ronaldo was expelled from school after throwing a chair at his teacher, whom he believed had mistreated him.

*Private life.

- Family, children, and relationships

.Ronaldo is the proud father of five children. His journey into fatherhood began on June 17, 2010, when he welcomed his first son in the United States. The identity of the mother has been kept private, as per their agreement. Ronaldo has full custody of his son. In 2015, his relationship with Russian model Irina Shayk came to an end after five years.

Later, Ronaldo became a father to twins through surrogacy on June 8, 2017, also in the United States. Currently, he is in a relationship with Argentine-born Spanish model Georgina Rodríguez, who gave birth to their daughter on November 12, 2017. Unfortunately, the couple experienced a tragic loss during the birth of their expected twins in 2022. While the female twin survived, the male twin sadly did not.

Ronaldo's father, José, passed away at the age of 52 in September 2005 due to an alcoholism-related liver condition. This loss occurred when Ronaldo was just 20 years old.

In January 2023, Ronaldo relocated to Saudi Arabia with his family after signing with Al Nassr, a team in the Saudi Pro League. Despite the usual rule that unmarried couples cannot live together in Saudi Arabia, the rulers of the Muslim-leaning Kingdom made an exception for Ronaldo. Although the laws of the Kingdom still prohibit cohabitation without a marriage contract, Saudi authorities have chosen to turn a blind eye and refrain from prosecuting anyone, even though these laws are typically enforced in cases involving problems or crimes, according to an unnamed Saudi lawyer who spoke to the Spanish news agency EFE.

It is worth noting that Ronaldo has Cape Verdean ancestry through his great-grandmother and follows the Roman Catholic faith.

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