Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro, better known as Cristiano Ronaldo (Portuguese pronunciation) (Funchal, 5 February 1985), is a Portuguese player, striker of Real Madrid and of the Portuguese national team, of which he is captain. of Europe in 2016.
Considered one of the best footballers of all time, he is one of the most prolific markers in football history.
Over the course of his career he has dressed the jerseys of Sporting Lisbon, Manchester United and Real Madrid, winning a Portuguese Super Cup (2002), three English championships (2006-2007, 2007-2008, 2008-2009), a Cup of England ( 2003-2004), two English League Cups (2005-2006, 2008-2009), two English Supercups (2007, 2008), two Spanish Championships (2011-2012 and 2016-2017), two Spanish Cups (2010-2011) , 2013-2014), two Spanish Super Cups (2012 and 2017), four UEFA Champions League (2007-2008, 2013-2014, 2015-2016, 2016-2017), two UEFA Super Cups (2014, 2017) and four World Cups for FIFA clubs (2008, 2014, 2016, 2017).
With the Portuguese national team he played three World Cups (2006, 2010, 2014), four European Championships (2004, 2008, 2012, 2016) - winning the 2016 one, the first in the history of Portugal - and a Confederations Cup (2017). It counts 147 appearances and 79 goals with the Lusitanian jersey, the first player both for the number of appearances and for the networks realized.
He has appeared continuously in the ranking of the Golden Ball since 2004, winning five times (in 2008, 2013, 2014, 2016 and 2017), an absolute record shared with Lionel Messi. He was also awarded the FIFA World Player of the Year awards. in 2008, UEFA Best Player in Europe in 2014, 2016 and 2017 and Best FIFA Men's Player in 2016 and 2017.
He was born in 1985 in Funchal by Maria Dolores dos Santos Aveiro and José Dinis Aveiro. The Christian name is due to the Christian faith of the mother, while the second name, Ronaldo, was chosen in honor of Ronald Reagan, favorite actor of the father and president of the United States at that time. He has an older brother, Hugo (born in 1975), and two older sisters, Elma (born in 1974) and Liliana Cátia (born in 1976). [10]
In July 2010 he announced the birth of his first child, deciding not to reveal the mother's name and to assume the exclusive custody of the child. On 8 June 2017 he became the father of twins, a boy and a girl, born of a surrogate mother. On 12 November 2017 he became the father of Alana Martina, [14] by Georgina Rodriguez, her partner since 2016.
He is the testimonial of various companies, including Clear, Giorgio Armani and Nike: on February 23, 2010, in collaboration with the latter, he was dedicated a statue of 10 meters depicting himself in the center of the city of Madrid. He also appeared on the covers of PES 2008, PES 2012 and PES 2013 videogames.
In October 2013 he launched his own underwear line, called CR7 (nickname with which it is known, the result of the combination of his initials with his shirt number), designed in collaboration with the American designer Richard Chai. In September 2015 he launched his perfume: Cristiano Ronaldo Legacy.
Cristiano Ronaldo has often distinguished himself for his actions outside the field of play: close to the Palestinian cause, in 2012 he sold the gold shoe he had auctioned the previous year, earning the proceeds - a million and a half euros - to finance schools for children in Gaza, in February 2013 he handed over a 100 000 euro check received by UEFA to the International Committee of the Red Cross, in March 2014 he donated € 70,000 to a Spanish family for fully fund the care of a child with a brain disease.
In 2015 a documentary about his life and his football career was distributed worldwide, produced by the English director Anthony Wonke and titled Ronaldo. In 2015, with a patrimony of 210 million euros, he is the richest footballer in the world ahead of Lionel Messi and Neymar. [ According to Forbes magazine in the ranking of the highest paid sports in the world, in 2014 alone it earned 79.6 million dollars, preceding Lionel Messi (73.8) and placing itself behind the boxers Manny Pacquiao (160) and Floyd Mayweather Jr. (300).
Technical features
It features great ball-to-toe speed (it is one of the fastest players in the world, with a top speed of 33.6 km / h ). Equipped with a great individual technique, in his technical baggage fall several fakes, including dribbling, double steps, rapid changes of direction and the so-called rabona. Natural right, is able to kick with both feet. Multi-purpose player, able to play on both sides or even in the middle, defines a wing, but can also adapt to the role of striker thanks to