Born: February 5, 1985
Club: Real Madrid Spain
National Team: Portugal
Awards and Honors:
- FIFPro Special Young Player of the Year, 2005
- FIFPro World Player of the Year, 2008
- FIFA World Player of the Year, 2008
- Ballon d'Or (the first Manchester United player who received this award within a period of 40 years)
Cristiano Ronaldo Football Career:
Cristiano Ronaldo holds the record for most expensive transfer in the historyof football, after the value of the transfer to Real Madrid for? 80 million (€ 94 million, U.S. $ 132 million). His contract with Real Madrid is believed to place the highest-paid footballer in the world.
Cristiano Ronaldo began his career as a junior player in the small club, Madeira, just a minute and then moved to Sporting Clube de Portugal.
Ronaldo interest Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson in 2003, when Sporting beat Manchester United 3-1 in a game during the inauguration of Jose Alvalade stadium in Lisbon. Ronaldo made the MU players impressed, so they convince Ferguson to recruit Ronaldo. Ferguson then recruit Ronaldo who was then 18 years old, with a transfer value of £ 12.24 million. In the next season Ronaldo won the FA Cup and with Portugal in the final UEFA Euro 2004, where Ronaldo scored his first international goal.
Ronaldo became the first Portugal footballer who plays for Manchester United and put on the back number 7, the number formerly worn by pemain2 like George Best, Bryan Robson, Eric Cantona and David Beckham. Actually Ronaldo wants back the number 28 (his number at Sporting club).
"After I joined (with MU), the manager asked what number I wanted, I answered 28. But Ferguson said, "No, you will wear the number 7," and the famous number provides additional motivation for me. I am encouraged to maintain that honor. "Ronaldo deception.
Three time Ballon d'Or winner, Johan Cruyff said that Ronaldo better than George Best and Denis Law who had a brilliant and great players in the history of English football.
On June 26, 2009, Real Madrid confirmed that Cristiano Ronaldo will join Madrid as of July 1, 2009. Then on July 6, 2009, Cristiano Ronaldo was officially announced to the media as a Real Madrid player back number 9, which previously worn by Javier Saviola moved to Benfica of Portugal.
Ronaldo was greeted by 80,000 fans at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium, beating the record Maradona greeted by 75,000 fans during the move from Barcelona to Naples in 2004.
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