Cristiano Ronaldo is a Portuguese professional footballer, who is said to play for the Premier League club, Manchester United and as a captain of the Portugal National team. The player has managed to win three consecutive ‘Premier League’ titles, the ‘Champions League’ and the ‘FIFA Club World Cup’. After signing with Real Madrid in 2009, he is said to register 15 trophies, which included two La Liga titles, two Copa del Rey, and four Champions Leagues.
However, the player achieved more than 190 caps, which made him Portugal’s most-capped player. And with over 100 goals at international level, he came to be known as the nation’s all-time top goal scorer. With numerous and excellent victories to his name, the player is regarded as one of the greatest players of all time and is said to have a huge fan following.
Biography of Cristiano Ronaldo
- Real Name: Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro
- Other/Nickname: CR7, Cris, Ron, Ronnie, The Sultan of The Stepover. Once nicknamed as ‘Noodle’
- Profession: Soccer player
- Famous for: Being a football player of the Real Madrid club, also one of the richest football players
- Other Hobbies: Music, Workout
Physical Features of Cristiano Ronaldo
- Height: 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
- Weight: 83 kilograms (approx.)
- Eye Colour: Hazel Brown
- Hair Colour: Black
Personal Life of Cristiano Ronaldo
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- Date of Birth: February 5, 1985
- Age: 37 years (as in 2022)
- Nationality: Portuguese
- Birthplace: Santo António, Portugal
- Hometown: Funchal, Madeira, Portugal
- Coach/Mentor: Laszlo Boloni, Leonel Pontes, Alex Ferguson, René Meulensteen
- Idol: Luis Figo
Cristiano Ronaldo’s Debut:
- Professional Debut– 20 August 2003 against Kazakhstan
Cristiano Ronaldo’s Achievements:
- In his entire career, the soccer player has managed to achieve around 32 trophies which include seven league titles, five UEFA Champions Leagues, as well as the UEFA European Championship.
- Ronaldo has registered numerous Ballon d’Or awards to his name.
- Moreover, the player is said to have achieved four European Golden Shoes, which is the maximum by any European player.
- He is considered as one of the few players who made over 1,100 professional career appearances, also has managed to score over 800 official senior career goals for the club and country.
- According to Forbes, Cristiano was the 2nd highest-paid soccer player of 2020, with $117 million in earnings.
- Cristiano was awarded a golden visa by the ‘United Arab Emirates’ in 2020, under the Dubai Sports Council initiative in order to connect global players and encourage them to live and invest in the UAE.
- Ronaldo was presented the Golden Boot award during Euro 2020, as he was the top scorer with 5 goals in a total of 360 minutes.
- In 2021, Ronaldo was ranked #6 in the list of “50 Most Influential People on Twitter” as per Brand Watch Consumer Research.
- As per the Forbes list of October 2022 Cristiano was the 3rd highest-paid footballer of 2022. Moreover, he has been estimated to make $100 million in the 2022-2023 season.
- He has been recognised as the world’s most famous athlete by ESPN from 2016-2019.
- The player was also included by ‘Time’ on their list of “100 most influential people in the world” in the year of 2014.
Family Details of Cristiano Ronaldo
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- Parents Names: Father- José Dinis Aveiro, Mother- Maria Dolores dos Santos Aveiro
- Siblings: Brother- Hugo Aveiro, Sisters- Elma Aveiro, and Liliana Cátia Aveiro
- Children: Sons- Cristiano Ronaldo Jr, Mateo Ronaldo. Daughters- Eva Maria Dos Santos, Alana Martina dos Santos Aveiro, Bella Esmeralda.
- Religion: Roman Catholicism
Lesser-Known Facts about Cristiano Ronaldo:
- Cristiano’s second name ‘Ronaldo’ has been selected based on the name of former US president Ronald Reagan, who was his father’s favourite actor.
- He was considered as the most expensive teenager in 2003.
- In the year of 2012, his salary was 12 million Euros. And in the same year, he made it to the 5th highest social rank in the world after Lady Gaga, Rihanna, Justin Bieber, and Katy Perry.
- His father was addicted to alcohol and died of a bad liver condition in 2005, when Cristiano was 20 years old.
- In the year of 2015, he managed to buy a 3-bedroom apartment in Trump Tower for $18.5 million. Moreover, it was later revealed in June 2021 that he had listed it for $7.75 million, which was almost $10.75 million less than the cost price.
- According to reports, the player doesn’t have any tattoos. This is because he is a regular blood and bone marrow donor.
- Cristiano is said to become the most followed personality on Instagram, in the month of October 2018.
- According to Hopper HQ’s 2021 Instagram Rich list, the soccer player was charging $1,604,000 per sponsored post on Instagram as he had more than 350 million followers.
- Ronaldo is however, considered as the first player in Manchester United to have his own personal chef specifically for cooking high protein meals.
- Moreover, in the month of December 2021, his statue of 410 kg, which was made of brass and worth INR 1.2 million, was installed in India’s Goa’s beach village of Calangute, in order to serve as an inspiration to the local youth.
- On the occasion of his girlfriend Georgina Rodríguez’s 28th birthday in January 2022, Ronaldo gifted her a unique gift in the form of a laser show in Dubai which featured Georgina’s face on Burj Khalifa. Ronaldo had spent £50,000 on this.
- Unfortunately, the player has lost his baby boy during childbirth in the month of April 2022.
- As per sources, the player was expelled from school because of throwing a chair at the teacher. So, after receiving a suspension from school, his mother decided that Cristiano should focus only on football. Also, Cristiano took less interest in his studies.
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