Cristiano Ronaldo

Net Worth

$500,000,000

Born in (City)

San Pedro, Funchal

Born in (Country)

Portugal

Date of Birth

05th December, 1985

Date of Death

Mother

Maria Dolores

Father

José Dinis Aveiro

Children

Cristiano Ronaldo Jr.
Alana Martina dos Santos Aveiro
Eva Maria Dos Santos
Mateo Ronaldo

About

Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Serie A club Juventus and captains the Portugal national team. He is considered the best player in the world and widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time.

Early Life

His early life was shaped by hardship as his father often drank too much to help keep the children and to maintain the financial stability his mother goes to work. Ronaldo often pressured his father to join the rehabilitation for his drinking, but his father never accepted it. He has one older brother, Hugo and two older sisters, Elma and Liliana Catia who is a singer. Ronaldo grew up in a largely working-class neighbourhood in a small tin-roofed home. Ronaldo was introduced to the soccer game through his dad. As a child, he played for amateur team Andorinha from 1992 to 1993 where his father works as a kit man and later two years he spent with Nacional. In 1997, he went for a three day trial with Sporting CP, where he signed for a fee of 1,500 euro. At the age of fourteen, he believed he can play soccer as a semi-professional and he told his mother to cease his education so that he can focus entirely on football. In school, he was quite famous among the students once his math teacher told him that there will be no future for him in football. He had been expelled after throwing a chair at his teacher, who he said had disrespected him. Ronaldo was diagnosed with a heart condition at the age of 15 where he underwent surgery and made a full recovery. Soon Cristiano Ronaldo left his unfriendly home. In 2001, 16 years, he signs with Manchester United and paid him 12 million euro. He was the highest-paid player at that age. On 7 October 2002, he made his debut in the Primeira Liga against Moreirense. In 2003 at the age of eighteen, he began his career playing for sporting Q before singing with the United at the age of 18. After a successful season with the sporting, the young player brought the attention of Europe’s biggest football clubs, he signed with English Powerhouse Manchester United in 2003.

Road to Success

His finest season was in 2007-2008 with United when he has scored forty-two leagues and earned golden shoe as Europe's leading scorer with 31 goals. In the history of the UFFA champions league, he holds the record of most goals of 128. He is one of the few recorded players to have made over 1,000 professional career appearances and has scored 700 career goals for club and country. In the season of 2008-2009, he underwent ankle surgery which kept him out of action for ten weeks. As he returns from the injury he scored his 100th goal in all the competitions for United with his first of two free-kicks in a 5-0 win against stoke city. He has scored 735 goals and provided 219 assists for the club and country. Ronaldo has won between thirty and thirty-three trophies in his career. He also attained sixteen titles from friendly competitions. He is the most famous sportsman in the world according to ESPN ranked and he is the most followed person on both Facebook and Instagram. He has achieved many Guinness World Records. In 2016 most goals in UEFA Champions League season by an individual, Most FIFA world player of the year were some of his Guinness world records. During 2010-2011 when he was controlling the ball on his chest in a La Liga game against Almeria, at his peak he was known for his exceptional speed and athleticism. Ronaldo was known for using the knuckleball technique.

Challenges

In 2005 when he was playing for Manchester United, his father died from a kidney problem. For him, the death of his dad was especially hard as he was close to his dad. “It was a very difficult moment. It’s not normal to lose your father at 20 years of age and you learn a great many things about yourself at such times,” said Ronaldo. He said, “Family is the most important support I have. I think if you don’t have a good relationship with your family then everything becomes more difficult. My father was No 1 in my life. He is always in my heart. I have a picture of him in my house, which I put up in a high position so I know he is always watching over me. I remember all the good things about him. He helped me a lot. I give grace to God for giving me a great family – my mother, my sisters, my brother, my cousins, even my brother-in-law. They have all been very important people in my life. It’s so important for a player to have his head in the right place. If you don’t have your head in the right place it becomes difficult.” Later, in 2017 his mother struggled with breast cancer.

Failures

In 2017 July, Ronaldo was charged with evading 15 million euro in tax between 2011 and 2014, which he denied claiming at the time. Later on 2018 June, Ronaldo was given two years suspended jail sentence and fined 18.8 million euro, afterwards it reduced to 16.8 million euro after a deal with Spanish authorities. The sentenced was served under probation without any jail time as long as he does not re-offend.

Achievements

He won five times FIFA Ballon d'Or award|He won four times world cup in 2016 (Italy), 2010 (Spain), 2014 (Germany), 2018 (France)|World Player of the Year 2008|Globe Soccer Awards- Best Player of the Year in 2011, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019

Quotes

I'm living a dream I never want to wake up from.
Your love makes me strong, your hate makes me unstoppable.
To Be The Best You Need The Best.