Cristiano Ronaldo Profile

Full Name: Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro
Place of Birth: Funchal, Madeira, Portugal
Date of Birth: 5 February 1985
Nationality: Portugal
Position: Striker
Playing in the Club: Real Madrid


Cristiano Ronaldo was born in Funchal, Madeira, Portugal on 5 February 1985. The player's full name Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro it holds the record as the world's most expensive player when transferred Real Madrid from Manchester United in the summer of 2009 worth 132 million dollars or more than 1.3 trillion dollars.

Players who became captain of the Portuguese national team that won the golden age when joining Manchester United in 2003 from his first professional club in Portugal, Sporting Lisbon, which makes it the first Portuguese player at Old Trafford with the transfer "only" 12.24 million pounds.

Ronaldo, who initially chose number 28 in Manchester United's punggu but given the number 7 by Sir Alex Ferguson that made his debut for the Red Devils in the Premiership when Bolton won 4-0 and scored his first goal in England when they beat Portsmouth 3-0 on 1 November 2003.

Ronaldo scored his thousandth Premiership on October 29, 2005 when they lost 1-4 of Middlesbrough and Ronaldo in the same year won the Best Young Player in 2005.

Cristiano Ronaldo Profile

In November and December 2006, Ronaldo received consecutive Premiership award as the best player who makes the third player to win a record after Dennis Bergkamp in 1997 and Robbie Fowler in 1996.

Ronaldo scored 50 goals for Manchester United on May 5, 2007 in the face of their city rivals, Manchester City. In the same year, the Red Devils won their first Premiership title in four years and Ronaldo won the Best Young Player.

Rumor interest Spanish giants, Real Madrid, Ronaldo first appeared at the end of the 2006-2007 season with a starting bid worth 80 million euros. But United's offer was countered with a contract extension for five years Degnan Ronaldo salary worth 120 thousand pounds per week.

Ronaldo early 2007 to establish himself as the best player in the UK, Europe and the world by winning various titles, ranging Premiership Player, Best Young Player, Best Players Choice Player Professional English version.

In 2007, Ronaldo became the runner-up winner of the Ballon d'Or (European Footballer) under the AC Milan player who would become his teammate at Real Madrid, Kaka. Ronaldo also won third place after the FIFA Player of Kaka and Lionel Messi.

Ronaldo scored his first hat trick for Manchester United on January 12, 2008 when the Red Devils rolled Newcastle United with a score of 6-0.

For the first time in his career with Manchester United, Ronaldo served as captain on March 19, 2008 when United scored twice in the victory over Bolton. His second goal was Ronaldo's 33 goals in all competitions that season that made Ronaldo surpassed George Best's record in 40 years with a total of 32 goals 1967-1968 season. High productivity makes Ronaldo won the European Golden Boot in 2008, winning eight goals from Mallorca striker Dani Guiza.

Total, Ronaldo scored 42 goals in all competitions for the 2007-08 season and to within four goals by Denis Law's record of scoring 46 goals 1963-64 season.

Individual degree more perfect 2007-08 season Ronaldo with Manchester United's achievement winning the Champions League by beating Chelsea in the final in Moscow. Ronaldo scored one goal to United's goalkeeper Petr Cech at the normal time before Chelsea equalized at 1-1 until the game ended and the United clinched on penalties.

Entering the 2008 season, Ronaldo performance slightly because in addition plagued by injuries, rumors of a move to Real Madrid continued to roll like a ball of snow. Mutual claims and attacked in the media between Real Madrid and Manchester United became the British media headlines almost every day early in the season 2008-2009.

After recovering from the injury, Ronaldo still show sharp for United, scoring one goal that to 100 and 101 as the promotion of the team's 5-0 win over Stoke City. Ronaldo has scored a record 19 goals for League contestants.

On December 2, 2008, Ronaldo was awarded the European Footballer (Ballon d'Or) as the first Manchester United player who received it after George Best in 1968.

Ronaldo had an accident while driving his car, the Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano, in a tunnel near Manchester airport, but Ronaldo survived the crash and suffered only minor injuries. Four days after the accident, Ronaldo became the first player in the history of Manchester United, who became FIFA World Player and a second Portuguese player Luis Figo in 2001.

In the quarter-final second leg menghadapo Porto, Ronaldo scored from a distance of 40 yards called Ronaldo as the best goal ever scored in his career.

In the final of the Champions League 2008/09 to face Barcelona at the Olimpico, Roma, Ronaldo performed under perform and lost 0-2. In June 2009, Manchester United accepted a bid of 80 million pounds from Real Madrid after Ronaldo expressed his desire to leave the club.

When leaving United, Ronaldo thanked Sir Alex Ferguson by saying, "He is my father in sport, one of the most important factors and most influential in my career,"

On June 26, 2009, Real Madrid officially announced the transfer of Ronaldo and was introduced to the public in Santiago Barnebeu on July 6, 2009 with the costume back numbered 9 which was previously worn Argentine player Javier Saviola. The event was attended introductory Ronaldo Madrid legend Alfredo di Stefano, and was greeted by 80 thousand supporters of Los Merengues in Santiago Barnebu, surpassing the record of Diego Maradona at Napoli dihadidi 75 thousand in 1984.

Ronaldo scored his first goal for Real Madrid in La Liga debut as face Deportivo La Coruna and scored two goals for Real Madrid in Champions League first matchday face FC Zurich.

Portugal national team, Ronaldo made his debut in a 1-0 win over Kazakhstan, August 20, 2003. Ronaldo in Euro 2004 by scoring two goals in the group stage and the semi-finals. Despite failing to take Portugal to win by defeated Greece in the final, Ronaldo was selected as the tournament's best team. Ronaldo also performed with Portugal at the 2004 Olympics.

At the 2006 World Cup qualifiers, Ronaldo is the second leading scorer with seven goals while at the finals in Germany Ronaldo only scored one goal in a penalty confront Iran.

When facing England in the quarter-final, Ronaldo was involved in an incident with England players who are teammates at Manchester United, Wayne Rooney, by provoking the referee Horacio Elizondo to give a red card to Rooney. From the replays, Ronaldo was seen winking at the referee to clarify that despite Rooney red card purely for violation of Rooney and Ronaldo were not for intimidation.

The incident provoked outrage and make British media speculation Cristiano Ronaldo's move to Real Madrid. In an interview with leading Spanish daily, Marca, Ronaldo admitted that he had asked to take it off to Manchester United for Real Madrid.

The day after the 22nd birthday, Ronaldo Ronaldo for the first time served as captain of the Portuguese national team in test matches face Brazil, 6 February 2007. Since the national team coached by Carlos Queiroz's Portugal after Euro 2008, Ronaldo has always been the first choice as captain Seleccao das Quinas.

In qualifying for Euro 2008, Ronaldo scored eight goals that make it a runner-up finish top scorer in the Polish striker, Ebi Smolarek. Sharpness Ronaldo in qualifying does not continue in the finals as Portugal were eliminated in the quarter-finals by Germany.

Injury while playing for Real Madrid makes Ronaldo missed two games to strengthen Portugal's World Cup playoff crucial European zone face Bosnia-Herzegovina. However, although not confirmed Ronaldo, Portugal still ensure themselves qualify for South Africa with a 2-0 aggregate score. These actions are now awaited Ronaldo in World Cup 2010.

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