Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro, OIH, (Portuguese pronunciation: [kɾɨʃtiˈɐnu ʁuˈnaɫdu]; born 5 February 1985),[2] commonly known as Cristiano Ronaldo, is a Portuguese footballer who plays as a right winger or striker for Spanish La Liga club Real Madrid and is the captain of the Portuguese national team. Ronaldo is the most expensive player in football history after moving from Manchester United to Real Madrid in a transfer deal worth £80 million (€94m, US$132m). In addition, his contract with Real Madrid, in which he is to be paid £11 million per year over the following six years, makes him the highest-paid football player in the world,[3] and values him at €1 billion as per his buyout clause.[4]
Ronaldo began his career as a youth player for Andorinha, where he played for two years, then moved to Nacional. In 1997, he made a move to Portuguese giants Sporting Clube de Portugal. Ronaldo's precocious talent caught the attention of Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson and signed the 18-year-old for £12.24 million in 2003. The following season, Ronaldo won his first club honour, the FA Cup and played at Euro 2004 with Portugal. Ronaldo scored his first international goal in the opening game of the tournament against Greece, although Greece won 2–1. Portugal reached the final, which they again lost to Greece.
Ronaldo was the first player to win all four main PFA and FWA awards, doing so in 2007. In 2008, Ronaldo won the Champions League with United, was named best forward and player of the tournament and was the competition's top goalscorer as well as winning the European Golden Shoe, becoming the first winger to do so, and topping the Premier League Golden Boot award. He won three of the four main PFA and FWA trophies, only missing the PFA Young Player of the Year, and was named the FIFPro, World Soccer and Onze d'Or Footballer of the Year[5][6][7] and the FIFA World Player of the Year, in addition to becoming Manchester United's first Ballon d'Or winner in 40 years.[8] Ronaldo holds the distinction of being the first player to win the FIFA Puskás Award, an honour handed by FIFA to the best goal of the year. He scored that goal from 40 yards out against FC Porto in a UEFA Champions League quarter-final match, while playing for Manchester United.[9] Three-time Ballon d'Or winner Johan Cruyff said in an interview on 2 April 2008, "Ronaldo is better than George Best and Denis Law, who were two brilliant and great players in the history of United."[10]
On 15 May 2011, Ronaldo became the highest goalscorer in a season in the history of Real Madrid with 51 goals, surpassing the club's previous high of 49 by Ferenc Puskás. He would later finish the season with a total of 53 goals, making him the first Real Madrid player to ever reach and surpass 50 goals in a season. Six days later, Ronaldo broke the record of most goals ever scored in a season in La Liga with 40, surpassing Telmo Zarra's mark established in 1951 and Hugo Sanchez's mark matched in 1990. Ronaldo also broke Zarra's record of most goals per minute, with a goal scored every 70.7 minutes. The newspaper Marca, the official deliverer of the Pichichi Trophy (the top La Liga goalscorer award), claimed that Ronaldo scored 41 goals. By doing so, he won the European Golden Shoe award once again, becoming the first player to win the trophy in two different championships.
Early life
Ronaldo was born in Santo António, a neighbourhood of Funchal, Madeira, the youngest child of Maria Dolores dos Santos Aveiro, a cook, and José Dinis Aveiro, a municipal gardener.[11] His second given name "Ronaldo" was chosen after then-U.S. president Ronald Reagan, who was his father's favourite actor.[12] He has one older brother, Hugo, and two older sisters, Elma and Liliana Cátia.[2]
Club career
Early career
At the age of eight, Ronaldo played for amateur team Andorinha, where his father was the kit man. In 1995, Ronaldo signed with local club Nacional, and, after a title-winning campaign, he went on a three-day trial with Sporting CP, who subsequently signed him for an undisclosed sum.[13]
Sporting CP
Ronaldo joined Sporting's other youth players who trained at the Academia Sporting, the club's football academy, in Alcochete. He became the only player ever to play for Sporting's under-16, under-17, under-18, B-team, and the first team, all within one season.[14] He scored two goals in his league debut on 7 October 2002, which Sporting CP won 3–0 against Moreirense, while featuring for Portugal in the 2002 European Under-17 Championship.[15]
When he was 15, Ronaldo was diagnosed with a racing heart, a condition that might have forced him to give up playing football. The Sporting staff were made aware of the condition and Ronaldo's mother gave her authorisation for him to go into hospital. While there, he had an operation in which a laser was used to cauterise the area of his heart that was causing the problem. The surgery took place in the morning and Ronaldo was discharged from hospital by the end of the afternoon; he resumed training only a few days later.[16]
He was first spotted by then-Liverpool manager Gérard Houllier at the age of 16, but Liverpool declined to take him on because they decided he was too young and needed some time to develop his skills.[17] However, he came to the attention of Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson in the summer of 2003, when Sporting defeated United 3–1 in the inauguration of the Estádio José Alvalade in Lisbon. Ronaldo's performance impressed the Manchester United players, who urged Ferguson to sign him.[18]
Manchester United
2003–2006
Ronaldo with Manchester United in April 2006
Ronaldo became Manchester United's first-ever Portuguese player when he signed for €15 million[19] (£12.24 million) after the 2002–03 season.[20] He requested the number 28 (his number at Sporting), as he did not want the pressure of living up to the expectation linked to the number 7 shirt, which had previously been worn by players such as George Best, Bryan Robson, Eric Cantona, and David Beckham. "After I joined, the manager asked me what number I'd like. I said 28. But Ferguson said 'No, you're going to have No. 7,' and the famous shirt was an extra source of motivation. I was forced to live up to such an honour."[21]
Ronaldo made his team debut as a 60th-minute substitute in a 4–0 home victory over Bolton Wanderers. He scored his first goal for Manchester United with a free kick in a 3–0 win over Portsmouth on 1 November 2003. Ronaldo ended his first season in English football by scoring the opening goal in United's 3–0 FA Cup final victory over Millwall.[22]
He scored United's 1000th Premier League goal on 29 October 2005 in a 4–1 loss to Middlesbrough.[23] He scored ten goals in all competitions, and fans voted him to his first FIFPro Special Young Player of the Year award in 2005.
He was sent off in the Manchester derby at the City of Manchester Stadium on 14 January 2006 (a game which United lost 3–1) for kicking City's former United player Andrew Cole.[24]
Ronaldo won his second trophy in English football in the 2005–06 season, scoring the third goal in Manchester United's 4–0 Football League Cup final victory over Wigan Athletic.[25]
2006–2009
Ronaldo with United during their 2006–2007 season.
The 2006–2007 season proved to be the breakout year for Ronaldo, as he broke the 20 goal barrier for the first time and picked up his first league title with Manchester United.
In November and December 2006, Ronaldo received consecutive Barclays Player of the Month honours, becoming only the third player in Premier League history to do so after Dennis Bergkamp in 1997 and Robbie Fowler in 1996.[26][27] He scored his 50th Manchester United goal against city rivals Manchester City on 5 May 2007 as United claimed their first Premier League title in four years, and he was voted into his second consecutive FIFPro Special Young Player of the Year award at the end of the year.
Despite rumours circulating in March 2007 that Real Madrid were willing to pay an unprecedented €80 million (£54 million) for Ronaldo,[28] he signed a five-year, £120,000-a-week (£31 million total) extension with United on 13 April, making him the highest-paid player in team history.[29][30]
Ronaldo amassed a host of personal awards for the season. He won the PFA Players' Player of the Year and PFA Young Player of the Year awards, joining Andy Gray (in 1977) as the only players to receive this honour.[31] In April, he completed the treble by winning the PFA Fans' Player of the Year. Ronaldo was also one of eight Manchester United players named in the 2006–07 PFA Premier League Team of the Year.
Ronaldo (centre) and Rio Ferdinand celebrating a goal
Ronaldo's 2007–08 season began with a red card for a headbutt on Portsmouth player Richard Hughes during United's second match of the season, for which he was punished with a three-match ban.[32] Ronaldo said he had "learned a lot" from the experience and would not let players "provoke" him in the future.[33] After scoring the only goal in a Champions League away match against Sporting, Ronaldo also scored the injury-time winner in the return fixture as Manchester United topped their Champions League group.[34]
He finished as the runner-up to Kaká for the 2007 Ballon d'Or,[35] and was third in the running for the FIFA World Player of the Year award, behind Kaká and Lionel Messi.[36]
Ronaldo scored his first hat trick for Manchester United in a 6–0 win against Newcastle United at Old Trafford on 12 January 2008, bringing Manchester United up to the top of the Premier League table.[37] He scored his twenty-third league goal of the season in a 2–0 win against Reading, equalling his entire total for the 2006–07 season.[38] During a 1–1 Champions League first knockout round draw against Lyon on 20 February, an unidentified Lyon supporter continuously aimed a green laser at Ronaldo and United teammate Nani, prompting an investigation by UEFA.[39] One month later, Lyon were fined CHF5,000 (£2,427) for the incident.[40]
On 19 March 2008, Ronaldo captained United for the first time in his career in a home win over Bolton, scoring both goals in the 2–0 victory.[41] The second of the goals was his 33rd of the campaign, which set a new club single-season scoring record by a midfielder and thus topped George Best's forty-year-old total of 32 goals in the 1967–68 season.[42] Ronaldo scored another brace in a 4–0 win over Aston Villa on 29 March, which at the time gave him 35 goals in 37 domestic and European matches as both a starter and substitute. Ronaldo's scoring streak was rewarded with his becoming the first winger to win the 2007–08 European Golden Shoe, finishing eight points ahead of Mallorca's Dani Güiza.[43]
In the 2007–08 Champions League final on 21 May against league rivals Chelsea, Ronaldo scored the opening goal after 26 minutes, which was negated by a Chelsea equaliser in the 45th minute as the match ended 1–1 after extra time. His misfire in the penalty shoot-out put Chelsea in position to win the trophy, but John Terry shot wide right after slipping on the pitch surface, and Manchester United emerged victorious 6–5 on penalties. Ronaldo was named the UEFA Fans' Man of the Match,[44] and wrapped up the campaign with a career-high 42 goals in all competitions, falling four short of Denis Law's team-record mark of 46 in the 1963–64 season.
Ronaldo and Manchester United against Albert Riera and rivals Liverpool.
On 5 June 2008, Sky Sports reported that Ronaldo had expressed an interest in moving to Real Madrid if they offered him the same amount of money the team had allegedly promised him earlier in the year.[45] Manchester United filed a tampering complaint with FIFA on 9 June over Madrid's alleged pursuit of Ronaldo, but FIFA declined to take any action.[46][47] Speculation that a transfer would happen continued until 6 August, when Ronaldo confirmed that he would stay at United for at least another year.[48]
Ronaldo underwent ankle surgery at the Academic Medical Center in Amsterdam on 7 July.[49] He returned to action on 17 September in United's UEFA Champions League goalless group-stage draw with Villarreal as a substitute for Park Ji-Sung,[50] and scored his first overall goal of the season in a 3–1 League Cup third round win over Middlesbrough on 24 September.
In a 5–0 win over Stoke City on 15 November 2008, Ronaldo scored his 100th and 101st goals in all competitions for Manchester United, both from free kicks.[51] The goals also meant that Ronaldo had now scored against each of the other 19 teams in the Premier League at the time.[52] On 2 December, Ronaldo became Manchester United's first Ballon d'Or recipient since George Best in 1968. He finished with 446 points, 165 ahead of runner-up Lionel Messi.[53] He was awarded the Silver Ball after finishing with two goals as United won the Club World Cup on 19 December.[54]
On 8 January 2009, Ronaldo was uninjured in a single-car accident in which he wrote off his Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano in a tunnel along the A538 near Manchester Airport. A breathalyser test he gave to police officers at the scene was negative, and he attended training later that morning.[55] Four days later, he became the first Premier League player ever to be named the FIFA World Player of the Year, in addition to being the first Portuguese player to win the award since Luís Figo in 2001.[56]
Ronaldo scored his first Champions League goal of the season, and first since the final against Chelsea, in a 2–0 victory over Internazionale that sent United into the quarter-finals.[57] In the second leg against Porto, Ronaldo scored a 40-yard game-winning goal as United advanced to the semi-finals. He later called it the best goal he had ever scored.[58][59] Ronaldo participated in his second consecutive Champions League final, but made little impact in United's 2–0 loss to Barcelona. He finished with 53 appearances in all competitions, which was four higher than the previous year, but scored sixteen fewer goals (26) than his career-best total of 42 from the previous season.
On 11 June, Manchester United accepted an unconditional offer of £80 million from Real Madrid for Ronaldo after it was revealed that he again had expressed his desire to leave the club.[60] It was confirmed by a representative of the Glazer family that the sale was fully condoned by Ferguson.[61] When Ronaldo had eventually completed his transfer to Real, he expressed his gratitude towards Ferguson for helping him develop as a player, saying, "He's been my father in sport, one of the most important factors and most influential in my career."[62]
Real Madrid
2009–10 season
Ronaldo and Real Madrid against Diego Forlán and city rivals Atlético Madrid.
On 26 June 2009, Real Madrid confirmed that Ronaldo would join the club on 1 July 2009 from Manchester United for £80 million,[63] after agreeing terms and signing a six-year contract.[64] Ronaldo's contract is worth €11 million per year[3] and it has a €1 billion buy-out clause.[65] He was presented to the world media as a Real Madrid player on 6 July,[66] where he was handed the number 9 jersey.[67] The shirt was presented to him by Madrid legend Alfredo Di Stéfano.[68] Ronaldo was welcomed by 80,000 fans at his presentation at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, surpassing Diego Maradona's record of 75,000 fans when he was presented in Italy, after he was transferred from Barcelona to Napoli in 1984.[69]
Ronaldo made his Madrid debut on 21 July in a 1–0 win over Shamrock Rovers. His first goal came one week later with a penalty in Madrid's 4–2 LDU Quito.[70] On 29 August, Ronaldo capped his La Liga debut with a goal, scoring Real's second from the penalty spot in a 3–2 home win against Deportivo La Coruña.[71] On 15 September, Ronaldo scored two free-kicks in a 5–2 away victory over Zürich, his first Champions League goals for Real.[72] He broke a Madrid club record when he scored in a league match against Villarreal and thus became the first ever player to score in his first four La Liga appearances.[73]
An ankle injury suffered on 10 October, while Ronaldo was on international duty with Portugal against Hungary,[74] kept him out until 25 November, which in turn caused him to miss both of Madrid's Champions League group stage matches against Milan. Ronaldo made his first post-injury start in a 1–0 El Clásico defeat to Barcelona on 29 November. On 6 December, he was sent off for the first time in his Madrid career in Madrid's 4–2 victory against Almería, a match which also saw him miss a penalty. He was carded first for removing his shirt during a goal celebration, then for kicking out at an opponent three minutes later.[75] Ronaldo and Gonzalo Higuaín scored 53 league goals during the course of the season and became Real's highest scoring league duo in their history.[76]
2010–11 season
Ronaldo playing for Real Madrid in September 2010
With the departure of Raúl during the summer of 2010, Ronaldo was handed the No. 7 jersey for Real Madrid.[77] On 23 October 2010, Ronaldo scored four goals against Racing de Santander,[78] the most goals he has ever scored in a single match.[79] This completed a goalscoring run of six consecutive matches (three in La Liga, one in the Champions League, and two for Portugal) in which Ronaldo scored in each match, totalling 11 goals, which is the most Ronaldo has scored in a single month. Before Real Madrid's 5–0 defeat by Barcelona at the Camp Nou, Ronaldo scored his second La Liga hat-trick of the season in a 5–1 win over Athletic Bilbao.[80] His final match of the calendar year saw him score a hat-trick in a 8–0 trashing of Levante in the Copa del Rey.[81]
Ronaldo began the 2011 with a very promising outlook, especially after Real Madrid acknowledged he had broken numerous goalscoring records, previously settled and held by classic players such as Alfredo Di Stéfano, Hugo Sánchez, and Manuel Alday.[82][83] Ronaldo began his scoring spree by scoring two vital goals in a tight 3–2 victory away to Getafe.[84] He then consolidated his massive performances by scoring a hat-trick and assisting Kaká to score his first league goal after his return from injury, in a 4–2 victory over Villareal on 9 January. One game away from the middle of the season, Ronaldo had a very clear chance of breaking Telmo Zarra's and Hugo Sánchez's record of 38 League goals in a single season, since he was the league's top scorer with 22 goals, above Lionel Messi.[85][86] However, shortly after, Ronaldo experienced the biggest goal drought in his entire career, scoring only 2 goals in more than a month. During this period, Real Madrid acknowledged to have hit the crossbar more than 12 times in the season, most of the shots belonging to Ronaldo and almost all having happened during crucial moments in drawn matches.[87] Ronaldo then made a massive comeback by scoring a hat-trick in a 7–0 trashing of Málaga on 3 March 2011, but was affected by a muscle injury at the end of the match, which forced him to spend 10 days on the sidelines.
In April he made another massive comeback from injury, sustaining a three-game scoring streak (including 2 goals in Champions League quarter-finals against Tottenham Hotspur), thus arriving to the first of a historical series of four El Clásico encounters two goals short of breaking his personal record of 42 goals in all competitions in a single season, achieved at Manchester United in the 2007–08 season.
During the second league edition of El Clásico, Ronaldo scored from the penalty spot and took his tally to 41 goals, also taking his scoring streak to four games. On 20 April, Ronaldo scored the winning goal against Barcelona in the 103rd minute of the Copa del Rey final.[88] This goal would later be chosen as both Ronaldo's and Real Madrid's best goal in the season by several fan polls, including those of Marca[89] and Real Madrid's website[90]. 7 May saw Real travel to the Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán to take on Sevilla, where Ronaldo led the thrashing of a woeful Andalusian side, scoring four goals in a 6–2 victory. These four goals took him to 46 for the season which surpassed his previous record of 42 in a season playing for Manchester United.[91] Three days later he reached 49 goals for the season, by scoring another hat-trick in a 4–0 home win against Getafe. On 15 May, after scoring 2 free-kick goals in a 3–1 win over Villarreal, he equalled the La Liga record with most goals in a season with 38, a record previously held by Telmo Zarra and Hugo Sánchez.
On 21 May, he scored two goals in the last league match of the season against Almería, taking his Pichichi total to 41, and La Liga total to 40, becoming the first and only player to score 40 or more goals in a La Liga season. By doing this, he won the European Golden Shoe award once again, becoming the first player to win the trophy in two different leagues. The sports newspaper Marca, who awards the Pichichi Trophy, included the goal scored on 18 September 2010 to Real Sociedad in Ronaldo's goal count, which some sources attribute to Pepe while others attribute to Ronaldo. Should this goal be granted to Ronaldo, his goal count in the Pichichi Trophy would tally 41 goals. However, careless of this goal polemic, Ronaldo's record-breaking figures became a source of major attention from public media, something that granted Ronaldo awards like Sports Illustrated XI[92], rating him as one of the world's best footballers.
International career
Ronaldo playing against Brazil
Ronaldo earned his first cap for Portugal in a 1–0 victory against Kazakhstan on 20 August 2003.[93]
Euro 2004
He was called up for Euro 2004,[94] scoring in a 2–1 group stage loss to eventual champions Greece[95] and in a 2–1 semi-final win over the Netherlands.[96] He was named in the team of the tournament despite finishing with only two goals.[97] He also represented Portugal at the 2004 Summer Olympics.[98][99]
2006 World Cup
Ronaldo was the second-highest scorer in FIFA World Cup qualification in the European zone with seven goals,[97] and scored his first World Cup goal against Iran with a penalty kick.[100]
During a quarter-final match against England on 1 July 2006, Ronaldo's United teammate Wayne Rooney was sent off for stamping on Portugal defender Ricardo Carvalho. The English media speculated that Ronaldo had influenced referee Horacio Elizondo's decision by aggressively complaining, after which he was seen in replays winking at the Portuguese bench following Rooney's dismissal. After the match, Ronaldo insisted that Rooney was a friend and that he was not pushing for Rooney to be sent off.[101] On 4 July, Elizondo clarified that the red card was due to Rooney's infraction and not the fracas between Rooney and Ronaldo that followed.[102]
The angry reaction from the English press caused Ronaldo to consider leaving United,[103] and he allegedly told Spanish sports daily Marca that he wished to move to Real Madrid.[104] In response to the speculation, Ferguson sent Portuguese assistant manager Carlos Queiroz to speak to Ronaldo in attempt to change his mind, a sentiment that was shared by Rooney.[105][106] Ronaldo stayed, and signed his new five-year extension in April 2007.[107]
Ronaldo was booed during Portugal's semi-final defeat to France,[108] and missed out on the competition's Best Young Player award due to a negative e-mail campaign from England fans.[109] Though the online vote only affected the nomination process, FIFA's Technical Study Group awarded the honour to Germany's Lukas Podolski, citing Ronaldo's behaviour as a factor in the decision.[110]
Post-World Cup
One day after his 22nd birthday, Ronaldo captained Portugal for the first time in a friendly against Brazil on 6 February 2007.[111] This move was in honour of Portuguese Football Federation president Carlos Silva, who had died two days earlier. Portugal coach Luiz Felipe Scolari explained, "Mr. Silva asked me to make [Ronaldo] captain as a gesture... [he] is too young to be captain, but Mr. Silva asked me, and now he is no longer with us."[112]
Euro 2008
Ronaldo scored eight goals in Portugal's UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying campaign,[113] behind Poland's Ebi Smolarek, but finished with only one goal in the tournament as Portugal were eliminated in the quarter-finals by Germany.[114] When Carlos Queiroz was named Portugal's new coach in July 2008,[115] he appointed Ronaldo as team captain.[116]
2010 World Cup
On 15 June 2010, in Portugal's opening World Cup match against Côte d'Ivoire, Ronaldo was tackled by right-back Guy Demel, which led to an argument and both being booked. The next day, Portugal contacted FIFA to suggest that Ronaldo's yellow card be rescinded since he was "pulled into" the confrontation after having already moved away from the spot where he was tackled, but the appeal was rejected.[117]
Ronaldo failed to make an impact in the World Cup; after going scoreless in the qualifiers, his only goal came in Portugal's 7–0 group stage thrashing of North Korea on 21 June,[118] which marked his first international goal in 16 months.[119] Portugal were ultimately eliminated by Spain in the Round of 16.
International goals
Cristiano Ronaldo: International goals
Goal |
Date |
Venue |
Opponent |
Score |
Result |
Competition |
|---|
1 |
12 June 2004 |
Estádio do Dragão, Porto, Portugal |
 Greece |
1–2 |
1–2 |
Euro 2004 |
2 |
30 June 2004 |
Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon, Portugal |
 Netherlands |
2–0 |
2–1 |
Euro 2004 |
3 |
4 September 2004 |
Skonto Stadium, Riga, Latvia |
 Latvia |
0–1 |
0–2 |
2006 World Cup Qualification |
4 |
8 September 2004 |
Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa, Leiria, Portugal |
 Estonia |
1–0 |
4–0 |
2006 World Cup Qualification |
5 |
13 October 2004 |
Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon, Portugal |
 Russia |
2–0 |
7–1 |
2006 World Cup Qualification |
6 |
13 October 2004 |
Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon, Portugal |
Russia |
4–0 |
7–1 |
2006 World Cup Qualification |
7 |
17 November 2004 |
Stade Josy Barthel, Luxemburg City, Luxembourg |
 Luxembourg |
0–2 |
0–5 |
2006 World Cup Qualification |
8 |
4 June 2005 |
Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal |
 Slovakia |
2–0 |
2–0 |
2006 World Cup Qualification |
9 |
8 June 2005 |
A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia |
Estonia |
0–1 |
0–1 |
2006 World Cup Qualification |
10 |
1 March 2006 |
LTU Arena, Düsseldorf, Germany |
 Saudi Arabia |
0–1 |
0–3 |
Friendly |
11 |
1 March 2006 |
LTU Arena, Düsseldorf, Germany |
Saudi Arabia |
0–3 |
0–3 |
Friendly |
12 |
17 June 2006 |
Waldstadion, Frankfurt, Germany |
 Iran |
2–0 |
2–0 |
2006 World Cup |
13 |
7 October 2006 |
Estádio do Bessa, Porto, Portugal |
 Azerbaijan |
1–0 |
3–0 |
Euro 2008 Qualification |
14 |
7 October 2006 |
Estádio do Bessa, Porto, Portugal |
Azerbaijan |
3–0 |
3–0 |
Euro 2008 Qualification |
15 |
15 November 2006 |
Estádio Cidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal |
 Kazakhstan |
2–0 |
3–0 |
Euro 2008 Qualification |
16 |
24 March 2007 |
Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon, Portugal |
 Belgium |
2–0 |
4–0 |
Euro 2008 Qualification |
17 |
24 March 2007 |
Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon, Portugal |
Belgium |
4–0 |
4–0 |
Euro 2008 Qualification |
18 |
22 August 2007 |
Hanrapetakan Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia |
 Armenia |
1–1 |
1–1 |
Euro 2008 Qualification |
19 |
8 September 2007 |
Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal |
 Poland |
2–1 |
2–2 |
Euro 2008 Qualification |
20 |
17 October 2007 |
Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty, Kazakhstan |
Kazakhstan |
0–2 |
1–2 |
Euro 2008 Qualification |
21 |
11 June 2008 |
Stade de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland |
 Czech Republic |
1–2 |
1–3 |
Euro 2008 |
22 |
11 February 2009 |
Estádio Algarve, Faro, Portugal |
 Finland |
1–0 |
1–0 |
Friendly |
23 |
21 June 2010 |
Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town, South Africa |
 North Korea |
6–0 |
7–0 |
2010 World Cup |
24 |
8 October 2010 |
Estádio do Dragão, Porto, Portugal |
 Denmark |
3–1 |
3–1 |
Euro 2012 Qualification |
25 |
12 October 2010 |
Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland |
 Iceland |
0–1 |
1–3 |
Euro 2012 Qualification |
26 |
9 February 2011 |
Stade de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland |
 Argentina |
1–1 |
2–1 |
Friendly |
Career statistics
Club
- As of 21 May 2011
Club |
Season |
League |
Cup |
League Cup |
Europe |
Other1 |
Total |
|---|
Apps |
Goals |
Apps |
Goals |
Apps |
Goals |
Apps |
Goals |
Apps |
Goals |
Apps |
Goals |
|---|
Sporting CP |
2002–03 |
25 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
– |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
31 |
5 |
Total |
25 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
– |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
31 |
5 |
|---|
Manchester United |
2003–04 |
29 |
4 |
5 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
40 |
6 |
2004–05 |
33 |
5 |
7 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
50 |
9 |
2005–06 |
33 |
9 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
8 |
1 |
– |
47 |
12 |
2006–07 |
34 |
17 |
7 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
11 |
3 |
– |
53 |
23 |
2007–08 |
34 |
31 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
11 |
8 |
1 |
0 |
49 |
42 |
2008–09 |
33 |
18 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
2 |
12 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
53 |
26 |
Total |
196 |
84 |
26 |
13 |
12 |
4 |
55 |
16 |
3 |
1 |
292 |
118 |
|---|
Real Madrid |
2009–10 |
29 |
26 |
0 |
0 |
– |
6 |
7 |
– |
35 |
33 |
2010–11 |
34 |
402 |
8 |
7 |
– |
12 |
6 |
– |
54 |
53 |
Total |
63 |
66 |
8 |
7 |
– |
18 |
13 |
0 |
0 |
89 |
86 |
|---|
Career total |
284 |
153 |
37 |
22 |
12 |
4 |
76 |
29 |
3 |
1 |
412 |
209 |
|---|
1Includes other competitive competitions, including the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira, FA Community Shield, UEFA Super Cup, Intercontinental Cup, FIFA Club World Cup and Supercopa de España.
2Does not include one goal scored on 18 September 2010 against Real Sociedad. Some sources attribute it to Pepe, while others attribute it to Ronaldo.
International
Ronaldo playing for Portugal
National team |
Year |
Apps |
Goals |
|---|
Portugal |
2003 |
2 |
0 |
2004 |
16 |
7 |
2005 |
10 |
2 |
2006 |
14 |
6 |
2007 |
10 |
5 |
2008 |
8 |
1 |
2009 |
7 |
1 |
2010 |
12 |
3 |
2011 |
2 |
1 |
Total |
81 |
26 |
|---|
- As of 4 June 2011[120]
Honours
Club
- Manchester United
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- 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09
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- 2003–04
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- 2005–06, 2008–09
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- 2007
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- 2007–08
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- 2008
- Real Madrid
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- 2010–11
Individual
- UEFA Euro All-Star Team: 1
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- 2004
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- 2004
- FIFPro Special Young Player of the Year: 2
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- 2004, 2005
- Portuguese Footballer of the Year: 1
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- 2006–07
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- 2003–04, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10
- Sir Matt Busby Player of the Year: 3
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- 2003–04, 2006–07, 2007–08
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- 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10
- PFA Young Player of the Year: 1
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- 2006–07
- PFA Players' Player of the Year: 2
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- 2006–07, 2007–08
- PFA Fans' Player of the Year: 2
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- 2006–07, 2007–08
- PFA Premier League Team of the Year: 4
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- 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09
- FWA Footballer of the Year: 2
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- 2006–07, 2007–08
- Barclays Player of the Season: 2
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- 2006–07, 2007–08
- Premier League Player of the Month: 4
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- November 2006, December 2006, January 2008, March 2008
- Premier League Golden Boot: 1
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- 2007–08
|
-
- 2007–08
- UEFA Champions League Topscorer: 1
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- 2007–08
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- 2007–08, 2010–11
- UEFA Club Forward of the Year: 1
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- 2007–08
- UEFA Club Footballer of the Year: 1
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- 2007–08
- FIFPro World Player of the Year: 1
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- 2007–08
- FIFA Club World Cup Silver Ball: 1
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- 2008
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- 2008
- FIFA World Player of the Year: 1
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- 2008
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- 2008
- World Soccer Player of the Year: 1
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- 2008
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- 2009
- Copa del Rey top goalscorer: 1
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- 2010–11
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- 2010–11
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Orders
- Officer of the Order of Infante Dom Henrique
- Medal of Merit, Order of the Immaculate Conception of Vila Viçosa (House of Braganza)[121]
Personal life
Ronaldo's father, José Dinis Aveiro, died of an alcoholism-related liver condition in September 2005[122] at age 52 when Ronaldo was 20. Ronaldo's mother and Manchester United coach have stated that he does not drink alcohol as a result and he has received libel damages over a Daily Mirror article that reported him drinking heavily in a nightclub while recovering from an injury in July 2008.[123]
Ronaldo's autobiography, titled Moments, was published in December 2007.[124] Along with one of his sisters, Ronaldo opened a fashion boutique under the name "CR7" (his initials and shirt number).[125] There are currently two CR7 shop locations, both of which are in Portugal; one in Lisbon and the other in Madeira.
On 9 June 2010, Madame Tussauds London unveiled Ronaldo's waxwork as part of the build-up to the World Cup. Ronaldo joined fellow footballers Steven Gerrard, Pelé and David Beckham at the event's venue.[126]
Ronaldo announced that he had become a father on 3 July 2010. His official Facebook and Twitter pages reference the birth of his son and request privacy.[127] The child, named Cristiano[128] is in full custody of Ronaldo[127] and under the care of his mother and sisters.[129]
In August 2010, Ronaldo reached 10 million fans on Facebook and in doing so made history by becoming the first non-American personality ever to achieve that kind of success on the social networking site.[130]
Ronaldo has previously dated English models Alice Goodwin[131] and Gemma Atkinson, and since the start of 2010, he has been dating Russian model Irina Shayk.[132]
Philanthropy
Television footage of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami showed an eight-year-old boy wearing a No.7 Portuguese football jersey who was stranded for 19 days after his family was killed. Following this, Ronaldo visited Aceh, Indonesia, to raise funds for rehabilitation and reconstruction.[133][134]
In support of the victims of the 2010 Madeira flood, Ronaldo played in a charity match in Madeira between the Primeira Liga club FC Porto and players from Madeiran based clubs Marítimo and Nacional.[135]
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