Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro also known as Cristiano Ronaldo or CR7 was born on the 5th of February 1985. He plays as a winger or a striker in his respective team. He is considered the best player in the world and regarded as one of the greatest players of all time. He was born and raised in Madeira, Portugal.
The Portuguese giant is at that stage of his career where every goal he scores creates a new record. He is a 5 times Ballon d’Or winner which is the greatest footballing award for an individual.
Cristiano Ronaldo currently plays for the Serie A club Juventus. He joined Juventus before the start of the 2018-2019 season. He scored 23 goals in his first season followed by 31 goals in the 2019-2020 season. In the 2020-2021 season, he scored 29 goals. Ronaldo has already scored over 100 goals for Juventus in these 3 years.
After joining Juventus, he has already won two Serie A titles, two Supercoppa Italiana, and a Copa Italia in his first three seasons with the club. Although he is yet to get his hands on the Champions League trophy with Juventus and that would be his goal moving forward with the club.
Apart from Juventus, this Portuguese star captains the Portugal National Team and is a top goal scorer for Portugal and joint top goal scorer in International Football with Ali Daei.
Cristiano Ronaldo as a professional footballer has played for 4 clubs and for his national team. He started his career in Sporting Lisbon where he made his debut. He just scored 5 goals in 31 appearances for the club.
Sir Alex Ferguson saw him playing and impressed him a lot so he signed him to Manchester United for 12 million euros or $19 million. Ronaldo scored 118 goals in 292 matches under Sir Alex Ferguson. He won his first Champions League trophy at Manchester United.
Then in 2009, he went for Real Madrid for 94 million euros or $131 million. In Real Madrid, he scored d 450 goals in 438 matches. He won four Champions League titles.
Then in 2018 he left Real Madrid and went for Juventus for 100 million transfer fees.
Sir Alex Ferguson once said, "After we played Sporting last week, the lads in the dressing room talked about him constantly" Ferguson revealed to the official Manchester United website after the transfer was concluded. "And on the plane back from the game they urged me to sign him. That's how highly they rated him. He is one of the most exciting young players I've ever seen."
Ronaldo played for the Red Devils, Manchester United in the Premier League under Sir Alex Ferguson. SAF scouted Cristiano to United after impressing him with his skills and techniques. He won major trophies with Manchester United and also won a Champions League trophy. He was instrumental in United’s glory.
He left Manchester United in the year 2009.
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