Biography
Cristiano Ronaldo is a Portuguese football player, who has spent a long time for the club "Real Madrid" and recognized as the best scorer in his history. Also is the captain of the national team of Portugal, as part of which has become European champion in 2016.Childhood and youth
Cristiano Ronaldo Santos Aveiru's souls, by nationality, Portuguese, was born on February 5, 1985. According to the sign of the zodiac Aquarius. Footballer, named after Ronald Reagan (US President's 40th), is the fourth child in the family. He has an elder brother Yeah and two sisters - Elma and Liliana Katia. Athlete with warmth recalls childhood, arguing that parents did everything so that their children do not need anything. Chris's character was not easy. As a child, the best gift for the boy was the ball, the child did not part with him.
From 8 years, Ronaldo began training in the Andorinya team, where the father of future celebrity worked. Then Cristiano played in the local club "Nacional", and a few years later, he was later performed at the Youth Academy of Lisbon "Sporting". In August 2001, a forward debut took place in the "Sporting" in the match against Atletico. Coming out for replacement, Ronaldo distinguished himself with a scored ball. Parallel Forward played for the Portugal national team, participating in the European Youth Championships.
At the beginning of the career, at the age of 15, Cristiano has found health problems: the teenager had tachycardia. In theory, such a diagnosis put a cross in sports. However, Ronaldo made an operation, and after 3 days he went out on the field.
Success in football since childhood has accompanied Portuguese. Already in the first matches for Manchester United, goals Cristiano Ronaldo were delighted with fans at Old Trafford, which applauded young talent standing. Further professional biography suggests that sport for this person is a matter of life. The list of personal achievements of the football player is just huge.
Technique, speed, as well as physical data (growth of Cristiano 185 cm, weight 80 kg) became the main advantages of the Portuguese striker on the field. The results of the footballer were interested in many coaches who first wanted to get a talented striker.
Club Football
When the guy was 18 years old, the Football Club "Manchester United" arrived in Portugal for fees. The match against Lisbon "Sporting" Alex Ferguson's team lost. An important role in the victory over the "Red Devils" was played by Cristiano. It is not surprising that a football transfer to the English Club has soon happened. Manchester United paid for Forward £ 12.24 million ($ 15.9 million).Since 2003, Cristiano Ronaldo began playing a new team. It is noteworthy that the guy immediately got a form with number 7. Previously, the seven wore recognized world football masters: Brian Robson, Eric Canton, George Best and David Beckham. Understanding that he was awarded a special honor, the footballer did not lend a team.
Representatives of Manchester United from the first matches were convinced of the correctness of the choice. Soon Ronaldo recognized the best young football player of the year. In an interview, the athlete stressed that she did not seek to copy the style of the game, and she tries to work out her own. The efforts of the Portuguese helped the "Red Devils" to win the English championship in 2007 and 2008.
Since 2008, the highest paid player "Manchester United" became the captain of the team. The first game as a leader was against Bolton Wanderers. In this match, the Portuguese broke the club record. Before that, only George Best managed to score 32 goals per season.
Gradually, the Portuguese footballer became the best player of the club. As part of Manchester United, Ronaldo received his first awards - "Golden Buck" and "Golden Ball".
Next, the player moved to Spanish Real. Transfer Ronaldo cost the Madrid Club at £ 80 million ($ 104 million). The transition to the Spanish team made from Ronaldo the highest paid football player in the world.
Football analysts note that Ronaldo is diverse. Forward perfectly operates on the position of the extreme attacking midfielder and the central striker. His blow on the ball does not depend on what foot he sends him to the target. These qualities helped Cristiano to become the best scorer in the season 2012/2013.
Special attention is paid to the confrontation of Cristiano with the forward Catalan "Barcelona" Lionel Messi. Matches "Real" against "Barcelona" called the battle of the two best players of modern football, because El Classico collect millions of fans from the screens, and the audience intently observe the game precisely because of them.
In 2016, information about the fact that Cristiano Ronaldo leaves "Real" appeared in the Spanish media. But then the press reports were not confirmed, because in November the athlete signed another 5-year contract with the Madrid Club. The player in an interview with journalists repeatedly noted that he was glad to wear the form of "creamy" - the best, as he himself believes, the club of the planet, and also would like to complete the sports career in the Madrid "Real".
The main and shocking news of 2018 was the transition of Cristiano Ronaldo from Real to "Juventus". The decision on the transfer, the cost of which was € 112 million, was taken at the request of the football player. The agreement with Ronaldo is designed until June 30, 2022 with a salary of € 30 million per year. This transfer has become the most expensive in the history of Italian clubs.
2019 The athlete completed the status of the best UEFA scorer, scoring 21 balls per season. This title he was already in the 4th time in the last 7 years.
In the match "Sandoria" - Juventus, which took place in December 2019, Cristiano scored an incredibly spectacular goal, making a height of 71 cm and beatibing the ball, which helped his team to eat victory with a score of 1: 2. The video goal head in a matter of hours turned around the media and social networks, gaining millions of views, and the frame where Ronaldo scores the ball, became the basis for memes and photoshop battles.
Another reason for jokes among the fans was Kiss Ronaldo with his companion on the club Paulo Dibala. After the second goal, they ran to celebrate the taking of the gate and, firmly embracing, kissed. Video with a funny episode quickly became viral in social networks.
Forward "Juventus" at the beginning of 2020 was recognized as the best player at the Italy championship: his personal statistics amounted to 7 heads for 4 fights. In the match with Cagliari, the athlete marked the 56th in the account of the Hat-Trick in his career.
Thanks to the victory of the Turin Club at the Italian championship, Cristiano again became the owner of national gold, but the champion league team left in the quarterfinals. In the fall, the football player suffered coronavirus, but after treatment, the athlete returned to the field. In the nomination at the Best Fifa Men's Player award, he lost the championship Robert Levandord.
Portugal national team
In the national team of Portugal, Ronaldo debuted when he was 18 years old. On August 20, 2003, he played in a friendly match against the national team of Kazakhstan, the game ended with the victory of the team of Cristiano.
In 2004, the European Championships for the Portuguese took place. Despite the exit to the tournament final, the teams could not be defeated - gave way to the Greeks, becoming silver winners.
In the same year, the Olympic games took place in Athens, which for the Portuguese failed: they did not even come out of the group. In 2012, the national team became a bronze medalist at the European Championship, which was held in Ukraine.
As part of the Portuguese national team in 2016, the football player became the champion of Europe. It is noteworthy that the final game against France became the first in the last 10 years when Cristiano was replaced on a football field. The fact is that Forward was injured and left the field on a stretcher. Among other things, this year brought Ronaldo the fourth "golden ball" (from 2010 to 2015 - the Golden Ball of FIFA).
In June 2017, Cristiano visited Russia. He was included in the national team for the first in the history of Portugal the Confederations Cup, which was held in the Russian Federation. But in some games, in particular in Moscow, the footballer was absent. The coaching staff decided then to let go of the player for children who were born in his early June. Anyway, at the Cup of Confederates, the team managed to take the 3rd place.
In 2018, Cristiano as part of the Portugal national team came to Russia for the World Cup. Fans predicted to the team if not victory, then accurately enter the final, but something went wrong. Of course, they came out of the group, but in the 1/8 match against Uruguay, they lost and sensationally left the tournament.
Nevertheless, at the 2018 World Championship, Ronaldo scored his 85th ball for the national team, thus becoming the best scorer in the history of the team. He was ahead of the legendary fence gun.
Condition and income
According to the American magazine Forbes, in 2017, Cristiano is again recognized as the highest paid athlete. His revenue for the year amounted to $ 93 million, of which $ 58 million is a salary, and $ 35 million is a profitable part of advertising. Already by 2020, the state of striker reached a mark of $ 1 billion.Of course, the hobby from the football player is expensive. For example, it is known that chic cars like Cristiano. In his garage there is Bentley Continental, Bugatti Veyron, Lamborghini Aventador LP700-4 and others. In 2009, he fell into an accident on the Red Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano. Then the teammates gave him a reduced copy of Ferrari with toy pedals. Ronaldo Humor did not appreciate and bought herself the same car instead of broken.
A deprivable contract with Nike footballer signed in 2016. He has repeatedly advertised the boots of this American company. Some media suggest that annual contract payments will not be less than the player's salary in Real.
Also in the sponsorship portfolio of the Portuguese there are contracts with Tag Heuer, Herbalife, Abbott Labs and other companies. At the same time, the line of branded products CR7 is constantly expanding, it includes shoes, perfume, jeans and underwear.
In 2019, the footballer received a golden visa to the United Arab Emirates. As part of the invitation program to the country of outstanding athletes, Ronaldo received the right of unlimited visit to the UAE for vacation or training fees.
Cristiano distinguished himself, becoming the leader among football players in 2019 in the "Instagram". According to the Sportbible edition, he earned the amount that was $ 47.8 million, and for this he published only 49 posts.
In February 2020, Ronaldo celebrated his 35th anniversary party at the Casa Faore restaurant in Turin. The athlete's entrance was attended by a luxurious birthday gift - the Mercedes black SUV, which replenished his fleet. After a few months later, Forward bought a Bugatti CentOdieSi car worth € 8 million.
Also Cristiano - the owner of a luxurious yacht called Africa. A huge ship with a length of 492 m and worth $ 19 million is used for maritime walking.
Charity
The footballer spends millions of euros annually for charity. It helps children sick cancer, pays for treatment victims from forest fires in Portugal, donates a lot to the development of medicine. Cristiano collaborates with UNICEF, Save the Children, Red Cross. Since 2010 is a bone marrow donor for patients with leukemia. For this reason, there is not a single tattoo on his body.
Despite the fact that Cristiano is the title of the very vain football player of Portugal, so it remains only on the field. In the life of Forward, without regret, parties with his trophies for charity. Thus, the "Golden Boot" and the "Golden Ball" were sold from the auction, and the funds were transferred to the construction of schools in a ruined war gas and to the Foundation "Certain Desire", which fulfills children's dreams with incurable diseases.
Personal life
Personal life Cristiano Ronaldo is full of rumors and overwhelms. The media call the Portuguese football player with a real lovelace. To transfer all the most weak gender representatives, in whose company was noticed by Ronaldo, not enough fingers.In his youth, he met with Jordan frozen - the younger sister of Football player Mario was frozen. The Spanish model of Neret Galjardo also stands in a row of the beloved Ronaldo. The girl even met at the athlete's mother and introduced him to his parents. Nevertheless, Cristiano and Neret soon broke up, and the Italian model of the Leticia of Philippi was supposedly becoming the cause of this. In the list of former girls, Cristiano Ronaldo, Paris Hilton - American model and actress, producer, heiress Konrad Hilton, owner of Hilton hotels.
The press was actively discussed and the relationship of Cristiano Ronaldo with the Russian model Irina Shayk. Lovers were repeatedly recognized as the most beautiful couple, the photos of Cristiano and Irina decorated the covers of hundreds of editions. The fans were waiting for the logical completion of the history - wedding, and Irina was attributed soon the status of his wife, but in 2015 the model and footballer officially announced parting. In an interview, Irina admitted that the reason for the breaking of the relationship was the treason from the Portuguese.
In early July 2010, the football player reported the birth of the Son. The name of Mother Cristiano Ronaldo - the youngest remains under the strictest secret.
In 2015, the tabloids blew up the news that Cristiano Ronaldo is a non-traditional sexual orientation. The reel served published photos of a football player with Kickboxer Badr Hari. The fact that the player "Real" visited Morocco several times to see Hari, some media were found sufficient for such conclusions. During the verbal rewilling with the midfielder of the Madrid "Atletico" coke Forward "Real" in the rustling of anger called himself a homosexual. The phrase "I am gay, but I have a lot of money" just poured oil into the fire.
However, fans are confident that there was another hype on the eve of "El Classico" - the match "Real" and "Barcelona". Whatever it was, but at the end of November 2016, Cristiano Ronaldo appeared in the Society of the Spanish model of Georgina Rodriguez, which is the younger Portuguese for 10 years.
In 2015, the audience saw the documentary "Ronaldo", dedicated to the professional and personal life of an athlete. Interviews included in it, football matches, not previously published before the archival staff allowed fans to evaluate Cristiano not only as an athlete, but also as a father, friend and family man.
In June 2017, fans of the football player learned that Children were born Ronaldo from Cristiano. Twins, which appeared on June 8 from the surrogate mother, called Matthew and Eve. Soon he published a photo with newborn kids in "Instagram" and "Twitter".
And in November 2017 it became known that the athlete became the Father for the fourth time. His beloved Georgina Rodriguez gave birth to a football player Alan Martin. In 2019, the Spanish media found out that the beloved football player cares about the rest of his three children and receives "salary" from Ronaldo to different estimates, from € 50 thousand to 100 thousand per month.
Appearance
Now Cristiano is called an icon of style and a sex symbol. Everyone knows how attentive it is to his own appearance. Of course, at the beginning of the career, the athlete was far from the ideal, and the teeth were not so smooth and white, and the choice of costumes is not always appropriate. But even then the footballer was sharply different from all the others. Having arrived in England and starting to play for "MJ", Ronaldo has repeatedly became the object of jokes. But the young man did not pay attention to it, responding that the British simply do not have a style.
Manchester United Manager for Equipler Ian Buckingham remembers that Ronaldo began to wear gloves on cold matches, which no one had previously done. Soon everyone began to do the same.
Separate attention deserve its hairstyles that are constantly changing. So, on June 4, 2017, Cristiano was surprised by fans, once again changing the image. 24 hours after the victory of the Madrid "Real" in the Champions League on the Turin "Juventus", as Ronaldo appeared in public with a new haircut. The years spent with Irina Shayk were not in vain: the footballer became restrained literally in everything, even the consumption of hair gel decreased.
It also makes it possible that Cristiano has repeatedly made plastic. In December 2015, Sydney Okhan surgeon said that the athlete changed his nose. Uses Ronaldo and now popular Fillers are the so-called beauty injections. With the help of these injections, it adjusts the line of cheekbones and lips, smoothes wrinkles.
Cristiano Ronaldo now
Now the football player is in an excellent form, which is confirmed by his participation in Euro-2020. After the match with Hungary in June 2021, the Portuguese became the leader of the rating of the best scorers Che, ahead of Michel Platini. A little left Ronaldo and up to the title of the best scorer in international football. While the first level of the rating belongs to Ali Dai.Before the match with Hungary at a briefing with journalists, the captain of the Portuguese team demonstratively pushed the bottles of Coca-Cola, asking for ordinary water. Reporters suggested that the company for the production of carbonated products due to such an anti-plane lost to $ 4 billion, but this information was false. Representatives of the Corporation noted that the tastes were not arguing. And Ronaldo himself repeatedly repeated that he did not advertise and does not use such drinks.
On the question of the transition from Juventus, Ronaldo did not give a direct response. But earlier he reported that he would leave the team if she would not break to the Champions League. According to journalists, a career athlete can continue in the "Manchester United clubs", Real, PSG and even "Sporting".
Achievements
As part of the national team of Portugal:
- European Champion - 2016
As part of Manchester United:
- British Premier League Champion 2007, 2008, 2009
As part of Real Madrid:
- Champion of Spain 2012, 2017
- Winner Champions League 2014, 2016, 2017
Personal achievements
- Winner of the "Golden Ball" according to FranceFootball 2008, 2016, 2017
- Winner of the "Golden Ball of FIFA" 2013, 2014
- Winner "Golden Boot" 2008, 2011, 2014, 2015