Cristiano Ronaldo Height Weight Age Biography Family Wiki Net Worth, Affairs, Marriage & much more. Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro GOIH ComM (born 5 February 1985) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Manchester United and captains the Portugal national team. Often considered the best player in the world and widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, Ronaldo has won five Ballon d’Or awards and four European Golden Shoes, the most by a European player. He has won 32 trophies in his career, including seven league titles, five UEFA Champions Leagues, one UEFA European Championship, and one UEFA Nations League. Ronaldo holds the records for most appearances (183), most goals (140), and assists (42) in the Champions League, most goals in the European Championship (14), most international goals by a male player (115), and most international appearances by a European male (186). He is one of the few players to have made over 1,100 professional career appearances, and has scored over 800 official senior career goals for club and country.
Ronaldo began his senior career with Sporting CP, before signing with Manchester United in 2003, aged 18, winning the FA Cup in his first season. He would also go onto win three consecutive Premier League titles, the Champions League and the FIFA Club World Cup; at age 23, he won his first Ballon d’Or. Ronaldo was the subject of the then-most expensive association football transfer when he signed for Real Madrid in 2009 in a transfer worth €94 million (£80 million), where he won 15 trophies, including two La Liga titles, two Copa del Rey, and four Champions Leagues, and became the club’s all-time top goalscorer. He won back-to-back Ballons d’Or in 2013 and 2014, and again in 2016 and 2017, and was runner-up three times behind Lionel Messi, his perceived career rival. In 2018, he signed for Juventus in a transfer worth an initial €100 million (£88 million), the most expensive transfer for an Italian club and the most expensive for a player over 30 years old. He won two Serie A titles, two Supercoppe Italiana, and a Coppa Italia, before returning to United in 2021.
Ronaldo made his international debut for Portugal in 2003 at the age of 18 and has since earned over 180 caps, making him Portugal’s most-capped player. With more than 100 goals at international level, he is also the nation’s all-time top goalscorer. Ronaldo has played in and scored at 11 major tournaments; he scored his first international goal at Euro 2004, where he helped Portugal reach the final. He assumed captaincy of the national team in July 2008. In 2015, Ronaldo was named the best Portuguese player of all time by the Portuguese Football Federation. The following year, he led Portugal to their first major tournament title at Euro 2016, and received the Silver Boot as the second-highest goalscorer of the tournament. He also led them to victory in the inaugural UEFA Nations League in 2019, and later received the Golden Boot as top scorer of Euro 2020.
One of the world’s most marketable and famous athletes, Ronaldo was ranked the world’s highest-paid athlete by Forbes in 2016 and 2017 and the world’s most famous athlete by ESPN from 2016 to 2019. Time included him on their list of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2014. He is the first footballer and the third sportsman to earn US$1 billion in his career.
Early life
Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro was born in the São Pedro parish of Funchal, the capital of the Portuguese island of Madeira, and grew up in the nearby parish of Santo António. He is the fourth and youngest child of Maria Dolores dos Santos Viveiros da Aveiro, a cook, and José Dinis Aveiro, a municipal gardener and part-time kit man. His great-grandmother on his father’s side, Isabel da Piedade, was from the island of São Vicente, Cape Verde. He has one older brother, Hugo, and two older sisters, Elma and Liliana Cátia “Katia”. His mother revealed that she wanted to abort him due to poverty, his father’s alcoholism and having too many children already, but her doctor refused to perform the procedure. Ronaldo grew up in an impoverished Catholic home, sharing a room with all his siblings.
As a child, Ronaldo played for Andorinha from 1992 to 1995, where his father was the kit man, and later spent two years with Nacional. In 1997, aged 12, he went on a three-day trial with Sporting CP, who signed him for a fee of £1,500. He subsequently moved from Madeira to Alcochete, near Lisbon, to join Sporting’s youth academy. By age 14, Ronaldo believed he had the ability to play semi-professionally and agreed with his mother to cease his education to focus entirely on football. While popular with other students at school, he had been expelled after throwing a chair at his teacher, who he said had “disrespected” him. One year later, he was diagnosed with tachycardia, a condition that could have forced him to give up playing football. Ronaldo underwent heart surgery where a laser was used to cauterise multiple cardiac pathways into one, altering his resting heart rate. He was discharged from the hospital hours after the procedure and resumed training a few days later.
Personal life
Ronaldo has had six children. He first became a father to a son, Cristiano Jr., born on 17 June 2010 in the United States. He stated that he has full custody of the child and would not be publicly revealing the identity of the mother per an agreement with her. In January 2015, Ronaldo announced that his five-year relationship with Russian model Irina Shayk had ended.
Ronaldo became a father to twins, daughter Eva and son Mateo, born on 8 June 2017 in the United States via surrogacy. He is currently in a relationship with Argentine-Spanish model Georgina Rodríguez, who gave birth to their daughter Alana Martina on 12 November 2017. A boy, who died in childbirth, and a girl were born to Ronaldo and Rodríguez on 18 April 2022.
Ronaldo’s father, José, died of an alcoholism-related liver condition at age 52 in September 2005 when Ronaldo was 20. Ronaldo said that he does not drink alcohol, and he received libel damages over a Daily Mirror article that reported him drinking heavily in a nightclub while recovering from an injury in July 2008. He also does not have any tattoos as he regularly donates blood and bone marrow.
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Goal Celebrations
Ronaldo has adopted several goal celebrations throughout his career, including one particular celebration which gained widespread coverage in the media, when he squatted and stared directly into a camera on the sidelines of the pitch with his hand on his chin. After scoring a goal, he usually celebrates with a “storming jump” and “turn”, before “landing in spread-eagled fashion” into his “signature power stance”, while usually simultaneously exclaiming “Sí” (Spanish and Italian for “yes”). This trademark celebration has been dubbed the “Sii” in the media.
Career Statistics
Club
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Sporting CP B | 2002–03 | Segunda Divisão B | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Sporting CP | 2002–03 | Primeira Liga | 25 | 3 | 3 | 2 | — | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 5 | |
| Manchester United | 2003–04 | Premier League | 29 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 6 |
| 2004–05 | Premier League | 33 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 9 | |
| 2005–06 | Premier League | 33 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 1 | — | 47 | 12 | ||
| 2006–07 | Premier League | 34 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | — | 53 | 23 | ||
| 2007–08 | Premier League | 34 | 31 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 49 | 42 | |
| 2008–09 | Premier League | 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 | La Liga | 29 | 26 | 0 | 0 | — | 6 | 7 | — | 35 | 33 | ||
| 2010–11 | La Liga | 34 | 40 | 8 | 7 | — | 12 | 6 | — | 54 | 53 | |||
| 2011–12 | La Liga | 38 | 46 | 5 | 3 | — | 10 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 55 | 60 | ||
| 2012–13 | La Liga | 34 | 34 | 7 | 7 | — | 12 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 55 | 55 | ||
| 2013–14 | La Liga | 30 | 31 | 6 | 3 | — | 11 | 17 | — | 47 | 51 | |||
| 2014–15 | La Liga | 35 | 48 | 2 | 1 | — | 12 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 54 | 61 | ||
| 2015–16 | La Liga | 36 | 35 | 0 | 0 | — | 12 | 16 | — | 48 | 51 | |||
| 2016–17 | La Liga | 29 | 25 | 2 | 1 | — | 13 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 46 | 42 | ||
| 2017–18 | La Liga | 27 | 26 | 0 | 0 | — | 13 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 44 | 44 | ||
| Total | 292 | 311 | 30 | 22 | — | 101 | 105 | 15 | 12 | 438 | 450 | |||
| Juventus | 2018–19 | Serie A | 31 | 21 | 2 | 0 | — | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 43 | 28 | |
| 2019–20 | Serie A | 33 | 31 | 4 | 2 | — | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 37 | ||
| 2020–21 | Serie A | 33 | 29 | 4 | 2 | — | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 44 | 36 | ||
| 2021–22 | Serie A | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Total | 98 | 81 | 10 | 4 | — | 23 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 134 | 101 | |||
| Manchester United | 2021–22 | Premier League | 30 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | — | 38 | 24 | |
| Career total | 643 | 497 | 70 | 41 | 12 | 4 | 189 | 141 | 21 | 15 | 935 | 698 |
International
| Team | Year | Competitive | Friendly | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Portugal U15 | 2001 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 7 |
| Portugal U17 | 2001 | — | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |
| 2002 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | |
| Total | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | |
| Portugal U20 | 2003 | — | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | |
| Portugal U21 | 2002 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | |
| Total | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 3 | |
| Portugal U23 | 2004 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Portugal | 2003 | — | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2004 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 7 | |
| 2005 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 2 | |
| 2006 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 6 | |
| 2007 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | |
| 2008 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1 | |
| 2009 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | |
| 2010 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 3 | |
| 2011 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | |
| 2012 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 5 | |
| 2013 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | |
| 2014 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 5 | |
| 2015 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | |
| 2016 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13 | |
| 2017 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 11 | |
| 2018 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | |
| 2019 | 10 | 14 | — | 10 | 14 | ||
| 2020 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | |
| 2021 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 13 | |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 134 | 95 | 52 | 20 | 186 | 115 | |
| Career total | 149 | 102 | 71 | 31 | 220 | 133 |
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