
Cristiano ronaldo dos santos aveiro born 5 february 1985 in funchal madeira better known as cristiano ronaldo or by his nickname cr7 is a portuguese footballer.
Cristiano ronaldo football club history. He also starred for the domestic clubs manchester united real madrid and juventus. Cristiano ronaldo is one of the greatest players of all time in the most popular sport in the world in an era where football has never been so rich said sporting intelligence s nick harris whose poll global sports salaries ranks teams from around the world based on total salaries. Football news football manchester united toffees red devils premier league everton wayne rooney cristiano ronaldo facebook twitter chosen for you chosen for you. He plays for serie a club juventus and the portuguese national team.
Cristiano ronaldo dos santos aveiro is a portuguese soccer superstar. After winning the fa cup in his first season he helped united win three successive premier league titles the uefa champions league and the fifa club world cup. At age 23 he won his first ballon d or. 10 cristiano ronaldo is the 1st juventus player to have found the net in 10 successive games played by the bianconeri in the history of the serie a.
By 2003 when he was just 16 years old manchester united paid 12 million over 14 million u s. He led portugal to the 2016 european championship the first major international title in the country s history. Obviously the spotlight of the football match was also directed towards his direct sports antagonist. Ronaldo was the first to reach 100 goals with a single club though.
Berbatov compares united man to messi and ronaldo october 15 2020 6 18 pm october 15 2020 6 18 pm. There s another football club that nearly signed cristiano ronaldo when he was still at sporting lisbon it s a premier league giant. Ronaldo is the all time leading scorer in champions league history with 130 goals while messi is the second highest scorer with 116 goals. Born and raised in madeira ronaldo began his senior club career playing for sporting cp before signing with manchester united in 2003 aged 18.
The barcelona star has a marginally superior goals per game ratio in europe s elite competition 0 81 than ronaldo 0 76.