How Cristiano Ronaldo Became A Footballer

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How cristiano ronaldo became a footballer. Former manchester united player george best hails the 18 year old cristiano ronaldo in 2003. Cristiano ronaldo is fast closing in on soon being able to call himself the first billionaire footballer. Ronaldo became manchester united s first ever portuguese player when he signed before the 2003 04 season. 14th august 2020 11 57 ist lionel messi beats cristiano ronaldo to become the highest paid footballer in the world barcelona ace lionel messi has become the highest paid footballer in the world beating his arch rival and juventus ace cristiano ronaldo to claim the top spot.

But in the time that ronaldo has been at madrid the fifa world player ballon d or has been won by messi four times and ronaldo once while la liga s top scorer has also been won by messi 3 2. Cristiano ronaldo has become the first footballer to earn over 1 billion according to forbes putting him ahead of rival lionel messi. An instant sensation ronaldo came to be regarded as one of football s best forwards. Ronaldo is the most followed athlete on instagram and twitter and also has sponsorship deals with nike.

From a skinny young boy to the sturdy athlete he is ronaldo path to be the summit of football success has been laden with rigorous challenges but the portuguese man who once assured his father that he ll lift his family from penury which he was born in has defeated the odds to become the face of football in the 21st century. Portuguese coach luis castro believes that despite being on the receiving end of criticism cristiano ronaldo is still the best football player in the world. Cristiano ronaldo has become football s first ever billionaire ahead of lionel messi with his barcelona rival set to follow suit next year. Earlier this year forbes revealed that cristiano ronaldo became the first footballer to cross the 1bn mark through career earnings.

However it was reported that ronaldo second on fobes list is on course to earn 117m 98m this year. How he became a footballer he. His finest season with united came in 2007 08 when he scored 42 league and cup goals and earned the golden shoe award as europe s leading scorer with 31 league goals.