
He scored two goals in a 3 0 win over moreirense in the primeira liga.
Messi and ronaldo who started playing football first. Born 24 june 1987 is an argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward and captains both spanish club barcelona and the argentina national team often considered the best player in the world and widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time messi has won a record six ballon d or awards and a. Ronaldo was promoted into sporting cp s first team at the age of 16 making his first team debut on october 7 2002. In 2007 ronaldo and messi finished as runners up to a c. Milan s kaká in both the ballon d or an award rewarded to the player voted as the best in the world by an international panel of sports journalists.
Ljoˈnel anˈdɾez ˈmesi. Sir alex ferguson was able to rest star players ruud van nistelrooy paul scholes and ryan giggs for the game while a young ronaldo way before the goals the records and ballon d ors was. He also starred for the domestic clubs manchester united real madrid and juventus. Cristiano ronaldo started his youth career in 1992 with andorinha then he went to nacional in 1995 and then he went to sporting in 1997 and played in youth leagues till 2002.
When he was 13 his family relocated to barcelona. He played for fc barcelona s under 14 team quickly graduating through the higher level teams until his informal debut at age 16 with fc barcelona in a friendly match. He started his senior career in 2002 at sporting football club. Cristiano ronaldo portuguese football soccer forward who was one of the greatest players of his generation.
And the fifa world player of the year an award voted for by coaches and captains of international teams in an interview that year messi was quoted as saying cristiano ronaldo is an. Ronaldo was entitled to bear a grudge after messi spoiled his final game as a united player before his summer 2009 switch to real madrid. Lionel andrés messi spanish pronunciation. Messi started playing football as a boy and was noticed by clubs on both sides of the atlantic.