Player Profile and Biography of Cristiano Ronaldo
Full name : Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro
Place of Birth : Funchal, Madeira, Portugal
Date of Birth : 5 February 1985
Nationality : Portugal
Position : Striker
Playing in the Club : Real Madrid
Cristiano Ronaldo was born in Funchal, Madeira, Portugal on 5 February 1985. The player's full name Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro it holds the record as the most expensive player in the world when transferred Real Madrid from Manchester United in the summer of 2009, a 132 million dollars or more than 1.3 trillion dollars.
Player who captained the Portuguese national team reach the golden age when joining Manchester United in 2003 on his first professional club in Portugal, Sporting Lisbon, which makes the first Portuguese player at Old Trafford with transfer "only" 12.24 million pounds.
Ronaldo, who initially chose number 28 in Manchester United's punggu but given the number 7 by Sir Alex Ferguson made his debut for the Red Devils in a 4-0 win over Premiership when Bolton and scored his first goal in England when they beat Portsmouth 3-0 on 1 November 2003.
Ronaldo scored his thousandth Premiership on October 29, 2005 when they lost 1-4 to Middlesbrough and in the same year Ronaldo won the Best Young Player in 2005.
In November and December 2006, Ronaldo received consecutive awards as the best Premiership player who makes the third player to achieve such a record after Dennis Bergkamp in 1997 and Robbie Fowler in 1996.
Ronaldo scored his 50th goal for Manchester United on May 5, 2007 in the face of their city rivals, Manchester City. In the same year, the Red Devils won their first Premiership title in the last four years and Ronaldo won the Best Young Player.
Rumor interest Spanish giants, Real Madrid, Ronaldo first appeared at the end of the 2006-2007 season with a starting bid worth 80 million euros. But the offer was countered United's Ronaldo with a contract extension for five years worth of salary degnan 120 thousand pounds per week.
Ronaldo early 2007 to establish himself as the best player in the UK, Europe, and the world by winning various titles, ranging Premiership Player of the Year, Best Young Player, Players Player of Choice Professional English version.
In 2007, Ronaldo became the runner-up winner of the Ballon d'Or (European Footballer) under the AC Milan player who later became his teammate at Real Madrid, Kaka. Ronaldo also won third place in the FIFA Player of the Year after Kaka and Lionel Messi.
Ronaldo scored his first hat trick for Manchester United on January 12, 2008 when the Red Devils rolled Newcastle United with a score of 6-0.
For the first time in his career with Manchester United, Ronaldo served as captain on March 19, 2008 when United scored twice in the victory over Bolton. His second goal was a goal to Ronaldo's 33 in all competitions that season which makes Ronaldo surpassed George Best's record in 40 years with a total of 32 goals a season from 1967 to 1968. High productivity Ronaldo won him the European Golden Boot in 2008, winning eight goals from Mallorca striker Dani Guiza.
Total, Ronaldo scored 42 goals in all competitions for the 2007-08 season and to within four goals by Denis Law, who scored a record 46 goals 1963-64 season.
Individual title of the 2007-08 season Ronaldo more perfect with the achievements of Manchester United win the Champions League by beating Chelsea in the final in Moscow. Ronaldo scored one goal to United's goalkeeper Petr Cech at Chelsea before the normal time equalizer for a 1-1 until the game ended and the United clinched on penalties.
Entering the 2008 season, according to performance because fewer than Ronaldo suffered an injury, his move to Real Madrid rumors continue to roll like a ball of snow. Claims and attacking each other in the media between Real Madrid and Manchester United became the British media headlines almost every day early in the season 2008-2009.
After recovering from the injury, Ronaldo still show sharp for United, scoring one goal for 100 and 101 while a 5-0 win over promotion team, Stoke City. Ronaldo has scored a record 19 goals for Premier League contestants.
On December 2, 2008, Ronaldo was awarded the European Footballer (Ballon d'Or) as the first Manchester United player who received it after George Best in 1968.
Ronaldo had an accident while driving his car, the Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano, in a tunnel near Manchester airport, but Ronaldo survived the crash and suffered only minor injuries. Four days after the accident, Ronaldo became the first player in the history of Manchester United, who became FIFA World Player of Portugal and became the second player after Luis Figo in 2001.
In the quarter-final second leg menghadapo Porto, Ronaldo scored from 40 yards called Ronaldo as the best goal ever scored throughout his career.
Champions League final 2008/09 to face Barcelona at the Olimpico, Roma, Ronaldo performed under perform and lost 0-2. In June 2009, Manchester United accepted a bid of 80 million pounds from Real Madrid after Ronaldo expressed his desire to leave the club.
When leaving United, Ronaldo thanked Sir Alex Ferguson by saying, "He is my father in sport, one of the important factors and very influential in my career,"
On June 26, 2009, Real Madrid officially announced the transfer of Ronaldo and was introduced to the public in Santiago Barnebeu on July 6, 2009 with 9 costume back number which was previously worn Argentine, Javier Saviola. The event was attended introductory Ronaldo Madrid legend Alfredo di Stefano, and was greeted by 80 thousand supporters of Los Merengues in Santiago Barnebu, surpassing the record of Diego Maradona at Napoli which dihadidi 75 thousand in 1984.
Ronaldo scored his first goal for Real Madrid in La Liga debut as face Deportivo La Coruna and scored twice for Real Madrid in the first matchday of the Champions League against FC Zurich.
In the Portugal national team, Ronaldo made his debut in a 1-0 win over Kazakhstan, August 20, 2003. Ronaldo in Euro 2004 by scoring two goals in the group stage and the semi-finals. Despite failing to take Portugal to be the champion to lose to Greece in the final, Ronaldo remains selected as the best team of the tournament. Ronaldo also appeared with Portugal at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
At the 2006 World Cup qualifiers, Ronaldo was the second leading scorer with seven goals despite the finals in Germany Ronaldo only scored one goal in the face of Iran penalty spot.
When facing England in the quarter-final, Ronaldo was involved in an incident with British players who are team-mates at Manchester United, Wayne Rooney, by provoking the referee Horacio Elizondo to give a red card to Rooney. From the replays, Ronaldo was seen winking at the referee to clarify that despite Rooney red card for a foul purely Rooney and Ronaldo were not for intimidation.
The incident provoked outrage and make British media speculation Cristiano Ronaldo's move to Real Madrid. In an interview with leading Spanish daily, Marca, Ronaldo claimed to have been asked to take it off to Manchester United for Real Madrid.
The day after his 22nd birthday, Ronaldo Ronaldo for the first time served as captain of the Portuguese national team in test matches to face Brazil, 6 February 2007. Since the national team coached by Carlos Queiroz's Portugal after Euro 2008, Ronaldo has always been the first choice as captain Selecção das Quinas.
In the Euro 2008 qualifiers, Ronaldo scored eight goals which made him a runner-up scorer under Polish striker, Ebi Smolarek. Ronaldo sharpness in qualifying does not continue in the finals when Portugal were eliminated in the quarter-finals by Germany.
Injury while playing for Real Madrid made Ronaldo ruled out of Portugal in two World Cup playoff match crucial Eurozone facing Bosnia-Herzegovina. But even without the injured Ronaldo, Portugal still make sure to qualify for South Africa with a 2-0 aggregate score. Ronaldo actions are now expected at the 2010 World Cup.
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