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Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro, (born 5 February 1985), commonly known as Cristiano Ronaldo, is a Portuguese footballer who plays as a winger or striker for Spanish La Liga club Real Madrid and is the captain of the Portuguese national team. Ronaldo became the most expensive footballer in history after moving from Manchester United to Real Madrid in a transfer worth £80 million (€93.9 million/$131.6 million). In addition, his contract with Real Madrid, in which he is paid €12 million per year, makes him one of the highest-paid footballers in the world, and his buyout clause is valued at €1 billion as per his contract.

Ronaldo began his career as a youth player for Andorinha, where he played for two years, before moving to C.D. Nacional. In 1997, he made a move to Portuguese giants Sporting Clube de Portugal. Ronaldo's precocious talent caught the attention of Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson, who signed him for £12.24 million (€15 million) in 2003. The following season, Ronaldo won his first club honour, the FA Cup. He also played at Euro 2004 with Portugal and scored his first international goal in the opening game of the tournament against Greece, in addition to helping Portugal reach the final. He was featured in the UEFA Euro All-Star Team of this competition.

Ronaldo was the first player to win all four main PFA and FWA awards, doing so in 2007. He was third in the 2007 FIFA World Player of the Year award and second in the 2007 Ballon d'Or award. In 2008, Ronaldo won the Champions League with United, was named best forward and player of the tournament and was the competition's top goalscorer as well as winning the European Golden Shoe, becoming the first winger to do so, and topping the Premier League Golden Boot award. He won three of the four main PFA and FWA trophies, only missing the PFA Young Player of the Year, and was named the FIFPro, World Soccer, Onze d'Or, and the FIFA World Player of the Year, in addition to becoming Manchester United's first Ballon d'Or winner in 40 years. Ronaldo holds the distinction of being the first player to win the FIFA Puskás Award, in 2009, an honour handed by FIFA to the best goal of the year. He scored that goal from 40 yards out against Porto in a UEFA Champions League quarter-final match, while playing for Manchester United. Three-time Ballon d'Or winner Johan Cruyff said in an interview on 2 April 2008, "Ronaldo is better than George Best and Denis Law, who were two brilliant and great players in the history of United." He was second in the 2009 FIFA World Player of the Year award and also second in the 2009 Ballon d'Or award.

After moving to Real Madrid in 2009, in his second season, Ronaldo became the highest goalscorer in a season in the history of Real Madrid with 53 goals, surpassing the club's previous high of 49 by Ferenc Puskás. During this season Ronaldo broke the record of most goals ever scored in a season in La Liga with 40, surpassing Telmo Zarra's and Hugo Sánchez's mark (38 goals) established in 1951 and 1990, respectively. Ronaldo also broke Zarra's record of most goals per minute, with a goal scored every 70.7 minutes. The newspaper Marca, the official deliverer of the Pichichi Trophy (the top La Liga goalscorer award), claimed that Ronaldo scored 41 goals (Marca assigned one more goal to Ronaldo than La Liga, which attributed it to Pepe). By doing so, he won the European Golden Shoe award once again, becoming the first player to win the trophy in two different championships. He was third in the 2010–11 UEFA Best Player in Europe Award and second in the 2011 FIFA Ballon d'Or. On 24 March 2012, with the first of two goals scored in the match against Real Sociedad, Ronaldo became the fastest La Liga player to score 100 goals in the league. Ronaldo officially broke his previous record of 40 goals in a La Liga season in the 2011–12 season; by doing so, he became first player to reach 40 goals in a single season in two consecutive years in any of the top European leagues. On 13 May 2012, the last matchday, Ronaldo scored against Mallorca which made him the first player ever to score against every team in a single season in La Liga.He finished the season with 60 goals in every competition, breaking the Real Madrid record he had set the previous season.

Ronaldo has been described as a skillful winger who will take on any defender with his dribbling and pace; he hits his free kicks with power and pace, and is able to beat defenders off the dribble and cross the ball. He is able to score with his head and feet.

Profile

Personal information
Ronaldo playing for Real Madrid
Full name	Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro
Date of birth	5 February 1985 (age 27)
Place of birth	Funchal, Madeira, Portugal
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current club	Real Madrid
Number	7
Youth career
1993–1995	Andorinha
1995–1997	Nacional
1997–2002	Sporting CP
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2002–2003	Sporting CP	25	(3)
2003–2009	Manchester United	196	(84)
2009–	Real Madrid	101	(112)
National team^‡
2001–2002	Portugal U17	9	(6)
2003	Portugal U20	5	(1)
2002–2003	Portugal U21	6	(3)
2004	Portugal U23	3	(1)
2003–	Portugal	89	(32)

Career statistics

Club Career

Club	Season	League		Cup		League Cup		Europe		Other		Total
Club	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Sporting CP	2002–03	25	3	3	2	–		3	0	0	0	31	5
Sporting CP	Total	25	3	3	2	–		3	0	0	0	31	5
Manchester United	2003–04	29	4	5	2	1	0	5	0	0	0	40	6
	2004–05	33	5	7	4	2	0	8	0	0	0	50	9
	2005–06	33	9	2	0	4	2	8	1	–		47	12
	2006–07	34	17	7	3	1	0	11	3	–		53	23
	2007–08	34	31	3	3	0	0	11	8	1	0	49	42
	2008–09	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	29	26	0	0	–		6	7	–		35	33
	2010–11	34	40	8	7	–		12	6	–		54	53
	2011–12	38	46	5	3	–		10	10	2	1	55	60
	Total	101	112	13	10	–		28	23	2	1	144	146
Career total		322	199	42	25	12	4	86	39	5	2	467	269

National Team Career

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Portugal	2003	2	0
	2004	16	7
	2005	10	2
	2006	14	6
	2007	10	5
	2008	8	1
	2009	7	1
	2010	11	3
	2011	9	7
	2012	2	0
Total		89	32

Honours

Manchester United

Premier League (3) : 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09
FA Cup (1) : 2003–04
Football League Cup (2) : 2005–06, 2008–09
FA Community Shield (1) : 2007
UEFA Champions League (1) : 2007–08
FIFA Club World Cup (1) : 2008

Real Madrid

La Liga (1) : 2011–12
Copa del Rey (1) : 2010–11

Individual

UEFA Euro All-Star Team (1): 2004
Bravo Award (1) : 2004
FIFPro Special Young Player of the Year (2) : 2004, 2005
Portuguese Footballer of the Year (6) : 2006–07,2007–08,2008–09,2009–10,2010–11,2011–12
UEFA Team of the Year (6) : 2003–04, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11
Sir Matt Busby Player of the Year (3) : 2003–04, 2006–07, 2007–08
FIFA FIFPro World XI (5) : 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
PFA Young Player of the Year (1) : 2006–07
PFA Players' Player of the Year (2) : 2006–07, 2007–08
PFA Fans' Player of the Year (2) : 2006–07, 2007–08
PFA Premier League Team of the Year (4) : 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09
FWA Footballer of the Year (2) : 2006–07, 2007–08
Barclays Player of the Year (2) : 2006–07, 2007–08
Premier League Player of the Month (4) : November 2006, December 2006, January 2008, March 2008
Premier League Golden Boot (1) : 2007–08
Barclays Merit Award (1) : 2007–08
UEFA Champions League Topscorer (1) : 2007–08
European Golden Shoe (2) : 2007–08, 2010–11
UEFA Club Forward of the Year (1) : 2007–08
UEFA Club Footballer of the Year (1) : 2007–08
FIFA Club World Cup Silver Ball (1) : 2008
Ballon d'Or (1) : 2008
FIFA World Player of the Year (1) : 2008
FIFPro World Player of the Year (1) : 2008
Onze d'Or (1) : 2008
World Soccer Player of the Year (1) : 2008
FIFA Puskás Award (1) : 2009
La Liga top scorer (1) : 2010–11