Cristiano Ronaldo From Portugal - Biography

Full Name: Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro
Place of Birth: Funchal, Madeira, Portugal
Date of Birth: 5 February 1985
Nationality: Portugal
Position: Striker
Playing at the Club: Real Madrid

Cristiano Ronaldo From Portugal - Biography
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 world's most expensive player when transferred Real Madrid from Manchester United in the summer of 2009 worth 132 million dollars or more than 1.3 trillion dollars.

Players who became captain of the Portugal national team that won the golden age when joining Manchester United in 2003 from his first professional club in Portugal, Sporting Lisbon, which makes it the first Portuguese player at Old Trafford with the transfer of "only" 12.24 million pounds.

Cristiano Ronaldo From Portugal - Biography

Ronaldo, who initially chose the number 28 in Manchester United's punggu but given the number 7 by Sir Alex Ferguson was undergoing his debut for the Red Devils in the Premiership when a 4-0 win over Bolton and scored his first goal in England when they beat Portsmouth 3-0 on 1 November 2003.

Ronaldo scored the thousandth Premier League on October 29, 2005 when they lost 1-4 of Middlesbrough and Ronaldo in the same year won the Young Player of 2005.

In November and December 2006, Ronaldo received consecutive awards as the best Premiership player who makes the players who won a record third after Dennis Bergkamp in 1997 and Robbie Fowler in 1996.

Ronaldo scored 50 goals 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 four years and Ronaldo won the Best Young Player.

Rumors 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 Cristiano 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, Young Player, Player of England's Professional Players Choice version.

In 2007, Ronaldo became runnerup winning the Ballon d'Or (European Footballer) under the AC Milan player who later became his teammate at Real Madrid, Kaka. Ronaldo also won the award in third place after the FIFA Player of the Year Kaka and Lionel Messi.

Ronaldo scored his first hat trick for Manchester United on January 12, 2008 when the Red Devils roll 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. Second goal was Ronaldo 33 goals in all competitions that season which makes Ronaldo surpassed George Best record in 40 years with a total of 32 goals 1967-1968 season. High productivity Ronaldo won him the European Golden Boot in 2008, winning eight goals from Mallorca striker Dani Guiza.

In total, Ronaldo scored 42 goals in all competitions for the 2007-08 season and only four goals adrift with a record of Denis Law who scored 46 goals 1963-64 season.

Ronaldo individual title more perfect 2007-08 season with Manchester United's achievement winning the Champions League by beating Chelsea in the final in Moscow. Ronaldo scored United's goal against Petr Cech at the normal time before Chelsea's equalizer for a 1-1 until the game ends and the United clinched on penalties.

Entering the 2008 season, Ronaldo's performance a bit because in addition plagued by injuries, rumors of his move to Real Madrid continue to roll like a snowball. Mutual claims and attacked in the media between Real Madrid and Manchester United became the British media headlines almost every day early in the season 2008-2009.

Post recovering from injury, Ronaldo still showed sharp for United, scoring one goal is to 100 and 101 when the team won 5-0 over promotion, Stoke City. Ronaldo has scored record to 19 Premier League contestants.

On December 2, 2008, Ronaldo was awarded the European Footballer (Ballon d'Or) as the first player to accept Manchester United's George Best after 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 history who became Manchester United's 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 a distance of 40 yards called Ronaldo as the best goal ever scored in his career.

In the 2008/09 Champions League final against Barcelona at the Olimpico, Rome, Ronaldo appeared under perform and lose 0-2. In June 2009, Manchester United accepted a bid of 80 million pounds from Real Madrid after Ronaldo declared his intention to leave the club.

When leaving United, Ronaldo to thank Sir Alex Ferguson by saying, "He is my father in sports, one important factor and is very influential in my career,"

On June 26, 2009, Real Madrid officially announced the transfer of Ronaldo and be introduced to the public in Santiago Barnebeu on July 6, 2009 with numbered costumes previously worn back nine players from Argentina, Javier Saviola. The event was attended introductory Ronaldo Real Madrid legend Alfredo di Stefano, and was greeted by 80 thousand supporters in Santiago Barnebu Los Merengues, surpassing the record of Diego Maradona at Napoli which dihadidi 75 thousand in 1984.

Ronaldo scored the first goal for Real Madrid in La Liga when making his debut to face Deportivo La Coruna and scored twice for Real Madrid in the Champions League Matchday first face FC Zurich.

In the Portugal national team, Ronaldo made his debut during a 1-0 win over Kazakhstan, August 20, 2003. Ronaldo appeared at Euro 2004 by scoring two goals in the group stage and the semi-finals. Despite failing to take Portugal to win because the Greeks were defeated in the final, Ronaldo was selected as the best team tournament. Ronaldo also performed with Portugal at the 2004 Olympics.

At the 2006 World Cup qualifiers, Ronaldo is the second leading scorer with seven goals while at the finals in Germany Ronaldo only scored one goal against Iran at the penalty spot.

When facing England in the quarter finals, Ronaldo was involved an incident with a British player who was his teammate at Manchester United, Wayne Rooney, with referee Horacio Elizondo provoked to give red card to Rooney. From the replay, Ronaldo was seen winking at Rooney even though the referee to clarify that the pure red card for a foul Rooney and Ronaldo is not due to intimidation.

The incident angered the British media and make speculation Cristiano Ronaldo move to Real Madrid. In an interview with a leading Spanish newspaper, Marca, Ronaldo admitted that he had asked the Manchester United to take it off to Real Madrid.

The day after his birthday to 22, Ronaldo Ronaldo for the first time served as captain of the Portugal national team in the match trials facing Brazil, 6 February 2007. Since the Portugal national team coached by Carlos Queiroz after Euro 2008, Ronaldo has always been the first choice as captain Seleccao das Quinas.

At Euro 2008 qualifiers, Ronaldo scored eight goals, which makes it a runner-up finish top scorer in the Polish striker, Ebi Smolarek. Ronaldo acuity in qualifying does not continue in the finals when Portugal knocked out in the quarterfinals by Germany.

Injury while strengthening Real Madrid made to strengthen Portugal Ronaldo missed two crucial game at the World Cup European zone playoffs to face Bosnia-Herzegovina. However, though not confirmed Cristiano Ronaldo, Portugal still ensure himself escaped to South Africa with a 2-0 aggregate score. Ronaldo's actions are now expected at the 2010 World Cup.

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