Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro (born 5 February 1985) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Spanish club Real Madrid and the Portugal national team. Often considered the best player in the world and widely regarded as one of the greatest of all time, Ronaldo has a record-tying five Ballon d'Or awards, the most for a European player, and is the first player to win four European Golden Shoes. He has won 26 trophies in his career, including five league titles, five UEFA Champions League titles and one UEFA European Championship. A prolific goalscorer, Ronaldo holds the records for most official goals scored in Europe's top-five leagues (395), the UEFA Champions League(120), the UEFA European Championship (9), as well as those for most assists in the UEFA Champions League(34) and the UEFA European Championship (6). He has scored over 650 senior career goals for club and country.
Born and raised on the Portuguese island of Madeira, Ronaldo was diagnosed with a racing heart at age 15. He underwent an operation to treat his condition, and began his senior club career playing for Sporting CP, before signing with Manchester United at age 18 in 2003. After winning his first trophy, the FA Cup, during his first season in England, he helped United win three successive Premier League titles, a UEFA Champions League title, and a FIFA Club World Cup. By age 22, he had received Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year nominations and at age 23, he won his first Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year awards. In 2009, Ronaldo was the subject of the most expensive association football transfer when he moved from Manchester United to Real Madrid in a transfer worth 94 million euros(80 million pound sterlings).
Ronaldo was born in Sao Pedro, Funchal, and grew up in the Funchal parish of Santo Antonio, as the youngest child of Maria Dolores dos Santos Aveiro, a cook, and Jose Dinis Aveiro, a municipal gardener and a part-time kit man. His second given name, "Ronaldo", was chosen after the U.S. president Ronald Reagan. He has one older brother, Hugo, and two older sisters, Elma and Liliana Catia. His great-grandmother on his father's side, Isabel da Piedade, was from Sao Vicente, Cape Verde. Ronaldo grew up in a Catholic and impoverished home, sharing a room with his brother and sisters.
Why I like Cristiano Ronaldo
His hard work. He's not like these other soccer players. He works hard to play how he plays, which shows he's serious when it comes to his career.
His humanity. He's so kind towards people no matter what and he never disrespects anyone if they don't deserve it.
His motivation. He keeps me motivated and moving even when things get hard for me but I still keep going because I know that's what Cristiano would do if he was in my position. Even on the field, he motivates his teammates to push harder and that caused them to win the Euro Cup in 2016.
His sportmanship. Not many players display this kind of sportmanship because they get so heated and very aggressive. As for Cristiano he keeps his calm and shows that he's fine no matter what. Also, shaking the other team's hand and saying "Good Game".
The way he acts around his fans. He never turns down a hug, autograph or picture with or for a fan. He loves his fans very much because they're the reason why he's so good and he never wants to lose that.
