CRISTIANO RONALDO

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><br /><div class="widget Image" id="Image1" style="font-size: 13px;"><div class="widget-content" style="font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img alt="" height="291" id="Image1_img" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH4dflmH4sQMhJF6XdtzbGGIeI4Z8Y_hK5PqFrNOIARYnD_Qh2q3M68Tlk9KDh3XWqxIZIy4Il6NPRbRUIgpD5RuOQE4KBnijvN_ZR1dTd9HYcuHhNNHAOI-YP3mPsxYa5igOzGrD-WBmk/s730/Cristiano_Ronaldo_Wallpapers.jpg" width="400" /> </span></span></div><div class="clear" style="font-size: 13px;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div class="clear" style="font-size: 13px;"></div></div><div class="widget Text" id="Text1"><h2 class="title" style="font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">BIOGRAPHY </span></span></h2><h2 class="title" style="font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;">  Birthday: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">1985/02/05</span></span></h2><h2 class="title" style="font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;">Full name: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro</span></span></h2><h2 class="title" style="font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;">Place of Birth: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Funchal, Madeira, Portugal</span></span></h2><h2 class="title" style="font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;">Height: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)</span></span></h2><h2 class="title" style="font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;">Position: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Right/Centre/Left Midfielder, Forward</span></span></h2><h2 class="title" style="font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;">Nickname(s): <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Ronaldo, CR7, Ronnie, Rocket Ronaldo</span></span></h2><h2 class="title" style="font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;">Wife / girlfriend: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Carolina Patrocinio</span></span></h2><h2 class="title" style="font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;">Lives in: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Manchester, Cheschire</span></span></h2></div><div style="font-size: 13px;"></div></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbI7UQIZceizH30fQMK47rjM72cJwzL77-BeWy3mMA5DkIp9Jgsx_D2FKejSALtZgCQ3821vhel-MLeqKawM120Ky6FGHXB8n2TLfnE1YZmXt7hkAwu1BZ3EqFtiiWN4f5Zkm-Fiu7ofo0/s1600-h/image.axd.jpg" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432254955499036914" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbI7UQIZceizH30fQMK47rjM72cJwzL77-BeWy3mMA5DkIp9Jgsx_D2FKejSALtZgCQ3821vhel-MLeqKawM120Ky6FGHXB8n2TLfnE1YZmXt7hkAwu1BZ3EqFtiiWN4f5Zkm-Fiu7ofo0/s320/image.axd.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; float: right; height: 240px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px; width: 320px;" /></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: small; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Cristiano Ronaldo was born on the 5th February 1985, on the small island of </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: small; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Madeira, Portugal.</span></span></span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"></span></span><br /><div style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px;">Cristiano Ronaldo arrived in Manchester amid a media storm. Manchester United had m</span></div><div><div face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, SansSerif" size="15px" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">anaged to sign the player without the Press suspecting anything. As the Stock Market was told that t</span></div><div face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, SansSerif" size="15px" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">he player had been</span></div><div style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> signed, hundreds of journalists flooded up to Manchester to get a proper look at one of Manchester United's youngest </span></div><div style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">signings.</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"></span><br /></span><br /><div style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz2n3NDLNJCbxa7qFMB57WEDG21vZPMx28YUzIC0k5C-bDMalL9fwaKaoUzgsfgMggrcjKZKE2YuXkaiwXo6Rn8WPsmIvZRfj7rh3RFqp7A4250813XW7QX3NPyYD7UvpdkMDzpJ-HJ55Q/s1600/pic01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432186638737046770" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz2n3NDLNJCbxa7qFMB57WEDG21vZPMx28YUzIC0k5C-bDMalL9fwaKaoUzgsfgMggrcjKZKE2YuXkaiwXo6Rn8WPsmIvZRfj7rh3RFqp7A4250813XW7QX3NPyYD7UvpdkMDzpJ-HJ55Q/s320/pic01.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; height: 320px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px; width: 220px;" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Named after Ronald Reagan, due to his father's respect for the man, f</span></div><div style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">ew would have gambled that this child would make it to the very top of the Football tree, especially with Madeira mainly being used for farm-land. He has one</span></div><div style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> brother and two sisters, and it is family whom he deems most important in his life.</span></div><div style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It was on the dusty back-streets of this sm<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 48px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;">a</span></span></span></div><div style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 48px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;">ll island that Ronaldo learnt his first few tricks, and it was also on this Island that he was first scouted. By the age of twelve Ronaldo had established himself as the be</span></span></span></div><div style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 48px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;">st player on the Island, able to use his ball skills and p<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 48px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;">ace to get past full-grown defenders for Andorinha</span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Having been recognised aas serious talent, all that was left was for the big Portuguese clubs to scrap it out for his signature. Though<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 48px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;"> Porto and Boavista came in for him, he could only ever play for Sp</span></span></span></div><div style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 48px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;">orting the club he supported as a boy.</span></span></span></div><div style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">He progressed slowl<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 48px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;">y through the youth ranks, although all those who worked with him were impressed with th</span></span>e</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432187631520822210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhEQal9KgvdBR0D2LeTrr73Is9RjLteT90waR_v3_s2a1yAiX7oE2ASh73S8jUGU6LPwbjBAOKarlE3M2mXPxrU7cSM0HbN0k6rTYwLehX1LWwItld7ugL13G4nOrqyTAv5aSVqv7qlMmc/s320/pic07.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 320px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; padding: 4px; width: 292px;" /></span><div style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">talent that he had for <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">his age, as well as his maturity.</span></div><div face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, SansSerif" size="15px" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px;">At the tender age of 17,Ronaldo was thrown in at the deep end with his first game against Moreirense. Tw<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 48px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;">o goals on his first appearance not only gave him his <span style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; position: static;"><span class="kLink" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-style: none !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; display: inline !important; float: none !important; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; padding-bottom: 1px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; position: static;">dream</span></span> debut, but also endeared him to the</span></span></div><div face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, SansSerif" size="15px" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 48px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;"> fans, who soon learnt to chant for the ball to be passed to him. A goal against title-rivals Boavis<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 48px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;">ta also saw him rise to the top of the "Fan's Favourites" list.</span></span></span></span></div><div face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, SansSerif" size="15px" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px;">His skills were watched closely by all of the big clubs in Europe, including Liverpool and Juventus, in the U-17 European Championships. His dazzling skills put England U-17s out, and everyon</div><div face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, SansSerif" size="15px" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px;">e who watched felt they had seen something special.</div><div face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, SansSerif" size="15px" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px;">At the end of his first season at Sporting he was linked to Liverpool. Though he claimed he was extrem</div><div face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, SansSerif" size="15px" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px;">ely happy at Sporting, he was also flattered by the interest of such a big club, who used to do well in the Premier League.</div><div face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, SansSerif" size="15px" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px;">Sporting finished top in the league, and Ronaldo was</div><div face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, SansSerif" size="15px" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px;"> hailed as the future of the club, alongside Quaresma, another Por<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 48px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;">tuguese Starlet.</span></span></div><div face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, SansSerif" size="15px" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px;">As it was, both moved away, with the money on the table to much for the Portuguese club to turn down. Best-friend Quaresma ended up at Barcelona, whilst Ronaldo came to the bright red of Manchester.</div><div face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, SansSerif" size="15px" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></div><div face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, SansSerif" size="15px" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px;">The deal saw Ronald become the most expensive teenage signing in Britain, with Manchester United paying £12.24million over two seasons, in two equal payments.</div><div face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, SansSerif" size="15px" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px;">Those who had not seen him <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 48px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;">play baulked at the price such a lot of money for someone unproven!</span></span></div><div face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, SansSerif" size="15px" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px;">Those who had seen the Man Utd vs. Sporting friendly just three days before, however, knew that this player was special. Playing for Sporting, Ronaldo had taken the game to the reds, and was the main reason that Manchester United lost 3-1. After the game, all the United players could talk about was how well Ronaldo had played, and they begged Sir Alex to buy him. Sir Alex had been <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 48px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;">following him for months, but decided that the time was right not least because other clubs were getting increasingly closer to buying him.</span></span></div><div face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, SansSerif" size="15px" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px;">An so, on 12th August 2003, Cristiano Ronaldo held up the famous Red shirt, with his favourite number 7 (it is hero Figo's number) for all the press to see.</div><div style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">A new star had bee<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 48px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;">n born.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">His first performance for the club was against Bolton. He entered the fray with an hour gone, with United 1 0 up. A standing ovation from th</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 48px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;">e fans at old Trafford did nothing to settle his nerves, but he rewarded the fans for their trust. A man-of-the-match <span style="background-color: transparent !important; background-image: none !important; border-bottom-color: transparent !important; border-bottom-style: none !important; border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-left-color: transparent !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-color: transparent !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-top-color: transparent !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; bottom: 0px; cursor: pointer; display: inline !important; font-size: 12px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; left: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; position: static; right: 0px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none !important; top: 0px;"><span class="kLink" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-style: none !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; display: inline !important; float: none !important; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; padding-bottom: 1px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; position: static;">performance </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">followed, and Ronaldo became legend. He had a hand in two of the goals, won an unconverted penalty, and mesmerized the Bolton defence.</span></div><div style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">The next day the media proclaimed him one of the best players ever for United, comparing him with Red-Legend George Best. Much had been seen, but much is still to come. Ronaldo got better and better as the season went on, eventually leading the Reds to the FA Cup - though somewhat suprisingly, he was not awarded "Man of the Match in that game". It was a disappointing season for United, but no-one was questioning whether Ronaldo was worth the £12million Sir Alex had splashed out on him just eight months previously - everyone could see that Ronaldo was going to be an incredible player.</div><div style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Ronaldo matured so much during his first year at United that he became a regular in the Portuguese national first team squad. He played a major role in their progress to the final of Euro 2004, where they opposed Greece. In a match that was played on Portuguese soil, Portugal deserved to win the game, but were beaten by a goal scored on the counter-attack by a defensive Greece team.</div><div style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Ronaldo was also selected for the Portuguese Olympic football team for 2004. He is fast becoming the greatest player who ever lived.</div></span></div><br /><a href="http://www.boundlesstech.net/">Web Design</a> By <a href="http://www.shobii.co.nr/">Shobi</a></div>

CRISTIANO RONALDO

BIOGRAPHY    Birthday:  1985/02/05 Full name:  Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro Place of Birth:  Funchal, Madeira, Portugal Height:  1.8...

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