Cristiano Ronaldo with Real Madrid in 2015
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Full name | Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro | |||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 5 February 1985 | |||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Funchal, Madeira, Portugal | |||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||
Playing position | Forward | |||||||||||||||||
Club information | ||||||||||||||||||
Current team
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Real Madrid | |||||||||||||||||
Number | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||
1992–1995 | Andorinha | |||||||||||||||||
1995–1997 | Nacional | |||||||||||||||||
1997–2002 | Sporting CP | |||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||
2002–2003 | Sporting CP B | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||||||
2002–2003 | Sporting CP | 25 | (3) | |||||||||||||||
2003–2009 | Manchester United | 196 | (84) | |||||||||||||||
2009– | Real Madrid | 253 | (274) | |||||||||||||||
National team‡ | ||||||||||||||||||
2001 | Portugal U15 | 9 | (7) | |||||||||||||||
2001–2002 | Portugal U17 | 7 | (5) | |||||||||||||||
2003 | Portugal U20 | 5 | (1) | |||||||||||||||
2002–2003 | Portugal U21 | 10 | (3) | |||||||||||||||
2004 | Portugal U23 | 3 | (2) | |||||||||||||||
2003– | Portugal | 136 | (68) | |||||||||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:40, 18 February 2017 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13 November 2016 |
Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro, ComM, GOIH (Portuguese pronunciation: [kɾiʃ'tjɐnu ʁuˈnaɫdu], born 5 February 1985) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Spanish club Real Madrid and the Portugal national team. He primarily plays as a forward, but has also been deployed as a winger and serves as captain for Portugal. In 2008, he won his first Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year awards. Ronaldo then won the FIFA Ballon d'Or in 2013 and 2014. In 2016, he received his fourth Ballon d'Or, the most for a European player in the history of the award, and the inaugural Best FIFA Men's Player. In 2015, Ronaldo scored his 500th senior career goal for club and country.
Often ranked the best player in the world and widely regarded as one of the greatest of all time, Ronaldo was named the best Portuguese player of all time by the Portuguese Football Federation, during its 100th anniversary celebrations in 2015. He is the only player to win four European Golden Shoe awards. One of the most marketable athletes in sport, in 2016 Forbes named Ronaldo the world's best paid athlete. In June 2016, ESPN ranked him the world's most famous athlete.