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Brazilian footballer (born 1976)

This article is about the Brazilian footballer. For the Portuguese footballer, see Cristiano Ronaldo. For other footballers named Ronaldo, see Ronaldo § Association footballers.

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Nazário and the second or paternal family name is de Lima.

Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima (Brazilian Portuguese:[ʁoˈnawduˈlwiznɐˈzaɾjudʒiˈlimɐ]; born 18 September 1976), mononymously known as Ronaldo, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a striker. He is the owner and president of La Liga club Real Valladolid. Nicknamed O Fenômeno ('The Phenomenon') and R9, he is considered one of the greatest players of all time. As a multi-functional striker who brought a new dimension to the position, Ronaldo has been an influence for a generation of strikers that have followed. His individual accolades include being named FIFA World Player of the Year three times and winning two Ballon d'Or awards.

Ronaldo started his career at Cruzeiro and moved to PSV in 1994. He joined Barcelona in 1996 for a then world record transfer fee and at 20 years old, he was named the 1996 FIFA World Player of the Year, making him the youngest recipient of the award. In 1997, Inter Milan broke the world record fee to sign Ronaldo, making him the first player since Diego Maradona to break the world transfer record twice. At 21, he received the 1997 Ballon d'Or and remains the youngest recipient of the award. By the age of 23, Ronaldo had scored over 200 goals for club and country. However, after a series of knee injuries and recuperation, he was inactive for almost three years. Ronaldo joined Real Madrid in 2002 and won the 2002–03 La Liga title. He had spells at AC Milan and Corinthians before retiring in 2011, having suffered further injuries.

Ronaldo played for Brazil in 98 matches, scoring 62 goals and is the third-highe

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The definitive biography of Cristiano Ronaldo, named Football Book of the Year at the Cross Sports Book Awards 2016.

Fully updated to include the 2017-18 season and Ronaldo's transfer to Juventus.

Cristiano Ronaldo is one of the greatest footballers of all time, a dream he pursued from the age of just twelve when he left his humble origins on Madeira behind. It wasn't long before he had the biggest clubs in Europe knocking on his door, but it was Manchester United who won the race for his signature. Under the tutelage of Sir Alex Ferguson, Ronaldo developed into the complete footballer and athlete, winning three league titles and a Champions League along the way.

He then became the biggest galactico of them all when he transferred to Real Madrid for a record-breaking fee. Unprecedented success in the Champions League and a record-equalling five Ballons d'Or followed, before his sensational move to Juventus in the summer of 2018. Guillem Balague, respected football journalist and expert on the Spanish game, provides the definitive account of a twenty-first-century footballing icon.

The author:

Guillem Balague is a Spanish football journalist, prizewinning author and pundit, first for Sky Sports and now for BBC Radio 5 Live. He is the author of A SEASON ON THE BRINK - A PORTRAIT OF RAFA BENITEZ'S LIVERPOOL (2006); the first biography of PEP GUARDIOLA (2012); MESSI (2013); CRISTIANO RONALDO (2015), the Football Book of the Year at the Cross Sports Book Awards; and the bestselling Brave New World - INSIDE POCHETTINO'S SPURS (2017). He is chairman of non-league Biggleswade FC, and lives in Hitchin in Hertfordshire. 

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Cristiano Ronaldo: The Biography. Guillem Balague. The Orion Publishing Group Ltd, £8.99

The problem with Cristiano Ronaldo is summed up in one famous photograph. Towards the end of the Champions League Final in May 2014, the great man converted a penalty to put Real Madrid 4-1 up against local rivals Atletico Madrid. Los Blancos were seconds away from securing La Décima, their long-coveted and unprecedented 10th European Cup.

The player raced to the corner of the pitch, ripping off his shirt as he ran, and as he came to a halt adopted a rigid bodybuilders’ pose, displaying his enviable physique to full effect. The message seemed clear: ‘I, the great Ronaldo, have delivered La Décima. Worship me.’

Well, he had and he hadn’t. Throughout that year’s competition, Cristiano had scored a record 17 goals. If any single player was responsible for Madrid’s achievement, it was he. But he’d also had a quiet final. By the time he stepped up to take the penalty the game was won, thanks to goals by Sergio Ramos, Gareth Bale and the Brazilian Marcelo. Nevertheless, Ronaldo celebrated as if he’d scored the winner, rather than simply added an extra dollop of icing to an already sumptuously-decorated cake.

This, then, is the problem with Ronaldo. In what is ostensibly a team sport, where success is built on unity, sacrifice, strategic and tactical planning and the occasional moment of individual brilliance, he is a pure egoist, driven by an unquenchable desire to be the greatest footballer who has ever lived – not just that, but to be acclaimed as such. This is his daily motivation. His team-mates are merely another part of the audience – they just happen to have the best seats in the house.

The truth, of course, is that he has a point. Ronaldo is sinfully skilful – despite being a 6’1” slab of muscle he is balletic on the pitch, a master of the feint and the dribble and the breathtakingly clever innovation. He goes like a rocket – in the dy

Portuguese footballer (born 1985)

"CR7" redirects here. For other uses, see Cristiano Ronaldo (disambiguation) and CR7 (disambiguation).

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is dos Santos and the second or paternal family name is Aveiro.

Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos AveiroGOIHComM (Portuguese pronunciation:[kɾiʃˈtjɐnuʁɔˈnaldu]; born 5 February 1985) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a forward for and captains both the Saudi Pro League club Al Nassr and the Portugal national team. Nicknamed CR7, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, and has won numerous individual accolades throughout his professional footballing career, including five Ballon d'Or awards, a record three UEFA Men's Player of the Year Awards, four European Golden Shoes, and was named five times the world's best player by FIFA. He has won 33 trophies in his career, including seven league titles, five UEFA Champions Leagues and the UEFA European Championship. Ronaldo holds the records for most goals (140) and assists (42) in the Champions League, goals (14) and assists (8) in the European Championship, and most international appearances (217) and international goals (135). He is one of the few players to have made over 1,200 professional career appearances, the most by an outfield player, and has scored over 900 official senior career goals for club and country, making him the top goalscorer of all time.

Ronaldo began his senior career with Sporting CP, before signing with Manchester United in 2003, winning the FA Cup in his first season. He went on to become a star player at United, as they won three consecutive Premier League titles, the Champions League and the FIFA Club World Cup; at age 23, he won his first Ballon d'Or. Ronaldo was the subject of the then-most expensive association football transfer when he signed for Real Madrid in 2009 in a tra