Cristiano Ronaldo dos santos Aveiro ; born 5 February 1985 is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a forward for and captains both Saudi pro league club AI -Nassr and the Portugal national team. Nicknamed CR7,he is widely regarded as one of the greatest players in history, and has won numerous individual accolades throughout his career, including five accolades throughout his 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 UEFA championship leagues and the UEFA European championship. He holds the records for most goals (140) and Assists (8) in the European championship, and most international appearances(221) and international goals (138).he has 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 goal scorer of all time.
About
born :5 February (age 40 years).
current teams: AI-Nassr FC ,Portugal national football team.
dates joined: 2023 (AI -Nassr FC), 2021 .
children: angel dos santos Aveiro.
height:1.87m .
salary:20 crores EUR(2024).
siblings: Hugo dos santos Aveiro, Katia Aveiro Elma dos santos Aveiro.
what is CR7 full name ?
Cristiano Ronaldo’s full name is Cristiano Ronaldo dos santos Aveiro. the CR7 refers to his initials (Cristiano Ronaldo) and the number7, which is famously associated with him from his playing career.
early life
cristiano ronaldo dos santos aveiro was born on 5 february 1985 in the sao pedro parish of funchal ,the capital of the poetuguese island of madeira,and grew up in the nearby parish of santo antonio . he is the fourth and youngest child of maria dolores dos santos viverios aveiro,who worked as acool in the hospitality industry and a cleaning woman, and jose dinis aveiro, a municipal gardener at the junta de freguesia of santo antonio and part-time kit man for football club andorinha. his great-grandmother on his fathers side ,isabel da piedade ,an african woman, was born in the island of sao vicente,in what was then portuguese cape verde,and moved to madeira island at 16.he has one older brother,hugo,and two older sisters,elma and liliana catia katia. he was named after actor and U.S president ronald reagan, whom his father was a fan of .his mother revealed that she wanted to abort him due to poverty,his fathers alcoholism,and having too many children already,but her doctor refused to perform the procedure. ronaldo grew up in an impoverished catholic home ,sharing a room with all his siblings.
as a child, Ronaldo played for Andorinha from 1992 to 1995, where his father was the kit man , and later spent two years with nacional.in 1997, aged 12, he went on a three -day trial with sporting CP, who signed him for fee of 1,500. he subsequently moved from madeira to Lisbon to join sporting CPs youth system.by age 14, while struggling with his school duties and responsibilities in Escola EB2 de Telheiras,his school in the telheiras area of Lisbon ,Ronaldo believed he had the ability to play semi-professionally and agreed with his mother and his tutor at sporting CP ,Leonel pontes, to cease his education to focus entirely on football. with a troubled life as a student ,and although living in Lisbon area away from his Madeiran family, he did not complete schooling beyond the 6th grade.
club career.
sporting CP.
after impressing in sporting’s youth teams, he was promoted to the main team by first-team manager Laszlo boloni.at age 17,on 14 august 2002 ,he played his first official match for the first team ,in a UEFA champions league qualifying round at Jose Alvalade stadium against inter Milan, and his Primeiea Liga debut, took place a month later against Braga, and on 7 October, he scored two goals against moderance in their 3-0 win . over the course of the 2002-03 season, his representatives suggested the player to Liverpool manager Gerard Houllier and Barcelona president join LaPorta. manager Arsene Wenger, who was interested in signing Ronaldo, met with him at arsenals stadium in November to discuss a possible transfer.