Cristiano Ronaldo Dos Santos Aveiro

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Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro GOIH ComM (European Portuguese: [kɾiʃˈtjɐnu ʁɔˈnaɫdu]; born 5

February 1985) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Serie


A club Juventus and captains the Portugal national team. Often considered the best player in the
world and widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time,[note 3] Ronaldo has won
five Ballons d'Or[note 4] and four European Golden Shoes, both of which are records for a European
player. He has won 29 major trophies in his career, including six league titles, five UEFA Champions
Leagues, one UEFA European Championship, and one UEFA Nations League title. A prolific
goalscorer, Ronaldo holds the records for the most goals scored in the UEFA Champions League
(128) and for the most hat-tricks in recorded history (56). He is one of the few recorded players to
have made over 1,000 professional career appearances and has scored over 700 senior career
goals for club and country.[11]
Born and raised in Madeira, Ronaldo began his senior club career playing for Sporting CP, before
signing with Manchester United in 2003, aged 18. After winning the FA Cup in his first season, he
helped United win three successive Premier League titles, the UEFA Champions League, and
the FIFA Club World Cup; at age 23, he won his first Ballon d'Or. In 2009, Ronaldo was the subject
of the then-most expensive association football transfer when signed for Real Madrid in
a transfer worth €94 million (£80 million). There, Ronaldo won 15 trophies, including two La
Liga titles, two Copas del Rey, and four UEFA Champions League titles, and became the club's all-
time top goalscorer. After joining Madrid, Ronaldo finished runner-up for the Ballon d'Or three times,
behind Lionel Messi—his perceived career rival—before winning back-to-back Ballons d'Or
from 2013–2014 and again from 2016–2017. After winning a third consecutive Champions
League title in 2018, Ronaldo became the first player to win the trophy five times. In 2018, he signed
for Juventus in a transfer worth an initial €100 million (£88 million), the highest ever paid by an Italian
club and the highest ever paid for a player over 30 years old. He won the Serie A in his debut
season with the club.

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