Cristiano Ronaldo Wife, Age, Family, Net Worth, Teams And Records

Cristiano Ronaldo is a Portuguese professional footballer widely regarded as one of the best Football players in Fifa World Cup history. Born on February 5, 1985, in Madeira, Portugal, he began his professional career with Sporting Lisbon before moving to Manchester United in 2003, where he won numerous trophies including three English Premier League titles and the UEFA Champions League.

In the year 2009, Ronaldo joined hands with Real Madrid at a world record transfer fee. During his time at Real Madrid, he became the club's all-time leading goal scorer and won numerous domestic and international titles, including four Champions League titles. In 2018, he moved to Juventus in Italy, where he continued to excel.

Ronaldo is known for his incredible athleticism, goal-scoring ability, and versatility on the field. He has won numerous individual awards, including five Ballon d'Or awards, given to the best player in the world. Off the field, he is also known for his philanthropy and his status as a global icon. Through this news piece, let's know all about Cristiano Ronaldo's wife, age, family, net worth, teams and records:

Ronaldo also has an elder brother, Hugo and two elder sisters, Elma and Liliana Cátia. You might not know, but Ronaldo's name has been inspired by former US president, Ronald Reagan, whom his father was influenced by.

The island of Madeira was the place where Cristiano Ronaldo first learned to master his skills as a footballer. Nacional was the team, whom Cristiano used to play for his local team and by the time he turned 12 years old, he already made his name for himself as one of Madeira's top footballers. After that, he caught the attention of other big Portuguese clubs.

Ronaldo was spotted by former Liverpool manager, Gerard Houllier at the age of sixteen but in the start, Liverpool had no intentions to sign him because he was too young and he needed more time to develop his skills. However, in the summer of 2003, when Sporting played against Manchester United and defeated them, Cristiano caught the attention of Manchester United manager, Sir Alex Ferguson. After signing, Cristiano became Manchester United's first-ever Portuguese player.

2006-08 (Years of controversies)

The 2006 to 2008 were the years of Cristiano Ronaldo controversies for the greatest footballer, where he faced accusations regarding his sportsmanship. Not only that, in the quarter-final match against England, he was heavily criticized for sending off his club teammate, Wayne Rooney, who was playing for the England team.

After that, he won the PFA Young Player of the Year, PFA Player of the Year, PFA Fans' Player of the Year, Portuguese Footballer of the Year, FWA Footballer of the Year, Sir Matt Busby Player of the Year and Manchester United's Players' Player of the Year. He continued with another PFA Player of the Year award in 2008.

In the same year, Ronaldo, deal with controversies after his club transfer to Spanish giants, Real Madrid, where he chose to stay with Manchester United.

Club Records

Ronaldo signed with English powerhouse Manchester United in 2003. 2007 and 08 were the best seasons for him where he scored 42 League and Cup goals and earned the Golden Shoe award as Europe’s leading scorer, with 31 League goals. He also led his team to Champions League final 2009, which they lost to FC Barcelona.

After that Ronaldo joined hands with Real Madrid a club with which he had long been rumoured to want to play—for a then-record £80 million (about $131 million) transfer fee where he scored the most goals (40) in La Liga history during the 2010–11 season. He scored a total of 66 goals in 56 appearances with Madrid and the Portuguese national team in 2013 to earn his second World Player of the Year award.

2014-2018 ( Years of success)

In 2014, Ronaldo scored 52 goals in 43 games and helped Madrid to a Champions League title, where he also won the Ballon d’Or award for scoring most goals. In the next year, Ronaldo hit 48 goals to lead La Liga in scoring, whereas Ronaldo scored his 324th goal as a member of Real in October 2015 to become the club’s all-time leading goal scorer. Not only that, he scored 35 La Liga goals in 2015–16 and helped Real win its record 11th Champions League title. He finished his Real career with 311 goals in 292 matches.

International career

Ronaldo made his first appearance for Portugal’s full national team against Kazakhstan in August 2003. After the terrific performance for Portugal in 2006 World Cup, where they finished as the place, he became the full-time captain of the national team in 2008.

In the year 2012, Cristiano led his team into the semifinals of the European Championship where his team was eliminated by Spain. However, in 2016, he helped Portugal win the European Championship.

Endorsements

Apart from being one of the best football players in the world, he is also the highest-paid endorser in sports history where in November 2016 he became the third person to earn a “lifetime” contract from the sportswear company Nike. He also owns “CR7” brand of products that includes shoes, underwear, and fragrances.