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    Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro (pronounced: Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro) is a professional football player born on February 5, 1985 who plays for Al-Nassr FC and the Portugal national football team. One of the most expensive players in the history of football. His move from Manchester United to Real Madrid cost £83 million. He is one of the best players today.In 2011, Ronaldo finished the season with 53 goals for Real Madrid, becoming the player who scored the most goals in one season in the club's history. By winning the Golden Boot, he became the first athlete to win this award in two different championships.

Biography

Cristiano Ronaldo was born in Funchal, Madeira, Portugal. Mother - Maria Dolores dos Santos Aveiro, father - José Dinis Aveiro. His parents named him after US President Ronald Reagan because he was his father's favorite actor.

Early career

He has been playing soccer since he was three years old, and his love for the sport became evident when he entered primary school at the age of six. His favorite youth team was Benfica, but later joined their rivals Sporting. At the age of 8, he played for Andorinha, where his father was the coach, in 1995, when he was only ten years old, Cristiano Ronaldo's fame spread throughout Portugal. Two of Madeira's top teams, Marítimo and Nacional, are interested in signing him. Maritimo, the bigger team, miss out on a crucial meeting with Andorinha manager Rui Santos, resulting in Ronaldo joining Nacional. After his success at Nacional, Ronaldo went to Lisbon to play for Sporting on a temporary basis for three days and eventually stayed at Sporting.

Sporting

Ronaldo joins other young players training at Sporting's Alcochete 'soccer factory'. Here he attends a highly qualified school. Ronaldo makes his debut for Sporting Lisbon scoring 2 goals against Moreirense. Including, he will play for Portugal in the UEFA U-17 Championship.

His performances in the UEFA U-17 championships attract the attention of world football. At the age of 16, Gérard Houllier, the manager of Liverpool FC, became interested in him. However, Liverpool later turned him down because Ronaldo was too young and it would take a long time for him to emerge as a leading player. It was at this time, in the summer of 2003, at the opening ceremony of the Alvalade XXI stadium in Lisbon, when Sporting beat Manchester United 3-1, that Ronaldo caught the attention of Sir Alex Ferguson. Ronaldo shows the ability to play on both wings. After the match, United's players spoke enthusiastically about the young talent and expressed their desire to play with him in their team in the future.