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Cristiano Ronaldo

by Andres Meneses from Tampa, Florida in United States

127944Cristiano Ronaldocommon domain (no copyright infringement is intended)Portuguese professional footballer. He has won 26 trophies in his career. He plays as a forward for Italian Club Juventus. First player to win four European Golden Shoes. Ronaldo holds the most official goals scored in Europe's top five leagues.  

Ronaldo grew up in a catholic and impoverished home.  His name was chosen after then president Ronald Reagan.  By age 14 he had the ability to play semi professionally and agreed with his mother to stop his school education and focus on football.  He was diagnosed with a racing heart condition that could have forced him to give up playing football but he had a cardiac surgery to fix his heart.

Ronaldo became Manchester United first ever Portuguese player.  His 12 million euros transfer was the most expensive for a teenager in English football history. In 2009 Ronaldo joined the Real Madrid for a record salary of 80 millions.  In Real Madrid he won 15 trophies.  He is the only player to reach 30 goals in six consecutive La Liga seasons. In 2018 he signed for Juventus in a transfer worth 100 millions euros, which is the highest ever paid by an Italian club.

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