Cristiano Ronaldo Biography
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It's rare that a soccer player gets a biography before even reaching a
mid-age in his career. So why write this biography now, when the player
is just 22 years of age? I guess the reason beneath this decision is
quite obvious, Cristiano Ronaldo being already a consecrated footballer
and is already one of the biggest stars of the show, despite his young
age.
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Cristiano Ronaldo Biography
– Name Confusions - Usually, the
name of Ronaldo, at least in soccer, was firmly tied to
the Brazilian striker, as he was immensely renowned after winning
almost anything a footballer could dream of winning.
However, entering a poorer period of his career at Real Madrid, Ronaldo
slowly began to succumb and young Cristiano Ronaldo was there to grab
the name for his own.
So, nowadays, most people will
think of the young Portuguese rather than the ex-"Il Phenomeno" when
hearing the name Ronaldo. (By the way, this name was given to Cristiano
by his mother after former U.S. President Ronald Reagan, so
there's no
connection between him and the Brazilian player).
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Cristiano
Ronaldo Biography – Youth Period
Despite being raised as a supporter of SL Benfica in his childhood, a
twist of events made him join rivals Sporting Lisboa as a professional
player.
His first team was a youth
amateur team named Andorinha where Cristiano Ronaldo's skills attracted
several professional scouts from the local Madeira teams, CS Maritimo
Funchal and CD Nacional Madeira.
Cristiano Ronaldo was just
10
when taken to CD Nacional's youth team, with which he won the youth
league title, giving out a substantial hand to this success. This
brought him in the lights of Sporting, which, despite having lost the
youth championship to Nacional, had one of the most prestigious and
well equipped youth facilities in Europe.
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Cristiano Ronaldo Biography
– Sporting
Receiving first-class instruction at Sporting's
Alcochete youth academy, Cristiano Ronaldo's skills quickly drew the
eyes of first squad manager Ladislau Boloni, who
took him to the senior team at 17 years of age, together with his youth
team colleagues, Ricardo Quaresma and Hugo Viana.
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Finally becoming a professional footballer, Cristiano Ronaldo starred in his first game against Madeira, scoring two goals and impressing the audience. But most importantly, he impressed the staff of the Under 17 Portuguese national team, who quickly added him to their squad. In the same year, the U-17 championship took place, with Cristiano Ronaldo being one of the tournament's best players, drawing the eyes of several huge European clubs, of which Liverpool and Manchester United.
However it was not until 2003
that he truly came into the attention of Manchester United's coach, Sir
Alex Ferguson, when his team played a friendly match against
Sporting, a game lost by the English team with 3 to 1, Cristiano
Ronaldo decisively contributing to his side's success. It's supposedly
then that Sir Alex Ferguson decided to sign the young winger.
Cristiano
Ronaldo Biography – Manchester United
After the departure of David Beckham from Manchester United in 2003,
Sir Alex Ferguson was looking for a replacement on the right wing and
after seeing Cristiano Ronaldo's goals and skills in several matches
for Sporting (including the one mentioned above, between Sporting and
Manchester United) he decided he was the perfect
candidate for that role and signed him on a fee of approximately 16
million euros.
As if the pressure of moving
to such a big club as Manchester United, combined with the hardship of
adapting to a new country, a new language and a new soccer style,
Cristiano Ronaldo was also given the extra-pressure of having to wear
the red number 7 shirt, formerly owned by Man U
legends such as George Bet, Bryan Robson, Eric
Cantona
or David
Beckham.
Although his career is still
at an early stage, Cristiano Ronaldo's skills on
the wing already earned him a lot of fans throughout the World as he is
widely considered the most technical player in the
World at this point, in competition with FC Barcelona's Ronaldinho.
However, he also attracted
several boos and jeers across many stadiums, being
considered a tricky player that tends to cheat and dive a lot.
Most notably, an incident at
the 2006 World Cup in Germany almost ended his career at Manchester,
when he encouraged the referee of the Portugal – England game
to give a red card to his Man U colleague, Wayne
Rooney, after an vicious foul from Rooney (Click
here to play a funny online game dedicated to that incident).
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Manchester United fans told him they don't want him back in England and Real Madrid quickly tried to seize the opportunity and sign him. In the meantime, having rejected Real's offer, Cristiano Ronaldo won back the hearts of his club's fans with his sheer skills and impressive (and often decisive) goals and also made friends again with Wayne Rooney, after the World Cup incident.
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