CHRISTIANO RONALDO

Cristiano Ronaldo ;( born 5 February 1985) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a forward for serie a club Juventus and captain the Portugal national team. Often considered the best player in the world and widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, Ronaldo has won five Ballan d or and four EUROPEAN GOLDEN SHOES, both of which are records for a European player. He has won 2 major trophies in his carrer, including six league titles, five UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE, one UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE, and one UEFA NATIONS LEAGUE. A prolific goalscorer, Ronaldo holds the records for the most goals scored in the UEFA Champions League (128), most hat tricks in recorded history (56), joint-most hat-tricks in the UEFA Champions League (8), shared with LIONEL MESSI, most international goals by an active player (99) and the joint-most goals scored in the UEFA European Championship (9). He is the only player to score more than 60 goals in all competitions in 4 consecutive seasons. He is one of the few recorded players to have made over 1000 professional carrer appearences and has scored over 700 senior carrer goals for club and country.

Born and raised in Madiera, 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 FIA CUP 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 all time top goalscorer . After joining Madrid, Ronaldo finished runner-up for the Ballon d’Or three times, behind LIONEL MESSI – his perceived carrer rival – before winning back-to-back Ballons d’Or from 2013-2014 and again from 2016-2017. After winning a third consequetive champions league title in 2018, Ronaldo became the first player to win the modern 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. In his debut season with the club, he was integral in their 2018-19 serie a win.

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