Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos AveiroGOIH ComM (Portuguese pronunciation: [kɾiʃˈtjɐnu ʁɔˈnaɫdu]; born 5 February 1985) is a Portuguese professional footballerwho plays as a forward for Premier League club Manchester United and captains 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 Ballon d'Or awards[note 3] and four European Golden Shoes, the most by a European player. He has won 32 trophies in his career, including seven league titles, five UEFA Champions Leagues, one UEFA European Championship and one UEFA Nations League. Ronaldo holds the records for most appearances (181), most goals(140) and assists (42) in the Champions League, most goals in the European Championship (14), most international goals by a male player (115), and most international appearances by a European male (184). He is one of the few players to have made over 1,100 professional career appearances, and has scored over 800 official senior career goals for club and country.
 Ronaldo with Portugal at the 2018 World Cup
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| Full name | Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 5 February 1985[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Funchal, Madeira, Portugal[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[note 1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Forward | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team
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Manchester United | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1992–1995 | Andorinha | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1995–1997 | Nacional | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1997–2002 | Sporting CP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2002–2003 | Sporting CP B | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2002–2003 | Sporting CP | 25 | (3) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2009 | Manchester United | 196 | (84) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2018 | Real Madrid | 292 | (311) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2021 | Juventus | 98 | (81) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021– | Manchester United | 13 | (7) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2001 | Portugal U15 | 9 | (7) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2001–2002 | Portugal U17 | 7 | (5) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003 | Portugal U20 | 5 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2002–2003 | Portugal U21 | 10 | (3) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004 | Portugal U23 | 3 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003– | Portugal | 184 | (115) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 01:15, 12 December 2021 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22:30, 14 November 2021 (UTC) |
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Born and raised in Madeira, Ronaldo began his senior club career playing for Sporting CP, before signing with Manchester United in 2003, aged 18, winning the FA Cup in his first season. He would also go onto win three consecutive Premier League titles, the Champions League and the FIFA Club World Cup; at age 23, he won his first Ballon d'Or. Ronaldo was the subject of the then-most expensive association football transfer when he signed for Real Madrid in 2009 in a transfer worth €94 million (£80 million), where he won 15 trophies, including two La Liga titles, two Copa del Rey and four Champions Leagues, and became the club's all-time top goalscorer. He and won back-to-back Ballons d'Or in 2013 and 2014, and again in 2016 and 2017, and was runner-up three times behind Lionel Messi, his perceived career rival. In 2018, he signed for Juventus in a transfer worth an initial €100 million (£88 million), the most expensive transfer for an Italian club and the most expensive transfer for a player over 30 years old. He won two Serie A titles, two Supercoppe Italianaand a Coppa Italia, before returning to Manchester United in 2021.
Ronaldo made his senior international debut for Portugal in 2003 at the age of 18 and has since earned over 180 caps, making him Portugal's most-capped player. With more than 100 goals at international level, he is also the nation's all-time top goalscorer. He has played in and scored at 11 major tournaments; he scored his first international goal at Euro 2004, where he helped Portugal reach the final. He assumed full captaincy of the national team in July 2008. In 2015, Ronaldo was named the best Portuguese player of all time by the Portuguese Football Federation. The following year, he led Portugal to their first major tournament title at Euro 2016, and received the Silver Boot as the second-highest goalscorer of the tournament. He also led them to victory in the inaugural UEFA Nations League in 2019, and later received the Golden Bootas top scorer of Euro 2020.
One of the world's most marketable and famous athletes, Ronaldo was ranked the world's highest-paid athlete by Forbes in 2016 and 2017 and the world's most famous athlete by ESPN from 2016 to 2019. Time included him on their list of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2014. He is the first footballer and the third sportsman to earn US$1 billion in his career.
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