LEGEND

Everything start in Clube de Futebol Andorinha de Santo António, in Portugal.

But in 1995 he signed for Clube Desportivo Nacional, also from Portugal, but a 'bigger' club, and after 2 years in the young players he goes to the Sporting Clube de Portugal.

When Ronaldo was fifteen years old, was diagnosed with a heart condition, a condition that might have forced him to give up playing football. Sporting informed the mother of Ronaldo, Maria Dolores Aveiro, the problem, which, aware of the risks, gave him permission to go to the hospital. There, he underwent an operation in which the area of the heart that it was causing the problem has been laser etched. The surgery was performed in the morning and Ronaldo was discharged from hospital by the end of the afternoon, the team resumed workouts just a few days later.

Sporting

In his first year at Sporting, he played for the U-16,17 and 18 and also, the first team. He was the only player that did that in Sporting, and in his debut with the first team.. 2 amazing goals against Moreirense!

Ronaldo was first approached by Arsenal, but Arsene Wenger did not agree with the direction of Sporting, however, caught the attention of Sir Alex Ferguson manager of Manchester United in the summer of 2003, when Sporting beat Manchester United 3-1 in the inauguration of the Alvalade XXI stadium in Lisbon.

Ronaldo's performance impressed even the Manchester United players, on the flight back to England, asked Sir Alex Ferguson to hire to replace David Beckham, who had moved to Real Madrid.

Everything was going so fast to Cristiano Ronaldo.. Cristiano Ronaldo definately convinced a top club to sign him, was after a 2003 pre-season friendly match, between Sporting and Manchester United, in the inauguration of the "Estádio José de Alvalade" in Lisbon. 

The Sporting defeated the Red Devils by 3-1 and United players were said to be stunned by Cristiano Ronaldo's technique skills as well as his natural talent and kept talking about it on their way home. 

Rumors say that Sir Alex Ferguson had a chat with his team players and then decided to sign Cristiano Ronaldo, in a transfer fee around 15 million euros (£12.24 million pounds).

Manchester United

Cristiano Ronaldo started with a memorable debut for Manchester United, coming in as a sub against Bolton Wanderers and playing for around half an hour. But, those 30 minutes.. Oh!



But Ronaldo just scored his first goal for Manchester United, by taking a curled free kick, in a 3-0 win against Portsmouth, in November 2003.



In 2005, Cristiano Ronaldo's father, José Dinis Aveiro, died of an alcoholism liver disease. Ronaldo was 20 years old and that was one of his most difficult moments of his life.

Cristiano Ronaldo exhausted all superlatives during his six years with United, while he matured from an inexperienced, young winger in 2003 into officially the best footballer on the planet in 2008.



On the day he departed for Real Madrid in a deal worth £80m - making him the world's most expensive player - his former manager Sir Alex Ferguson said, "Cristiano has been a marvellous player for Manchester United. His contribution has been a major factor in the club’s success in that time and his talent, his ability to entertain and his infectious personality have enthralled fans the world over."

The story goes that Sir Alex was persuaded to buy Ronaldo - largely unknown when he signed as an 18-year-old for £12.24m in 2003 - by his players on the plane home from a pre-season friendly against Sporting. In truth, the boss had long been aware of his ability. The urgency stemmed from other clubs’ increasing interest. This was a target Sir Alex simply could miss out on.

Ronaldo wasted little time in showing off his sublime skills with a stunning 30-minute debut against Bolton at OT in August 2003. There was a buzz of excitement as soon as he stepped off the bench and, after 39 appearances and eight goals that season – including the opener in the 3-0  FA Cup final win over Millwall – he was named Sir Matt Busby Player of the Year.

His second term didn’t quite live up to his first, but late season form saw him end 2004/05 with nine goals in 50 appearances. In 2005/06 Ronny again reserved his best form for the latter stages, but the inconsistencies of a developing young player were being ironed out.

He departed, full of hope and with great expectations, for the 2006 World Cup finals in Germany - what turned out to be a truly defining moment in his career. In the quarter finals, Portugal met England and, after Wayne Rooney’s sending off, Ronaldo became the pantomime villain for the English press. Some doubted he would return to Manchester. But Sir Alex assured him any ill-feeling would blow over. It’d happened with Eric Cantona and David Beckham. Ronaldo met the inevitable boos with the best football of his life.

United’s title success in 2006/2007 was a team effort, but one man took the lead role in every major
plotline. It began with the barnstorming 5-1 win over Fulham – Ronaldo and Rooney ran the show and publicly banished claims they were at odds. Dazzling wing-play was backed with regular assists and crucial goals. His form that season brought a glut of individual accolades and, despite interest from other  clubs - notably Real Madrid - he extended his contract until 2012.




Ronaldo improved further in 2007/08, netting a staggering 42 goals in all competitions. In May 2008 he fired United to domestic and European glory; scoring a decisive penalty on the final day of the league campaign and a powerful header in the Champions League final in Moscow. His staggering individual performances gleaned a clean sweep of club and domestic individual honours, with global gongs soon to follow.

At Euro 2008, Ronaldo’s future was again the subject of claim and counter-claim. Happily, in the end, he pledged his allegiance to United, although ankle surgery delayed his start to the 2008/09 campaign. He made his return as a substitute against Villarreal in the Champions League and was given a rousing home reception. Two months later, his 100th Reds goal arrived against Stoke City at OT on 15 November 2008.


Ronaldo’s magical 2008 was rounded off with another string of individual honours. In October he was named FIFPro Player of the Year, and in December became the first United player since George Best in 1968 to be awarded the prestigious Ballon d’Or trophy. To cap it off, in January 2009, he became the first Red to win the FIFA World Player of the Year award. "This is the climax  of a fantastic era," he said. "I'm lucky to be part of United's history. It's one of the most important moments of my life, I hope to be back in this position again."


While Ronaldo did not dominate on the field in 2008/09 to the same degree as he did in 2007/08, he still played a significant role as the Reds achieved a hat-trick of league titles and reached a second successive European Cup final. For example, Cristiano scored in all three knock-out rounds of the Champions League, including the club's Goal of the Season to defeat Porto in the quarter-final second leg in his native Portugal and a double in the semi-final second leg against Arsenal.

In his final appearance at Old Trafford, Ronaldo received his third championship medal after the Reds sealed the title with a point against Arsenal. There was no indication then that Cristiano was contemplating an exit - but that all changed on 11 June 2009 when United announced he had "expressed his desire to leave" and that Real Madrid's world record £80m offer had been accepted. Less than three weeks later, the transfer was concluded.

And.. Was a thank you and Good bye! And as he always says, we never know the future, maybe he comeback to Old Trafford.



Real Madrid

More than 80 000 fans received and welcomed Cristiano Ronaldo in the Santiago Bernabéu stadium, during his official presentation. Ronaldo's career in Real Madrid started well, scoring plenty of goals on his first matches and only getting stopped by his first injury, in October 2009. However, CR7 recovered his form a few months later and still managed to score 33 goals on his first season playing for Real Madrid, which unfortunately, didn't prove to be enough for the club to win any trophies in the 2009-2010 season.

Was a hard moment for Real Madrid, because Barcelona was with their best team ever, with a great moment and winning everything.. Was a new challenge to Cristiano Ronaldo. A really hard challenge.

The first games against Barcelona was not so good.. But in some years, everything changed!

Cristiano Ronaldo started to make lots of goals against Barcelona, one of them, in the Copa del Rey final, an amazing goal that make he win his first title with Real Madrid against the best Barcelona EVER! And was just the beggining..

On May 15, 2011, Ronaldo became the highest scorer in a season in the history of Real Madrid with 53 goals, surpassing the previous record of 49 goals by Ferenc Puskás. Ronaldo broke the record of most goals scored in a season in the League with 40 goals, surpassing Telmo Zarra (38 goals), 1951, and the brand of Hugo Sanchez (38 goals), 1990, with the sports newspaper brand officially handing him the trophy Pichichi (top scorer of the League), alleging that scored 41 goals (sports newspaper Marca awarded him a goal that gave Pepe a League match against Real Sociedad).

2011-2012 season with Cristiano Ronaldo leading the charge game after game, the Merengues ended with Barcelona's hegemony in Spain and won the Spanish League in a record-breaking fashion (100 points) also broke the record for goals scored, with 121 in 38 games.

The Champions League journey ended once more in the semi-finals round, in a penalty shoot-out decision against Bayern Munich. As for the Copa del Rey, Barça knocked out Real Madrid with a 4-3 result on aggregate.




On September 15, 2013 Day, Cristiano Ronaldo extended his contract until 2018, amid a possible exit from Real Madrid.

In 2013, was awarded for the second time in his life with the Golden Ball FIFA and re-elected the best player in the world. Cristiano Ronaldo came to be thrilled to receive the award which was presented by Pelé.

Was one of the best moments on the history of the football, a moment of respect, when he cries of emotion for win the title that he want and fight every second for it.. LEGEND!











In the return match against Bayern Munich on valid match in the Champions League, Cristiano Ronaldo broke a record and became the highest scorer in one edition of the tournament after scoring twice against the German team in a 4-0 victory being one of them in a beautiful free kick underneath the barrier, and ensuring place in the final of the competition in Lisbon.







At the final of the Champions League, Cristiano Ronaldo played obviously injured, was not 100%, but he played, helped the team and made the fourth goal from penalty in a 4-1 upset over the rival Atletico Madrid , thus winning the tenth cup (La Decima) for Real Madrid and his second Champions League.

He ended the Champions League 2013-14 season with 17 goals in 11 games, what is one of the most amazing records in the history! It's a machine!







Portugal



Was convened for the first time for the Portuguese football team for a friendly against Kazakhstan, Portugal won that game 1-0.

Ronaldo was called up for Euro 2004, which was held in Portugal, scoring his first goal for the 'Selection of Quinas' against Greece in the group stage game which Portugal lost 2-1. He also scored in the 2-1 win in the semifinal against the Netherlands. In the same year he represented Portugal at the Olympics.

In 2006, at the World Cup, Cristiano Ronaldo was criticized because of the wink he gave towards the Bench of Portugal, after the red card of Wayne Rooney in the quarter-final against England, Portugal won that game.

Was considered one of the best young players in the World Cup 2006 competition in which Portugal was ranked 4th place, ahead of teams like Brazil, Argentina, England, Holland and Spain.

In 2008, to the qualifying campaign for Euro 2008, Ronaldo scored eight goals, but finished the Championship with just one goal against the Czech Republic. Portugal eventually be eliminated by Germany.

In 2010, On June 21, in front of the North Korea game, Ronaldo scored the sixth goal in the 7-0 victory for Portugal. Portugal was ultimately eliminated by Spain in the quarter-end, the minimum result. The Spanish National Team were to be champions of the competition.

In 2012, Cristiano Ronaldo scored two goals in the match against Holland in the third game of the group stage of Euro 2012 and another against the Czech Republic.

Portugal ended up being eliminated in the semifinals, the decision was from the penalty mark, opposite the current world cup champions and European bi-champions Spain. Portugal should be proud!

In 2013, to go to the World Cup, against the Northern Ireland national team, Cristiano Ronaldo has become the second highest scorer of the Portuguese national team after scoring three goals in the upset victory by 4-2.



Portugal ended in the recap. At the draw, Portugal picked Sweden, of the striker Zlatan Ibrahimović. In the first game in Portugal, Cristiano Ronaldo scored the only goal in the 1-0 victory.

In the second game in Sweden, Portugal won 3-2 with a hat-trick from CR7, the striker Zlatan Ibrahimović scored for the hosts. On aggregate by 4-2, Portugal qualified for the World Cup on Brazil.

Besides having scored three goals, Cristiano Ronaldo equaled Pauleta as the leading scorer for Portugal national team with 47 goals, but then, against Cameroon, he scored two goals and become the top-scorer ever from Portugal national team, with 49 goals.

Ballon D'Or 2014



In 2014, Brazil World Cup.. 

Portugal began badly Cup, losing 4-0 to Germany. That was the champion of the World Cup, winning the final to Argentina 1-0 and a historic 7-1 in the semifinal against the Brazilian team.



After that.. Portugal draw against the United States in a game that began with a goal from Nani, but throughout the game the USA made 2 goals and at the last minute of the game, Cristiano Ronaldo ran for the side, crossed in the area of head and Varela did goal. The game ended 2-2.





After all this, the last match of Portugal in the World Cup was against Ghana.. Portugal won 2-1 but needed more to go to the next phase. Cristiano Ronaldo make his goal in the World Cup that was not great, but was the best that he can do, after a long season with Real Madrid, played the World Cup injured on his knee and for luck, doesn't happen anything.

Season 2014-15 

The season started with a amazing victory against Sevilla in the UEFA SUPERCUP by 2-0, with two goals from Ronaldo.







'El Clasico'

In the first el clasico of the season 2014/15.. Real Madrid won by 3-1. Cristiano, Benzema and Pepe make the goals for Real Madrid and Neymar to Barcelona.



Champions League 2015/2016 

The Real Madrid won against the Atletico de Madrid, just like the "La Decima" few years ago.

With a goal from Sergio Ramos and Atletico de Madrid with the goal of Carrasco. 1-1.

In the penalties, Real Madrid won the 'Undecima' Champions League.















UEFA EURO 2016

Portugal vs Iceland
Cristiano Ronaldo equals Figo's record of 127 appearances for the Portuguese national team, but failed to make his goal in the match; Nani to score in the first half and Bjarnason makes everything equal to the Icelanders in the second stage.





Portugal vs Austria

0x0. Cristiano Ronaldo did not play well and even missed a penalty 34 minutes into the second half.













Portugal vs Hungary

Cristiano Ronaldo started the day with anger when taking the microphone from the hands of a reporter who questioned him about the trust in the national team, and throw in a lake.



Cristiano Ronaldo plays very well and Portugal draws with Hungary (3-3) and go to the next stage of Euro 2016.

Portuguese soccer star makes two and give one assist to Nani.







Portugal vs Croatia 

Quaresma makes the goal at the end of extra time and classifies Portugal to the quarterfinals of Euro.

The 120 minutes of Croatia and Portugal can be summarized in 15. The first ball finalized in the direction of goal, Quaresma to score and set the 1-0, which classifies Portugal to the quarterfinals against Poland, and leaves Croatia by the way.















Portugal vs Poland

Lewandowski made his goal with 2 minutes, Renato Sanches draws, and in the penalties.. Rui Patrício defended the penalty of Kuba to put the Portuguese National Team in the next stage.



At the time of the the penalties, Cristiano Ronaldo showed all his leadership and why he is the captain of the national team, and called João Moutinho to kick the penalty, because he was not too confident because missed a penalty in Euro 2012 against Spain.

Look the video:















Portugal vs Wales

Cristiano Ronaldo plays very well, makes 1 goal and give 1 assist to Nani and Portugal wins against Wales of Gareth Bale and go to the UEFA EURO FINAL 12 years after the disappointment at home in the final vs Greece.

Few people who have a second golden chance in life. The illuminated Cristiano Ronaldo had this chance. 12 years after the defeat in the final of the European Championship at home. At 31, will try again to give the first title for your selection on Sunday against France, host of the tournament.



























Portugal vs France - The Final

Complete for the final, France repeated the team, and Portugal started with two changes in the defensive system: Pepe, recovered from injury, and William, back in place of Danilo ahead of the defense.

The game is over with 23 minutes for Cristiano Ronaldo. At seven, he took a knock to his left knee in the middle of the field. He fell, screamed and the referee ignored. He received attention, back bending the knee to test it, and continued limping. At 16, he sat on the field crying. He came out again, put a bandage, continued limping, not up to compete in the high in the area and could take no more. At 23, he throw the captain's armband on the floor, collapsed and was led on a stretcher off the pitch crying.



















Even without Cristiano Ronaldo out of action by injury in the first half, Portugal beat France with a goal from Eder in the second half of extra time, and won the first title in the history of the country.

The redemption 12 years after the defeat to Greece in the final at home had a special flavor: it was the territory of France.











































Watch the video of the Goal:



Last minutes of the final.. Incredible! Watch:



Let's wait for the 2016/17 Season..