Cristiano Ronaldo

 "Cristiano" redirects to this page. For others with the name Cristiano, see Cristiano (given name) and Cristiano (surname) In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is dos Santos and the second or paternal name is Aveiro.Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro GOIH ComM (Portuguese pronunciation: [kriS'tjanu-Ro'naldu]5 February 1985) is a Portuguese professional footballer who is a forward and captains the Portugal national team. Ronaldo is widely considered to be one of the greatest footballers ever. He has won five Ballon d'Or Awards[note 3] and four European Golden Shoes. This is the most European players have ever won. In his career Ronaldo has been awarded 32 trophies, including seven league titles as well as five UEFA Champions Leagues. He also won the UEFA European Championship. Ronaldo holds the record for the most appearances (183) and goals (140), in addition to assists (42) in Champions League, goals at the European Championship (14), goals at international games (117) and international appearances by an European (191). He is one of the few players who have made over 1,100 professional career appearances, and has scored over 800 official career senior goals for his country and club. Ronaldo began his career with Sporting CP, before signing with Manchester United in 2003, at the age of 18, he won the FA Cup in his first season. He also went to achieve 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 subject to the highest-priced transfer in the world of association football when he joined in 2009 to join Real Madrid. He won 15 awards, including two La Liga titles and two Copa del Reys. He also became the club's highest goal-scorer. In 2013, 2014 and 2017, he won back-to-back Ballons d'Or. He was also runner-up in 2016, 2017 and 2017. In 2018, he joined Juventus in a transfer worth the initial EUR100 million (PS88 million) that was the most expensive move in the history of an Italian club and for a player who is over thirty years of age. He took home two Serie A titles, two Supercoppa Italiana trophies and a Coppa Italia prior to his return to Manchester United in 2021. He left in 2022.Ronaldo made his debut international for Portugal in 2003 at age 18 and has since racked up more than 190 caps, making Portugal's most capped player. With more than 100 goals at international level and is the nation's all-time top goalscorer. Ronaldo has participated in and scored at 11 of the biggest events. His first international goal was during Euro 2004, where Portugal reached the final. In July 2008, he assumed the role of captain of Portugal's national team. The Portuguese Football Federation named Ronaldo the most outstanding Portuguese player of all time in the year 2015. In 2016 Ronaldo led Portugal to their first major tournament win in Euro 2016, and received the Silver Boot as the second-highest goalscorer of the tournament. He also guided them to victory in the inaugural UEFA Nations League in 2019 with the top scorer award at the finals, and later received the Golden Boot as top scorer of Euro 2020.