Cristiano Ronaldo Profile, Age, Height, Family, Affairs, Biography & More

Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro known as Cristiano Ronaldo (born February 5, 1985) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a striker and captain of the Portugal national team. He is currently a free agent. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, Ronaldo has won five Ballon d’Or awards and four European Golden Shoes, the most by a European player. He won 32 trophies during his career, including seven league titles, five UEFA Champions Leagues and the UEFA European Championship.

He is one of the few players to have made over 1,100 professional career appearances and scored over 800 official senior career goals for club and country. He is the only male player to score in five World Cup tournaments.

Ronaldo made his international debut for Portugal in 2003 aged 18 and has since won over 190 caps, making him Portugal’s most capped player. With more than 100 goals at international level, he is also the national top scorer of all time. Ronaldo has played and scored in 11 major tournaments; he scored his first international goal at Euro 2004, where he helped Portugal reach the final. He assumed the 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 tournament’s second top scorer. He also led them to victory in the inaugural UEFA Nations League in 2019, receiving the top scorer award in the final and later receiving the Golden Boot as the top scorer at Euro 2020.

One of the most marketable and famous athletes in the world, Ronaldo was ranked the highest paid athlete in the world by Forbes in 2016 and 2017 and the most famous athlete in the world 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 third sportsperson to earn US$1 billion in his career.

Ronaldo had six children. He first became the father of a son, born on June 17, 2010 in the United States. He has full custody of the child and has not publicly revealed the identity of the mother pursuant to an agreement with her. In January 2015, Ronaldo’s five-year relationship with Russian model Irina Shayk came to an end.

Ronaldo became the father of twins, born on June 8, 2017 in the United States through surrogacy. He is currently in a relationship with Argentinian-born Spanish model Georgina Rodríguez, who gave birth to a daughter on November 12, 2017. The couple were expecting their second set of twins in 2022. The male twin died during childbirth while the twin survived.

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