Cristiano Ronaldo

Cristiano Ronaldo

By
Thanapat Silaket No.16 M.3/11

Content

Preface
Introduction
Biography
Spiritual belief
Some pictures of spiritual activities
Reference

Preface

I have heard a lot from C. Ronaldo. He is widely considered as one of the
greatest footballers to have ever graced the game.

Introduction

Cristiano Ronaldo, in full Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro, (born February
5, 1985, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal), Portuguese football (soccer) forward who
was one of the greatest players of his generation.

At age 15 Ronaldo was diagnosed with a heart condition that necessitated
surgery, but he was sidelined only briefly and made a full recovery. He first
played for Clube Desportivo Nacional of Madeira and then transferred to
Sporting Clube de Portugal (known as Sporting Lisbon), where he played for
that club’s various youth teams before making his debut on Sporting’s first
team in 2002.

Biography

Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro ; born 5 February 1985) is a Portuguese
professional footballer who 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 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.

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 on to 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 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 Italiana
and a Coppa Italia, before returning to Manchester United in 2021.

Spiritual belief

Ronaldo is a Catholic, to varying degrees of devotion and he is totally
non-political.

Ronaldo is a Catholic. At times, he considers himself highly religious, saying
things like:

“I collect crucifix ­necklaces – it's because of my relationship with God. I always
had a gift. I was shown the skills and I am a fantastic footballer but I do
believe God gave me the gift.”

Other times, he's admits he's not the most religious football player, saying:

“I am religious, in my own way, but not as much as Kaká for example.”

So, marginally religious at least, his family is certainly religious. Reports
abound about his strongly Catholic family's disappointment over Ronaldo's
decision to obtain sole custody of his son–a job they feel is best suited for a
mother and a father.But at least he had his son baptized.

Pictures

References

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cristiano_Ronaldo
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Cristiano-Ronaldo
https://hollowverse.com/cristiano-ronaldo