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Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro, commonly known as Cristiano Ronaldo and nicknamed CR7, born February 5, 1985 in Funchal on the island of Madeira, is a Portuguese international footballer who plays as an attacker at Juventus Turin.
Considered one of the best players in the history of his sport, he is the only footballer with Lionel Messi to have won the Ballon d'Or five times: in 2008, 2013, 2014, 2016 and 2017. Author of more than 680 career goals, he is the top scorer in the UEFA Champions League, European Cups, Real Madrid, Madrid derby, FIFA Club World Cup and national team Portugal, of which he has been the captain since 2007. The first player to have won the European Golden Shoe four times, he is also the co-top scorer in the history of the European Nations Championship with Michel Platini and holds, since June 20, 2018, the record for goals for a European player in the national team, with 85 achievements.
Raised in the Santo Antonio district on the island of Madeira, he joined the Sporting Clube de Portugal training center at the age of eleven and signed his first professional contract in 2002. Recruited for the sum of 15 million euros. euros by Manchester United during the summer of 2003, he revealed his talent during Euro 2004 at only 19 years old with Portugal. He had an excellent 2007-2008 season with Manchester United, winning the Barclays Premier League and the Champions League. In 2009, he was the subject of the highest transfer in the history of football, when he left the Red Devils for Real Madrid against a compensation of around 94 million euros (dethroned in 2013 by his new teammate Gareth Basel)5. He won numerous trophies with the Madrid club such as the Spanish Championship in 2012 and 2017 and four times the Champions League in 2014, 2016, 2017 and 2018. On July 10, 2018, he left Real Madrid after nine seasons at the club for the Juventus Turin against the sum of 105 million euros. He is also the captain and one of the decisive players of the Portugal team which won its very first international title by beating France in the final of Euro 2016.
Crowned Ballon d'or in 2008, 2013, 2014, 2016 and 2017 and second in 2007, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015 and 2018, Ronaldo also won World Top Scorer of the Year (IFFHS) titles (2013, 2014 and 2015), as well as best player (in 2012, 2013, 2014) and top scorer in the Spanish football championship (Pichichi) three times (2011, 2014, 2015). He also finished best player in Europe in 2014, 2016 and 2017 and best footballer of the year UEFA in 2008, as well as in 2016 and 2017 (The Best, FIFA Player).
He is in 20166 and in 20177, according to Forbes magazine, the highest paid sportsman in the world, in particular thanks to advertising contracts. He also launched his own underwear brand, CR7, and launched, together with the Pestana hotel chain, his own hotel chain. The airport in Funchal, the player's hometown, bears his name since March 24, 2017: Cristiano-Ronaldo Airport8,9.
