http://www.afasimedia.com/search/label/Sport https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/104754958261408880706/104754958261408880706 https://www.youtube.com/user/ronaldovideofficial Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro, OIH (born 5 February 1985), known as Cristiano Ronaldo, is a Portuguese footballer who plays as a forward for Spanish club Real Madrid and captains the Portugal national team. He became the most expensive footballer in history when he moved from Manchester United to Real Madrid in 2009 in a transfer worth £80 million (€94 million/$132 million). Ronaldo's contract with Real Madrid, under the terms of which he is paid €21 million per year (after taxes), makes him the highest-paid footballer in the world, and his buyout clause is valued at €1 billion as per his contract. He is regarded by some in the sport to be currently the best player in the world. Ronaldo began his career as a youth player for Andorinha, where he played for 2 years, before moving to C.D. Nacional. In 1997, he made a move to Portuguese giants Sporting Clube de Portugal. Ronaldo caught the attention of Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson, who signed him for £12.2 million (€15 million) in 2003. In 2004, Ronaldo won his first club honour, the FA Cup. In 2007, Ronaldo was the first player in England to win all 4 main PFA and FWA awards. In 2008 and 2013, he won the FIFA/Ballon d'Or award for the best footballer in the world, the first Portuguese player to win the award twice. He was awarded the European Golden Shoe in 2008, 2011 and 2014. In 2008, he won 3 of the 4 main PFA and FWA trophies and was named the FIFA World Player of the Year, FIFPro Player of the Year, World Soccer Player of the Year, and the Onze d'Or. In 2007 and 2008, Ronaldo was named FWA Footballer of the Year. He was the inaugural winner of the FIFA Puskás Award for Goal of the Year in 2009. In a 2014 UEFA poll, Ronaldo was named the greatest goalscorer to play in the UEFA Champions League. He is the competition's second top goalscorer of all time with 68 goals, only trailing Raúl with three more. Ronaldo is the first top European league player to reach 40 goals in a single season in two consecutive years, fastest Real Madrid player to reach 100 league goals, and the first player to score against every team in a single season in La Liga. He holds the record for most goals scored in a season for Real Madrid. In January 2014, Ronaldo scored his 400th career goal. After spending his first year at Madrid wearing the number 9 shirt, he began wearing the number 7 again following the departure of long-serving striker Raúl. Ronaldo had previously worn the number 7 shirt at Manchester United. Ronaldo is a Portuguese international and made his debut in August 2003. He has been capped over 100 times and is Portugal's top goalscorer of all time. With Portugal he has participated in 5 major tournaments; UEFA Euro 2004, the 2006 FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro 2008, the 2010 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2012. He scored his first international goal in the opening game of Euro 2004 against Greece, in addition to helping Portugal reach the final. He took over captaincy in July 2008 and captained them to the Euro 2012 semi-finals finishing the competition as joint-top scorer. Sir Matt Busby Player of the Year (3): 2003--04, 2006--07, 2007--08 FIFPro Young Player Fan Award (2): 2005,[367] 2006[368] PFA Premier League Team of the Year (4): 2005--06, 2006--07, 2007--08, 2008--09 PFA Young Player of the Year (1): 2006--07 PFA Players' Player of the Year (2): 2006--07, 2007--08 PFA Fans' Player of the Year (2): 2006--07, 2007--08 FWA Footballer of the Year (2): 2006--07, 2007--08 Barclays Player of the Year (2): 2006--07, 2007--08 Premier League Player of the Month (4): November 2006, December 2006, January 2008, March 2008 ESM Team of the Year (5): 2006--07, 2007--08, 2010--11, 2011--12, 2012--13 Premier League Golden Boot (1): 2007--08 European Golden Shoe (3): 2007--08, 2010--11, 2013--14 FIFA FIFPro World XI (7): 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 UEFA Champions League top scorer (3): 2007--08, 2012--13, 2013--14 UEFA Club Forward of the Year (1): 2007--08 UEFA Club Footballer of the Year (1): 2007--08 FIFA Club World Cup Silver Ball (1): 2008 Ballon d'Or (1): 2008 FIFPro World Player of the Year (1): 2008 FIFA World Player of the Year (1): 2008 Onze d'Or (2): 2008, 2013 World Soccer Player of the Year (2): 2008, 2013 FIFA Puskás Award (1): 2009 La Liga top scorer (2): 2010--11, 2013--14 Copa del Rey top goalscorer (1): 2010--11 Trofeo Alfredo Di Stéfano (2): 2011--12, 2012--13 UEFA Euro Top scorer (1): 2012 La Liga Player of the Month (1): November 2013 LFP Most Valuable Player (1): 2012--13 IFFHS World's Best Top Goal Scorer: 2013[369] FIFA Ballon d'Or (1): 2013

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