Soccer Player in the Circuit
Cristiano Ronaldo was born on February 5, 1985. He was born in San Antonia, Madeira. The Portuguese soccer player is Portuguese soccer player that plays the winger position. He is recognized by his skill in scoring goals with both his left and right foot. Cristiano Ronaldo has another honor as the most expensive soccer player in time. He was traded by Manchester United to Real Madrid for PS80 million (US$132m/EUR94m).
Cristiano Ronaldo began playing soccer at age eight. He started playing with an amateur team named Andorinha. He joined the local club Nacional in 1995, and was able to take home the title. Then, he enrolled in an all-day soccer test at Sporting Clube de Portugal and was later signed up for an undisclosed amount. Cristiano Ronaldo then went on to join the other young players from Sporting whom he had played in the Alcochete in Sproting’s academy for football. Ronaldo was able to claim his status as the sole Sporting player who spbo macau has played for the U-16 and U-17 teams, as well as the U-18 B-team and first squad of their club during this same time frame. Ronaldo scored two goals in his debut as a player for Sporting against Moreirense in the UEFA Under-17 Championships.
Cristiano Ronaldo was noticed at 16 years old by the former manager of Liverpool Gerard Houllier but at that the time Liverpool turned down the offer because they felt that he was not old enough. In 2003, he drew the interest to Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson when he was working for Sporting. Sporting defeated Manchester United 3-1 in Lisbon.
Cristiano Ronaldo was the first Portuguese player to join the Manchester United team. He joined the club following the 2002-03 season at PS12.24 million. He got his goal for the first time as an United team member against Portsmouth in November 2003. He also was responsible for scoring the 1,000th first-team goal in the premier league for Manchester United in October 2005 against Middlesbrough. As of 2005, Ronaldo received the award of FIFPro’s Special Young Player of Year.
Cristiano Ronaldo won his debut Portugal squad cap in a match in the match against Kazakhstan during August of 2003, as Portugal won the game 1-1. Ronaldo was able to make it to Euro 2004 in spite of the loss they suffered in the finals to Greece at the end of finals. Ronaldo scored just two goals during his participation in the Euro 2004 championship. In the same year, he was selected to play for Portugal at Portugal’s participation in the 2004 Summer Olympics and was thought to be the second highest goal scorer during his FIFA World Cup qualification stage of the European zone.
At the end of 2006, Ronaldo was awarded a second the consecutive “Barclays Player of the Month” award and was the 3rd player from Premier League Championship history to be awarded this award. The UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying campaign, Cristiano Ronaldo scored eight goals for Portugal however, he finished the competition with just one goal. In all, Ronaldo has appeared in 336 matches with Sporting CP, Manchester United in addition to Real Madrid and has scored the sum of 136 goals. Ronaldo has also written an autobiography entitled “Moments”