Signature move: Stepover & Jump Cut
Full name: Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos AveiroDate of birth: 5 February 1985
Place of birth: Funchal, Madeira, Portugal
Height: 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position: Forward / Winger
Current club: Real Madrid
Number: 7
Cristiano Ronaldo
Cristiano Ronaldo is a player who is most famous for his great tricks. Ronaldo uses a lot of tricks during a match, which sometimes work great and are useful and sometimes are a bit less useful but are still great to watch.
Biography of Cristiano Ronaldo
Cristiano Ronaldo´s youth
Cristiano Ronaldo started playing football at his local club Andorinha where his father was the kit man. When he was 10 years old he signed at first-division group CD Nacional and won the title with his youth team. He then joined Sporting CP.
Ronaldo at Sporting
He scored twice in his Sporting debut against Moreinse. In the summer of 2003 Sporting played a match against Manchester United because of the opening of their new stadion the Estádio José Alvalade. Sporting won this match with 3-1 due to a great Ronaldo.
Manchester United
Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson was impressed by Ronaldo and was looking for a successor for David Beckham. In 2003 Cristiano Ronaldo went to Manchester United. From his first season at United he made a great impression scoring a lot of goals and making a lot of tricks. After six seasons he left United to go play for Real Madrid, his transfer was the biggest ever in football,
93 million euros.
Real Madrid
In Madrid he continued scoring goals and making tricks and he now is considered to be one of the best football players today along with Lionel Messi.
