– Let’s explore what made a boy born into a poor family and suffering from congenital heart disease become the world’s leading football monument today. C. Ronaldo.
Childhood
On February 5, 1985, Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro was born into a family living in Santo António, Portugal. The name Ronaldo was based on an actor that his father loved very much – Ronald Reagan. His mother is Maria Dolores dos Santos Aveiro, a chef, and his father is José Dinis Aveiro, a seasonal gardener while providing for all four children including: Ronaldo, one brother and two sisters, because So this player had to go through an extremely poor childhood.
His life was even more difficult because his family soon fell apart when Ronaldo’s parents separated when he was 11 years old, and then his father also died at the age of 52 from hepatitis, a consequence of heavy alcoholism. (Here This is also the reason why the football player swore not to touch a drop of alcohol).
When Ronaldo was in school, he was considered a playful and unruly child. Teachers often complained about his academic performance and mischief. However, Ronaldo showed a love and talent for playing football from a very early age. Fortunately, his family realized that this could be an opportunity to help their child change his future life. Therefore, they created all conditions to help Ronaldo fully develop his football talent
At the age of 8, Cristiano Ronaldo was asked by his father to play for a children’s soccer team called Andorinha. This is also the starting point on the path to becoming the world’s top star later.
According to his family’s description, this young football player loved football so much that he even forgot to eat. Every night Ronaldo even climbs out the window to practice football instead of doing homework like other children. It is also because of his passion for football that he quickly became the star of Andorinha. At the age of 10, Ronaldo was able to play for the official local football team, Nactional
Time makes heroes
After his successes at Nacional, Ronaldo caught the eye of this country’s big team – Sporting Lisbon and he had a 3-day trial with Sporting and then joined this club.
After a period of playing football at Sporting’s football academy, Ronaldo was diagnosed with tachycardia syndrome at the age of 15, a disease that may have forced him to give up his football career. Hearing the news, the academy staff created conditions for Ronaldo’s mother to take him for treatment. The surgery took place in the morning and Ronaldo was discharged from the hospital in the late afternoon, and he resumed training just a few days later.
At Sporting Lisbon, this player set an amazing record of becoming the only player in Sporting club history to have played for both U16, U17, U18, B team and first team in just one season. single prize. This makes this player’s name more and more known
One surprising thing is that the first big man to notice Ronaldo’s talent was Liverpool, not Manchester United. It is known that the head coach of Anfield at that time, Gérard Houllier, really wanted to invite Ronaldo to play for his team when this boy was only 16 years old. However, Liverpool’s board of directors refused to bring him back, because Cristiano was too young and needed some time to further develop his skills.
In the summer of 2003, Ronaldo made a strong impression on coach Sir Alex Ferguson when he showed outstanding ability on the football field to help his club defeat the Red Devils in a friendly match. Therefore, Sir.Alex did not hesitate to immediately sign a contract inviting him to replace David Beckham’s right wing midfielder position (switched to play for Real Madrid) for 12.24 million pounds. Another interesting detail is that the shirt number that Cristiano Ronaldo offered when moving to the Red Devils was 28, but Sir Alex put all his faith in this young player’s talent and assigned him the number 7 shirt. legends like Cantona, Robson, Best and Beckham.
Become the legend
At MU, Ronaldo’s career skyrocketed:
– He finished his first season (2003-04) with a total of 6 goals in 40 matches and was voted the club’s Player of the Season.
-In 2006, Ronaldo received the title of Barclays Player of the Month for 2 consecutive months (11 and 12), becoming the third person in Premier League history to do this.
– On May 5, 2007, Ronaldo scored the only goal in the match that decided the Premier League championship against city rival Manchester City, which was also his 50th goal at MU and helped the team win the title. regained the Premiership title after four years of ceding the throne to Arsenal and Chelsea.
– Also in 2007, Ronaldo also received the Best Young Player of the Year award voted by FIFPro for the second consecutive time at the end of the season. Not only that, he was also voted by the PFA as the Best Player of the Year and the Best Young Player of the Year, along with Andy Gray (1977), he is the only player to achieve this achievement in the same year. Season.
– On March 19, 2008, Ronaldo was awarded the MU captain’s armband for the first time in his career in a 2-0 win over Bolton at home, he was the author of both goals. With his steady scoring performance, he won his first “European Golden Shoe” title also this season.
On June 11, 2009, Ronaldo moved to play for the royal team Real Madrid for the highest transfer fee at that time of £80 million. Ronaldo ended six years playing at Manchester United with 292 matches and scored 118 goals and many noble titles that every player dreams of. When leaving Old Trafford, he expressed his gratitude to Ferguson, who helped him develop his career, saying: “He is my football father and also the most important, influential person. the deepest impact of my career.”
Until now, Ronaldo has remained loyal to the “White Vulture” and as we all know, this player has become the world’s top football star with a series of incredible records established such as: The striker who scored the most goals in the club’s history”, “The player with the most golden shoes in the world”, “The striker who reached the milestone of 200 goals in the shortest time” and most recently “The only player history to score 50 or more goals in a season 6 times in a row.
