The Majestic flying winger - Cristiano Ronaldo
At twenty-five years of age, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Cristiano-Ronaldo-c9629 has already witnessed a massive amount of success while representing Premier league club Manchester United and the La Liga club, Real Madrid. Ronaldo plays both as a winger and a forward. His achievements are
a result of some exceptional game play that can easily mesmerize the opposition and shatter them into pieces.
Ronaldo, when started playing football, showed a lot of talent despite the fact he was not even in his teens. At the age of eight, he was spotted by a local club Andorinha. From there, he made a move to Nacional and won a title. Ronaldo, made a major move
when he signed for Sporting CP at the age of 14. At Sporting, he became the first ever player to represent the club at U-16, U-17, U-18 level and to appear in the club’s B-team and the first team, all in one season. On his debut, he scored 2 goals for the
club. During his stint at Sporting, the winger went on to score a total of 5 goals in 31 appearances.
While he was at Sporting, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Gerard-c14664 Houllier, then-Liverpool manager spotted Ronaldo’s talent, but eventually decided not to buy him. He, then caught the eyes of Manchester United’s manager, Sir Alex Ferguson, who bought the player to the club for 15 million
Euros. Cristiano also became the first ever Portuguese player to represent United.
While he was with the club, Ronaldo gained the reputation of a star, who was expected to shine every time he appeared on the field. This style icon scored his first league goal for United against Portsmouth. In his opening season with United, the Portuguese
international managed to make 40 appearances in all and scored 6 goals to go along with equal number of assists. The winger won his major achievement after winning the FA Cup in 2003-04 season with the club. In 2004, he was also named in UEFA Euro All-Star
team and also won FIFPro special Young Player of the Year award for the first time.
The 2005-06 season saw United claiming the League Cup Title and also scored in the final. The Portuguese achieved his second major success at the club. During that season, Ronaldo appeared 50 times for the club and managed to tap in 9 goals along with his
8 assists. During the same season, He also won the League Championship with the club. Amongst all these achievements, another one of his was that he was also the part of the premier league team of the year.
The 2006-07 season proved to be a turning point for this prolific figure who scored 23 goals for the club to go along with 19 assists in a total of 53 appearances. He also managed to win the Premier League title with the club. In the same season, Ronaldo
achieved some new heights after receiving some more honours.
He was named Portuguese Footballer of the Year. He was also named in UEFA team of the year for the second time. He also got the award for Young Player of the Year, Player of the Year, Fans’ Player of the Year Award and Footballer of the Year Award.
The following season, Ronaldo netted 42 goals and finished just 4 goals behind Dennis Law, who managed 46 in the 1963-64 season. The Portuguese scored his first ever hat-trick for the club in 2008 against Newcastle United. The winger received his and also
United’s first Ballon d’Or since 1968. George Best was the recipient that time. He also played a major part in United’s club world cup win in 2008 after scoring 2 goals in the final. He won the silver ball.
While playing for United, Cristiano made a total of 196 appearances and scored 84 goals to go along with his 61 assists.
The 2009-10 season saw Cristiano Ronaldo leaving Old Trafford to play for Real Madrid. The transfer fee was reported to be 80 million pounds.
During the ongoing season, this stylish mid-fielder scored four goals against Racing Santander, which is the most he has ever scored in a single game. So far, at Madrid, Ronaldo is going through his golden period and in 69 appearances, he has managed to
score 65 goals and made 16 assists.
Ronaldo’s overall club career has seen him appearing 392 times, netting 188 goals.
Ronaldo made his International debut for http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Kazakhstan-c2931 and since then has made 80 international appearances, tapping 26 goals.
No doubt, this Portuguese star has a long way to go and could lit many eyes with his prolific touch and exclusive style.
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