Biography

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• Cristiano Ronaldo

• Biography

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• This young man, 21 years old, called Cristiano
  Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro was born on the 5th of
  February of 1985 in Funchal, Madeira.

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• Since he was a little boy, he has only been
  interested in football.

• An example of this, is the fact that on every
  birthday, balls were the only presents he asked
  for.

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• Even when he was young, his talent was already
  remarkable, the proof is that he even took part
  in some adult tournaments.

• The very first club in which he trained was
  C.F.Andorinha, a club on Madeira Island and,
  even as a student, he started to overhang,
  calling the attention of the biggest clubs of
  Madeira, the Marítimo and the Nacional, but
  Nacional seemed to be more interested in him
  and that was the one where Ronaldo played.

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• When he was 11 years old, he and his family moved
  to Lisbon, and Ronaldo went to Sporting to play
  at the juvenile level, as he was used to playing
  at a higher level than his.
• Since his greatest passion was football, he was
  never very interested in studying. Because of
  that, when he had to choose between studying and
  playing football, he rapidly chose the second
  option
• In the 2002/03 season, when Ronaldo was just 16
  years old, he was invited by Laszlo Boloni to
  play in the main team. Of course he accepted
  because this was one of his greatest dreams.

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• In 2003 he fulfilled two more of his dreams he
  was bought by 17.5 millions to represent a
  great club at international

level, the Manchester United, where he became
the player number 7, which he inherited from
David Beckham.
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• In August of that year he came to the Portuguese
  National Team, making his first public appearance
  in the match against Kazaquistan.
• In Euro 2004, Cristiano Ronaldo was one of the
  stars in the Portuguese team, he took our country
  to the final against Greece, which we
  unfortunately lost.

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• Nowadays Cristiano Ronaldo plays in Manchester
  United, having a great future as a football
  player, he is one of the best football players in
  the world.