Cristiano Ronaldo

Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro, OIH, (Portuguese pronunciation: [kɾɨʃtiˈɐnu ʁuˈnaɫdu]; born 5 February 1985),^[2] commonly known as Cristiano Ronaldo, is a Portuguese footballer who plays as a winger or a forward for Spanish La Liga club Real Madrid and serves as captain of the Portuguese national team. Ronaldo is the most expensive player in football history after moving from Manchester United to Real Madrid in a transfer deal worth £80 million (€94m, US$132m). In addition, his contract with Real Madrid, in which he is to be paid £11 million per year over the following six years, makes him the highest-paid football player in the world,^[3] and values him at €1 billion as per his buyout clause.^[4] Ronaldo holds the distinction of being the first player to win the FIFA Puskás Award, an honour handed by FIFA to the best goal of the year. He scored that goal from 40 yards out against FC Porto in a UEFA Champions League quarter-final match, while still playing for Manchester United.^[5]


Ronaldo began his career as a youth player for Andorinha, where he played for two years, then moved to Nacional. In 1997, he made a move to Portuguese giants Sporting Clube de Portugal. Ronaldo's precocious talent caught the attention of Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson, and he signed the 18-year-old for £12.24 million in 2003. The following season, Ronaldo won his first club honour, the FA Cup, and played at Euro 2004 with Portugal. Ronaldo scored his first international goal in the opening game of the tournament against Greece, although Greece won 2-1. Portugal reached the final, which they again lost to Greece.
In 2008, Ronaldo won the Champions League with United, and was named player of the tournament. He was named the FIFPro World Player of the Year^[6] and the FIFA World Player of the Year, in addition to becoming Manchester United's first Ballon d'Or winner in 40 years.^[7] Three-time Ballon d'Or winner Johan Cruyff said in an interview on 2 April 2008, "Ronaldo is better than George Best and Denis Law, who were two brilliant and great players in the history of United."^[8]

Distinctions personnelles

• Ligue des champions de l'UEFA
  • Meilleur footballeur de l'année UEFA 2007-2008.
  • Meilleur attaquant de l'année UEFA 2007-2008.
  • Meilleur buteur de la Ligue des champions de l'UEFA 2007-2008 (8 buts).
  • Meilleur joueur de la finale de la Ligue des champions de l'UEFA 2007-2008.
• Championnat d'Angleterre de football
  • Joueur du mois : novembre 2006, décembre 2006, janvier 2008, avril 2008.
  • Joueur de l'année PFA : 2006-2007^[52] et 2007-2008.
  • Meilleur joueur par la presse anglaise (FWA) : 2006-2007 et 2007-2008.
  • Meilleur jeune joueur de la saison 2006-2007 de Premier League (PFA)^[52].
  • Meilleur buteur du championnat d'Angleterre : 2007-2008 (31 buts), deuxième en 2006-2007 (17 buts) et 2008-2009 (18 buts).
  • Membre de l'équipe type de Premier League en 2006-2007, 2007-2008, 2008-2009.
• Autres
  • Ballon d'or : vainqueur en 2008^[53], deuxième 2007, 2009.
  • Meilleur footballeur de l'année FIFA 2008, deuxième en 2007, troisième en 2009 (la récompense disparaît en 2010).
  • Trophée Bravo au meilleur joueur d'Europe de moins de 21 ans (2004).
  • Prix du jeune joueur décerné par les supporteurs FIFPro 2005^[54], 2006^[55]
  • Sportif portugais 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009.
  • Soulier d'or européen en 2008 (31 buts).
  • Prix du Meilleur joueur FIFPro de l'année 2008.
  • l'equipe type de uefa 2003/2004.2006/2007.2007/2008.2008/2009.2009/2010.
  • Membre de l'équipe type de l'année 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009 par la FIFPro^[56].
  • FIFA/FIFPro World XI de l'année 2009 et 2010^[57].
  • Prix Puskás de la FIFA (plus beau but de l'année) en 2009^[58].
  • Onze d'or 2008. Onze d'argent 2007, 2009.
  • Rey del futbol de Europa (journal El País) : 2008.
  
  

  Career statistics 

  Club	Season	League			Cup			League Cup			Europe			Other1			Total
  		Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists
  Sporting CP	2002–03	25	3		3	2		–			3	0		0	0	0	31	5
  	Total	25	3		3	2		–			3	0		0	0	0	31	5
  Manchester United	2003–04	29	4	3	5	2	3	1	0	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	40	6	7
  	2004–05	33	5	4	7	4	4	2	0	0	8	0	2	0	0	0	50	9	10
  	2005–06	33	9	6	2	0	0	4	2	1	8	1	1	–			47	12	8
  	2006–07	34	17	13	7	3	1	1	0	0	11	3	5	–			53	23	19
  	2007–08	34	31	7	3	3	0	0	0	0	11	8	1	1	0	0	49	42	8
  	2008–09	33	18	6	2	1	0	4	2	0	12	4	2	2	1	1	53	26	9
  	Total	196	84	39	26	13	8	12	4	1	55	16	12	3	1	1	292	118	61
  Real Madrid	2009–10	29	26	7	0	0	0	–			6	7	0	–			35	33	7
  	2010–11	28	28	8	7	6	0	–			10	6	4	–			45	40	12
  	Total	57	54	15	7	6	0	–			16	13	4	0	0	0	80	73	19
  Career total		278	141		37	21		12	4	1	74	29		3	1	1	403	196	80

  
  

  Honours

  Individual

  • UEFA Euro All-Star Team: 1

  2004









• Bravo Award: 1

2004

• FIFPro Special Young Player of the Year: 2

2004, 2005

• Portuguese Footballer of the Year: 1

2006–07

• UEFA Team of the Year: 5

2003–04, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10

• Sir Matt Busby Player of the Year: 3

2003-04, 2006–07, 2007–08

• FIFPro World XI: 4

2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10

• PFA Young Player of the Year: 1

2006–07

• PFA Players' Player of the Year: 2

2006–07, 2007-08

• PFA Fans' Player of the Year: 2

2006–07, 2007–08

• PFA Premier League Team of the Year: 4

2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09

• FWA Footballer of the Year: 2

2006–07, 2007–08

• Barclays Player of the Season: 2

2006–07, 2007–08

• Premier League Player of the Month: 4

November 2006, December 2006, January 2008, March 2008

• Premier League Golden Boot: 1

2007–08

• Barclays Merit Award: 1

2007–08

• UEFA Champions League Topscorer: 1

2007-08

• European Golden Shoe: 1

2007–08

• UEFA Club Forward of the Year: 1

2007–08

• UEFA Club Footballer of the Year: 1

2007–08

• FIFPro World Player of the Year: 1

2007–08

• FIFA Club World Cup Silver Ball: 1

2008

• Ballon d'Or: 1

2008

• FIFA World Player of the Year: 1

2008

• Onze d'Or: 1

2008

• World Soccer Player of the Year: 1

2008

• FIFA Puskás Award: 1

Source : wikipedia