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Cristiano Ronaldo is one of the most breathtaking soccer players to walk onto the football field in recent times. Not since the likes of Maradona and Pele has the globe been so enamored by such a soccer talent.

Cristiano Ronaldo was born on the isle of Madeira, Portugal on the 5th of February, 1985. Cristiano Ronaldo one of four children from a working class part of Madeira. He has two sisters, Elma And Katia, and a brother, Hugo.

Named after the late President of the United States, Ronald Reagan, no one could guess that Cristiano would one day be as famous if not more so than the President.

As a youthful boy, Cristiano Ronaldo’s devotion for soccer consumed his waking hours. It has been said that Cristiano Ronaldo would only be at his house to sleep and eat, the rest of the time spent outside with his soccer ball. Seeing his interest for the game, It wasn’t long before his father enrolled him at Madeira’s Andorinha Football club. Not surprisingly, Cristiano Ronaldo excelled at the Andorinha Football club, gaining many fans. It wasn’t long before the other clubs on the island took note of Cristiano Ronaldo , and by the age of 10, he was signed by Madeira’s CD Nacional football club.

Much in the same way that Cristiano Ronaldo dominates games nowadays, his days of playing soccer in Madeira were exceptional for a kid his age. Almost immediately, bigger clubs from Portugal’s mainland began enquiring about him, and before long CD Nacional were finalizing details on a agreement that would send Cristiano Ronaldo to one of Portugal’s leading soccer organizations, Sporting Lisbon.

Cristiano Ronaldo’s tryouts at Sporting were incredibly successful,and he was in next to no time signed by Sporting Lisbon.For the following six years, Cristiano Ronaldo would stay at Sporting Lisbon, improving his talents while training with one some of the globe’s finest soccer instructors.

Cristiano Ronaldo’s six years in Lisbon were equally stimulating years as well as melancholic years for the young Ronaldo. Forever homesick, it is said that he ‘cried a lot’, in those primary months in Lisbon. Not having dwelt in a big city before was also a large adjustment for Cristiano Ronaldo, and it is said that he called home frequently. But Cristiano Ronaldo has always been a fighter, and proved his value on the pitch, and gained countless fans during those early years.

It is said that his years in Lisbon were the most critical of his career, aiding him become the soccer great that he is at the moment.

At age Seventeen, Cristiano made his initial Pro debut with Sporting Clube de Portugal. Before long, soccer clubs from all over Europe were taking note of C Ronaldo. It was Manchester United’s Sir Alex Ferguson who was able to sign him first, taking the Portuguese wonder kid to the U.K.

At the moment, Cristiano Ronaldo is a Real Madrid soccer player after a epic move from Manchester. We’re certain that Cristiano Ronaldo will assist Real Madrid in the same way he’s assisted Manchester and all the other clubs previously.