Cristiano Ronaldo (full name: Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aviero) is a Portuguese football player who captains the Portuguese national football team. In June 2009, Ronaldo was bought for £80 million by Real Madrid from Manchester United, making him the single most expensive football player in the history of the game. Ronaldo was first noticed by Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson while playing for Sporting Clube de Portugal, which led to his initial signing to Manchester United for £12.24 million in 2003 at 18 years old. Since playing at Manchester United, Ronaldo has earned himself a large number of individual honours, including UEFA Club Footballer of the Year in 2007-08, and FIFA World Player of the Year in 2008.
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Ronaldo has opened his own fashion boutique with one of his sisters. The boutique is called ‘CR7’ (Made up of his initials and his Manchester United shirt number).
He has published an autobiography: ‘Moments’. It was published and released in December 2007, when he was 22 years old.
The name ‘Ronaldo’ (Cristiano’s real surname is Aviero) was given to him after his father’s favourite actor – U.S. President Ronald Reagan
Upon signing with Manchester United in 2003, Ronaldo became the first ever Portuguese man to play for the club.
He initially requested shirt number 28 at Manchester United, as he wanted to avoid the pressure of the number associated with George Best, Eric Cantona and David Beckham; but club manager Sir Alex Ferguson refused.
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