Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro, known as Cristiano Ronaldo (Funchal, Madeira, Portugal, 5 February 1985), is a footballer who plays for Portuguese side, both by the banda left as right, Manchester United Football Club.

For his technique, speed, agility, racing and shooting to door, is considered by many as one of the best players in the world. He has been elected the Best Player of the Premier League in 2007 and 2008, as well as Portuguese Athlete of the Year in those two years. In late 2007, Fifa chose him in third position for the Fifa World Player award, behind Kaká and Lionel Messi. 

Biography
Cristiano Ronaldo was born and raised in a working class district in the Portuguese island of Madeira, within a humble family along with three other siblings. It showed little of his devotion to football, and in 1993 began to practice officially entered in the Andorinha, a small club in his homeland where his father worked. Ronaldo began to stress among their peers, and 10 years to meet the big teams on the island (National Maritime and) what is already rife. Finally she joined the ranks of Clube Desportivo National, which continued its meteoric progression, and becoming one of the brightest promises of Portuguese football. In 2001 conducted a test three days to move by the Sporting Portugal, and finally left the National to join the club in Lisbon, having to move to the Portuguese capital.

Once the shipment began its journey in the new discipline of the Lisbon club, famous for the production of large great talents as Luis Figo, Nuno Valente, Simão Sabrosa and Ricardo Quaresma. There was assigned, along with the rest of his companions, psychologists, guardians custom that guided him in his studies and doctors who were observing their physical growth. All this contributed to its formation as a person and a footballer, a development that walk away with playing their first 90 minutes in the Portuguese Superliga in October 2001, when he was just 17 years old. Cristiano caused among fans and press a pleasant impression, becoming part of the group's usual staffing which was proclaimed in the 2001/2002 season, champion of the highest division of the Portuguese league.

In summer 2003, Sporting Lisbon and Manchester United disputed a friendly encounter on the occasion of the inauguration of the Jose Alvalade stadium for the European Championship to be held in land Lus. In that match the young end cuajó a magnificent performance that amazes both the players themselves as rivals to his coach Sir Alex Ferguson, who got the transfer from Portuguese to English club shortly afterwards in that same summer, after paying 12.24 million pounds sterling (over 18 million euros). This shift also coincides with the right half Real Madrid David Beckham, Ronaldo and therefore came to Manchester to be named the successor to David Beckham.

In his first year in England, 7 of the United showed their qualities in the finals of the English Cup 2004, the FA Cup in Cardiff, where he scored the first of three goals from his team that they would eventually champions trophy. In his second year on land British footballer Cristiano grow as settled as one of the best young soccer world, as well as recognize the trophy for best young player of 2005 by the FIFPro, award chosen by fans. On October 29, 2005 scored before the Middlesbrough, the 1,000 th goal Manchester United in the Premier League. In the 2006/07 campaign was in second place on the list of scorers of the Premier League with 17 tantos.

Until April 12, 2007 Cristiano Ronaldo received a card annual net 4.2 million euros a year.

 
Cristiano Ronaldo in a game against Chelsea.En 2007, Real Madrid were willing to pay Manchester United 80 million euros to gain the services of Portuguese, which of course have occurred had the most expensive signing in the history of football , Surpassing the signing of Zinedine Zidane to Real Madrid (75 million euros). On April 13, 2007, Ronaldo extended his contract with Manchester until 2012, with a salary of 4.6 million euros cleaner per year (180,000 euros a week).

On March 19, 2008 in a game against Bolton FC, Cristiano Ronaldo became the tip that has scored more goals in one season at United, surpassing the mark of another famous extreme, George Best (32 goals during the season 1967/68). At the end of the season, Cristiano Ronaldo would have marked 42 goals, 31 of them in league. This result left him two overcome many of the 44-Ruud van Nistelrooy in the 2002/2003 season.

On May 21, 2008 played the final of the Champions League the Uefa scoring the only goal of Manchester United in the ninety minutes of play. The winner of the competition was decided by penalties after reached with the result 1-1 at the end of the extension. Cristiano Ronaldo failed launch shots but failed to Terry and Anelka gave victory to the group led by Sir Alex Ferguson.

It is noteworthy that since 2007, is acclaimed video image of football "Pro Evolution Soccer", being home in the same edition of 2008 ( "Pro Evolution Soccer 2008").


National Selection
 
RonaldoCristiano Cristiano Ronaldo made his debut in the Portugal national football team on August 20, 2003 to Kazakhstan, and represented his selection in the 2004 Athens Olympic Games. But where was the move to the forefront of world football was defending Portugal in Euro 2004, where he was claimed by both the press and by fans when the first games did not count for selection in the eleventh holder, and ended up being one of the figures of the Portuguese selection in the tournament, finishing runner up behind Greece in the Final when they lost by 1-0 marker. The next big event of their selection, World Cup 2006 in Germany, played at a high level, almost like the rest of your portfolio, which served to AUP to the fourth final position, before falling in semifinals France, and in the match for third and fourth place with Germany.

During the qualifying stage for Euro 2008 scored a total of 8 goals. In the Euro 2008, during the second match of the group stage, against the Czech Republic, scored the second goal of the match, in addition to assistance for the third goal marked by Ricardo Quaresma, which assure the classification of his selection to Quarterfinals Final marker to win by 3-1. Despite his young age, has also been distinguished as a second captain of his selection, after Nuno Gomes, during the Euro 2008.