Happy Birthday, Christiano Ronaldo! Portugal’s star football player, Ronaldo, is celebrating his 38th birthday today. Often regarded as the ‘GOAT’ (greatest of all time), CR7 has a net worth of over 490 million US dollars and a ginormous fan following across the world. He’s also a massive petrolhead at heart. So, in this article, we have shared the details about Ronaldo’s fancy car collection.
Cristiano Ronaldo, widely considered as one of the greatest players of all time, celebrate his 37th birthday on February 5, 2022.
Ronaldo started playing football at the age of 7 when he joined local Funchal-based club Andorinha in Portugal. He then played for Nacional's youth team for two years before joining Sporting CP's academy in 1997.
In 2002, he was promoted to Sporting's senior team and made his professional debut against Braga in the Primeira Liga.
Named after US president: Born as Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro, the name Ronaldo was inspired by the 40th US POTUS Ronaldo Regan whom Ronaldo's father Jose Dinis admired.
Favourite cuisine: Ronaldo loves eating a Portuguese dish named Bacalhau à Brás which is made from shreds of salted cod (Bacalhau), onions and fried potatoes, all bound with scrambled eggs.
Ronaldo scored 118 goals for Manchester United, not to mention a hair-raising screamer against Porto for the Champions League, getting possession of the ball 40 yards out just to fire a shot into the top corner of the goal. Ronaldo’s effort won him the inaugural Fifa Puskas award for the goal of the year.
Ronaldo claimed the Ballon d’Or grant as the best player on the planet in 2008, 2013, 2014, 2016 and 2017. The last came after an outstanding 2016-2017 season wherein he led Real Madrid to the La Liga title and victory in the Champions League final, where he scored twice in a 4-1 triumph over Juventus.
Ronaldo at long last tasted success on the global stage with Portugal, winning the 2016 European Championship with a triumph over France in the final in Paris. It was a bittersweet moment for the captain, who had been carried off after being injured after only 25 minutes of gameplay, though he still came back on to lift the trophy with pride.
Nevertheless, we wish the Portugal captain a happy birthday.
He deserves all the accolades and well wishes on his birthday.Click to watch video