Cristiano Ronaldo
Cristiano Ronaldo
Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro, ComM, GOIHis a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Spanish club Real Madrid and the Portugal national team. He is a forward and serves as captain for Portugal. In 2008, he won his first Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year awards. He then won the FIFA Ballon d'Or in 2013 and 2014. In 2015, Ronaldo scored his 500th senior career goal for club and country...
NationalityPortuguese
ProfessionSoccer Player
Date of Birth5 February 1985
CitySanto Antonio, Portugal
CountryPortugal
Maybe they hate me because I'm too good!
He's a gift from heaven, he is truly a gift from heaven. Whatever he touches turns to gold.
He is as tough as anything. You can crack him once, but he won't let it bother him. He's back on his feet in no time and getting on with it. He is a strong character and a great sight when he's heading for goal.
After we played Sporting last week, the lads in the dressing room talked about him constantly, and on the plane back from the game they urged me to sign him. That's how highly they rated him.
When you see someone like him coming on, with his great pace and desire to take someone on, it is a boost.
When Ronaldo gave that little wink everyone interpreted it that he had got his team-mate sent off. You felt then that he would become a much criticised figure. But that's not really what happened. So for him to overcome all of that and emerge as one of the players of the season is quite a remarkable achievement. He is a phenomenal talent. He has tremendous pace, he goes past players and he has added the ability to shoot. He can also pick out team-mates. There is not a lot he cannot do now. I believe his game has improved immeasurably over the past couple of seasons.
Ronaldo can do whatever he wants as a footballer. There are some things he does with the ball that make me touch my head and wonder how he did it.
For me, he is an exceptional player.
I never promise anything. I don't promise anything to my mum. I don't promise anything to the supporters.
It's not a problem. In four or five days I will be beautiful once again.
There's no point in making predictions. It's not worth speculating because nothing is set in stone and things change all the time in football. Today there are opportunities that no one knows if they will come round again in the future.
Why lie? I'm not going to be a hypocrite and say the opposite of what I think, like some others do.
I want to be one of the best players around in two or three years time, to be a decisive footballer.
The great thing about him, is that he will not quit.