Cristiano Ronaldo is the most followed person, male, athlete and European with over 614 million followers.
Cristiano Ronaldo (born 5 February 1985) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a striker and is the captain of Saudi Pro League team Al Nassra and the Portugal national team. Considered Ottawa's greatest player of all time, Ronaldo won five Golden Globes, a record three UEFA Player of the Year awards, and four European Golden Boots, the largest number awarded by a European player. During his career, he won 34 trophies and seven league titles, including five UEFA Champions League, UEFA European Championship, and UEFA Nations League titles. Ronaldo has the most matches in the Champions League (183), goals (140) and assists (42), goals scored. European Championship (14). , holds international (128) and international (205) records. He is one of the few players to have played more than 1,200 matches during his professional career, mainly as an outfield player, and to have scored more than 850 official senior club goals, making him the top scorer of all time. Became a player.
Ronaldo began his career at Sporting CP, and in 2003 signed for Manchester United and won the FA Cup in his first season. They have also won three Premier League titles, the Champions League, and the FIFA Club World Cup; At 23, he won his first Ballon d'Or. When in 2009 Ronaldo signed a contract with Real Madrid for 94 million. He became a key contributor and formed an attacking trio with Karim Benzema and Gareth Bale who were an integral part of the team that won four Champions League titles, including La Décima, between 2014 and 2018. During this period, he won the Ballon d'Or in 2013 and 2014, as well as in 2016 and 2017. – and finished second three times in his career as a visible rival to Lionel Messi. He also became the club's all-time top scorer and Champions League top scorer for six consecutive years between 2012 and 2018. Ronaldo won four Champions Leagues and two La Liga titles with Real. titles, two Copa del Rey, two UEFA Super Cups, and three Club World Cups. In 2018 he signed with Juventus for an initial fee of 100 million. €100m (£88m) fee, the most expensive for an Italian club player over 30. He won two Serie A titles, two Supercoppa Italiana and a Coppa Italia, and was the first Serie A MVP, becoming the first footballer to become the top scorer in the English, Spanish, and Italian leagues. In 2021 he returned to Manchester United and finished the season as the club's top scorer before his contract expired in 2022. In 2023 he signed a contract with Al Nassr.
Ronaldo made his debut for Portugal in 2003 at the age of 18 and has since made over 200 appearances, making him the country's top scorer according to the Guinness Book of Records. It's known. Having scored over 100 goals at international level, he is also the sport's all-time top scorer. Ronaldo has played and scored in eleven major tournaments; He scored his first international goal at Euro 2004, helping Portugal reach the final. In July 2008, he began serving as captain of the national team. In 2015, Ronaldo was recognized as the best Portuguese player of all time by the Portuguese Football Federation. The following year, he led Portugal to their first major title at Euro 2016 and was awarded the Silver Boot as the second top scorer. As a result, he would win the Ballon d'Or four times. He led them to their first UEFA Nations League title in 2019, was the top scorer in the final, and then won the Golden Boot as the top scorer at Euro 2020.
One of the world's best-selling and most recognizable athletes, Ronaldo was named the world's highest-paid athlete in 2016, 2017, and 2023 by Forbes, and the world's most popular athlete by ESPN in 2016-2019. I was driving.
Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro was born on February 5, 1985, in the São Pedro district of Funchal, the capital of the Portuguese island of Madeira, and grew up in the nearby parish of Santo Antonio. Viveiros da Aveiro, who worked as a cook and cleaner in the hospitality industry, and José Denis Aveiro, a gardener of the Junta de Fregucia de Santo Antonio and a part-time football goalkeeper for the Andorinha club. His grandmother, Isabel da Piedade, was from the island of São Vicente in Cape Verde. He has a brother, Hugo, and two sisters, Alma and Liliana Katia "Katia." He was named after actor and United States President Ronald Reagan, whose father was an admirer. Her mother explained that she wanted to have an abortion due to poverty, her father's alcoholism, and the number of children they had, but her doctor refused to perform the procedure because it was forbidden to have an 'abortion in Portugal' at the time. Ronaldo grew up in a poor Roman family. a Catholic home, where he lives with all his brothers.
As a child, Ronaldo played for Andorra from 1992 to 1995, while his father was a man, and spent two years with the national team. In 1997, aged 12, he had a three-day trial with Sporting CP, who signed him for £1,500. He then left Madeira for Lisbon and joined Sporting CP’s youth system. At the age of 14, struggling with homework and work at his school, Escola EB2 de Telheras in Lisbon's Telheras neighborhood, Ronaldo believed he could play for a pro-life school and his mother joined Sporting CP. I agreed with my teacher. Lionel Pontes gave up his studies and focused on football. Due to the difficulties of being a student and living in the Lisbon area away from his family in Madeira, he did not complete his studies beyond the sixth grade. Despite being popular with other students, he was sacked after throwing a chair at his teacher, which he described as insulting. The following year he was diagnosed with tachycardia, which prevented him from playing football. Ronaldo underwent heart surgery where a laser was used to convert multiple channels of the heart into one, which altered the heart rate at rest. He was released from the hospital a few hours after the operation and resumed training a few days later. In the year 2021, Cristiano Ronaldo's mother Dolores Aveiro said in an interview on Sporting CP's official television channel (Sporting TV) that if her son had not made it to professional football, Mason.
At 16, Ronaldo was promoted from Sporting’s youth team by first-team coach Laszlo Bologna, who was impressed by his aggressive nature. He was the first player to play for the Under 16, Under 17, and 18, B, and First teams simultaneously. His first team in his professional career was Sporting CP B, where he started on 1 September 2002 in a Second Division B match played in the Azores in a 2–1 defeat against Sporting Club Lusitania. On 29 September 2002, Ronaldo made his Primera Liga debut, playing for senior club Sporting CP against Braga and scoring twice in a 3–0 win against Moriense on 7 October. In the 2002-03 season, his clients recommended Liverpool coach Gerard Houllier and Barcelona coach Joan Laporta. Manager Arsene Wenger, who wants to sign Ronaldo, met him at Arsenal’s stadium in November to discuss the proposed move.
On 6 August 2003, following a 3–1 defeat to Sporting United at the Estadio José Alvalade in the first leg, Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson was keen to sign Ronaldo. United initially planned to sign Ronaldo on loan from Sporting. Impressed by him for a year, United players asked Ferguson to sell him. After the game, Ferguson agreed to pay Sporting £12.24 million for "one of the most exciting young players" he has seen. In April 2013, ten years after leaving the club, Sporting honored Ronaldo as their 100,000th member.
2003-2007: Development:-
Ronaldo moved to Manchester United on 12 August 2003, too late to lift the 2003 FA Community Shield but in time for the match against Bolton Wanderers on the opening day of the 2003–04 season, and was able to sign a contract. Vale became the first Portuguese player. agreement. The transfer fee made him the most expensive youngster in English football history at the time. Although he asked for number 28, the number he had at Sporting, he was given the number 7 shirt previously worn by United players such as George Best, Eric Cantona, and David Beckham. Wearing number 7 became another source of inspiration for Ronaldo. Ferguson was an important factor in his development during his time in England, and he later said: "He was my father in the game, one of the most important and important things in my career.
Ronaldo made his Premier League debut on 16 August 2003 as a substitute in a 4–0 win against Bolton Wanderers and received attention when he came on as a substitute for Nicky Butt. His performance was praised by Best, who described it as "the most fun" he had ever seen. Ronaldo scored his first goal for Manchester United from a free kick in a 3–0 win against Portsmouth on 1 November. The second half of the campaign saw three more league goals, the last of which came against Aston Villa on the final day of the season, BBC commentator Alan Hansen described him as the ultimate star.
Ronaldo scored his 1,000th Premier League goal for United on 29 October 2004, his only goal in a 4–1 defeat of Middlesbrough. A few weeks later, he signed a new contract with the team, extending his previous contract by two years until 2010. At the beginning of 2005, he had two of his best games since the 2004-05 season in Ronaldo, scoring a goal and an assist. against him. Aston Villa scored twice against rivals Arsenal. He played all 120 minutes in the 2005 FA Cup Final against Arsenal, which ended goalless; Although Ronaldo converted his penalty attempt, United lost 5-4. Ronaldo won his second trophy in English football, the League Cup, after scoring the third goal in United's 4-0 win over Wigan Athletic in the final.
In his third season in England, Ronaldo did several things. UEFA banned him for one match for pointing the finger at Benfica fans and sending former Manchester City player Andy Cole off the pitch in the Manchester Derby (3-1 win). Ronaldo clashed with teammate Ruud van Nistelrooy, who criticized the striker's form. After the 2006 FIFA World Cup, in which Wayne Rooney was kicked out, Ronaldo publicly asked to add Wayne Rooney to the team. Transfer expressed his regret for the lack of support he received from the club regarding the incident. United rejected that he could leave the team.
Although Ronaldo was heavily criticized in the 2006-07 season for his clash with Rooney at the World Cup, this was his breakout year when he broke the 20-goal mark for the first time and scored his first goal. Premier League goal. He won the title. A key factor in this success was personal training under first-team coach René Meulensteen, who taught him to be unpredictable, change his teamwork, call the ball, and score goals instead of waiting for opportunities. risk taking. scoring the impressive goals he was already familiar with. He scored three goals in a row against Aston Villa (a win that gave United the top spot), Wigan, and Reading at the end of December. Ronaldo was named Premier League Player of the Month for November and December, becoming the third player in a row to receive the award.
On 30 December 2022, Saudi club Al Nassr reached an agreement for Ronaldo to join the club from 1 January 2023, signing a contract until 2025. As reported by Fabrizio Romano in The Guardian, Ronaldo received the highest football salary in history, at 200 euros. million per year; [338] [339] This includes an annual guaranteed football salary of €90 million, with commercial and sponsorship deals bringing his total annual salary to €200 million. He was also reportedly paid a sign-on bonus in the region of €100 million. According to Roman, Ronaldo turned down a move from Major League Soccer club Sporting Kansas City to Al Nassr.
Ronaldo was due to feature in the match against Al-Tay on January 5, 2023, but was handed a two-match ban during his Manchester United season for seizing a phone from a 14-year-old Everton fan. Ronaldo played an exhibition match for the first time since moving to Saudi Arabia, against Paris Saint-Germain against a combined team of Riyadh's Al Nassr and Al Hilal players. Ronaldo scored twice in the 5-4 loss. He made his debut for Al Nassr on 22 January as club captain, playing the full 90 minutes in a 1–0 win over Al-Ettifaq, and converting in the last minute of a 2–2 draw against Al-Fateh. He scored his first goal. One-minute penalty. On 9 February, Ronaldo scored all four goals in a 4–0 win over Al Wehda, his first goal of the match being the 500th league goal of his career. On 25 February, he scored his second hat-trick for the club, helping his team to a 3–0 league win over Damac. Ronaldo was awarded the Player of the Month for February after scoring eight goals and twice. Ronaldo went another season without winning a league title, while Al Nassr finished second in the league in the 2022/23 season.
2001–2007: Youth level and senior debut:-
Ronaldo started his international career in 2001 with Portugal under-15s. During his international youth career, Ronaldo represented the under-15, under-17, under-20, under-21 and under-23 national teams, making 34 youth appearances. He scored a total of 18 goals.
He was later invited to the UEFA Euro 2004 domestic tournament. country, and scored his first international goal in a 2-1 group stage defeat to champions Greece, his eighth appearance for Portugal. After converting a penalty in the shoot-out against England in the quarter-finals, he helped Portugal reach the final by scoring the first goal in a 2–1 victory over the Netherlands. He was included in the Team of the Tournament, and in addition to two goals, he also provided two assists.
Ronaldo was Portugal's second top scorer in the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifying group with seven goals. During the tournament, he scored his first World Cup goal with a penalty kick in the second round of Portugal's match against Iran. At 21 years and 132 days, Ronaldo became Portugal's youngest scorer in the World Cup final. In Portugal's dirty Round of 16 match against the Netherlands, Ronaldo was injured in the first half after a Dutch attack. Defender Khaled Boulahrouz. After Portugal's 1-0 win, Ronaldo accused Bollorous of deliberately trying to injure him, although he recovered in time to play in the next match. In Portugal's quarter-finals against England, Ronaldo's Manchester United teammate Wayne Rooney was sent off for a tackle on Portugal defender Ricardo Carvalho. Although the referee later clarified that the red card was only for Rooney's foul, the English media speculated that Ronaldo had influenced his decision by aggressively complaining, leading to replays showing Rooney being sent off against Portugal. Ronaldo scored the crucial winning penalty during the shootout, sending Portugal to the semi-finals. Afterward, Ronaldo was heavily criticized during the 1-0 loss to France in the semi-final.
A day after his 22nd birthday, Ronaldo made his Portugal debut in a friendly against Brazil on February 6, 2007, in the run-up to Euro 2008, at the request of Carlos Silva, president of the Football Federation (FPF), who had died two days earlier. 7 jerseys were awarded for the first time. He scored eight goals in qualifying, the second most, he only scored one in the competition, the second in a 3-1 win over the Czech Republic. In the same game, he also scored Portugal's third goal in stoppage time, for which Quaresma scored a man. Because of this performance, Portugal, who also did not take part, ended up in the quarter-finals, losing 3-2 to the winners Germany.
After Portugal's failure at Euro 2008, Luis Felipe Scolari was replaced as coach by former US assistant Carlos Queiroz. Queiroz made Ronaldo the team's permanent captain in July 2008. Ronaldo didn't score a single goal in 2010 World Cup qualifying as Portugal avoided an early exit from the tournament with victories over Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ivory Coast, North Korea, and Brazil. was man of the match in all three World Cup games. The only goal in the tournament came in the 7-0 win over North Korea, his first international goal in 16 months. Portugal beat Spain 1-0 in the round of 16 of the World Cup.
Ronaldo scored seven goals in Euro 2012 qualifying, including two against Bosnia and Herzegovina in the play-offs, sending Portugal into the tournament where they beat the Netherlands 2-1 in the 'Group of Death' final. scored two goals and won by one. In the fourth round against the Czech Republic, he went home 1-0. He was named man of the match in both games against the Netherlands and the Czech Republic. After the semi-final in Spain, Portugal was eliminated on penalties. Ronaldo missed a penalty because he had to make an ineffective handball. Ronaldo's teammate Nani said Ronaldo was "ready" to take the final penalty. As a co-sponsor of three goals, he was re-selected for the competition team along with five other players.
Ronaldo scored a total of 8 goals in qualifying for the 2014 World Cup. On October 17, 2012, he scored his 100th international cap in a 1-1 draw against Northern Ireland. He scored his first international goal against Northern Ireland when he scored three goals in a 4-2 qualifying win in the quarter-finals on 6 September 2013. Ronaldo scored all four goals as Portugal failed to qualify for the playoffs. The team's goal in the game in Sweden was seen as a battle between Ronaldo and Zlatan Ibrahimovic, cementing their place in the competition. His hat-trick in the second round increased his international tally to 47, equaling Pauleta's record. Later on March 5, 2014, in a 5-1 win against Cameroon, Ronaldo scored two goals, becoming his country's top scorer.
Ronaldo took part in the tournament despite suffering from patellar tendonitis and a hamstring injury that could jeopardize his career.
Following his success at Euro 2016, Ronaldo played his first professional match on 28 March 2017, aged 32, in a 2–3 friendly loss against Sweden's Estadio dos Barreiros on his native island of Madeira. The goals tied Miroslav Klose as the third-best European player in international football with 71 goals.
On 17 June 2017, in Portugal's first game of the FIFA Confederations Cup against Mexico, Ronaldo scored the first goal of Lent in a 2–2 draw. Three days later, he scored in a 1–0 win over hosts Russia [425], and on 24 June scored a penalty in a 4–0 win over New Zealand, helping Portugal top their group and advance to the semi-finals. ... obtained; With his 75th international goal, Ronaldo equaled Sandor Kocsis as Europe's second-highest international goalscorer, behind Ferenc Puskas. He was Portugal's best player in all three group-stage matches. Ronaldo left the race early; After Chile beat Portugal 3–0 on penalties in the semi-finals, she was allowed to return home with her newborn children and missed Portugal's third match, which Portugal beat Mexico 2–1 after extra time.
On 31 August 2017, Ronaldo scored a hat-trick in a 5–1 win over the Faroe Islands in the 2018 World Cup qualifiers, moving him ahead of Pelé and Hussain as the fifth-highest goalscorer in international football. 78 goals.[431] The goal took his World Cup qualifying tally to 14, equaling Pridžag Mijatović's record for most goals in a UEFA qualifier, and breaking his previous record for most goals in a European qualifying group. David Healy and Robert Lewandowski scored 13 goals. Ronaldo's hat-trick moved him to 29th in World Cup qualifying, making him UEFA's top scorer over Andriy Shevchenko and the all-time leading scorer with a combined 32 goals in World Cup qualifying and finals. Playing with Miroslav Klose. Ronaldo later added to that tally in a 2-0 win over Andorra.
After the World Cup, Ronaldo missed six international matches and the entire league stage of the 2018–19 Nations League but made eight appearances for Portugal in his first Nations League final in June 2019. In the semi-final on 5 June, he scored a goal. He scored a hat trick against Switzerland and reached the final. After scoring the opening goal, he became the first player to score in 10 consecutive international matches, breaking the record of former Ghanaian Asamoah Gyan. Four days later, Portugal defeated the Netherlands 1–0 in the final of the tournament.
On 10 September 2019, Ronaldo scored four goals in a 5–1 win over Lithuania in Euro 2020 qualifying; In the process, Robbie Keane (23 goals) won the title as the top scorer in UEFA European competition, setting a new record with 25 goals. He also set a new record of 40-plus runs with the national teams and grabbed his eighth international hat-trick. On 14 October, he scored his 700th career goal for club and country from the penalty spot in a 2–1 win against Ukraine in a qualifier for Euro 2020, in his 974th international match. On 17 July, Ronaldo scored his 99th international goal. A goal in Luxembourg's 2-0 win over Portugal at Euro 2020.
Ronaldo has hosted many goal celebrations during his career, with one particular celebration receiving a lot of media attention as he stood at the side of the pitch with his hand crossed on his chin and looked directly into the camera. After scoring a goal, he usually celebrates with a "jump" and "spin", before "landing in spread eagle fashion" with his "signature power pose"
Family, children, and relationships
Ronaldo has five children. He became a father for the first time to a son, who was born on June 17, 2010, in the United States. He has full custody of the child and does not reveal his identity publicly as discussed with the mother.
Ronaldo was the father of twins born via surrogacy in the United States on June 8, 2017. He is currently in a relationship with Argentina-born Spanish model Georgina Rodriguez, who gave birth to a baby girl on November 12, 2017. The couple hoped to have twins in 2022. The male twin died during the party. female twin survived.
Ronaldo's father, Jose, died of alcohol-related liver disease in September 2005 at the age of 52, when Ronaldo was 20 years old.
In January 2023, Ronaldo moved to Saudi Arabia with his family after signing for the Al Nassr Saudi Pro League after the Muslim kingdom's leaders granted Ronaldo an exception to the rule that states couples cannot marry to live together in the kingdom. allowed to stay there. On the Arabian Peninsula. An unnamed Saudi lawyer told Spanish news agency EFE that “the kingdom's law strictly prohibits partnerships without a marriage contract,” but Saudi authorities “began to turn a blind eye and refused to prosecute anyone, even though the rules are being enforced when they are in force. "he said. discomfort or misbehavior."
Ronaldo comes from Cape Verde through his grandmother. He is Roman Catholic.
Ronaldo has rejected drinking alcohol and has been awarded libel damages for an article in the Daily Mirror in which he claimed he drank heavily in a nightclub while recovering from an injury in July 2008. There are also no tattoos because always give them blood and bones.
In July 2017, Ronaldo was found guilty of fraudulently evading around €15 million in taxes between 2011 and 2014, a claim he rejected at the time. In June 2018, Ronaldo was sentenced to two years in prison and a fine of 18.8 million euros, which was later reduced to 16.8 million euros in an agreement with Spanish authorities. The sentence could be reduced to probation, not prison, as long as he is not a repeat offender.
Ronaldo and another man were investigated by Britain's Crown Prosecution Service after two women accused him of rape in 2005. Within days, both women withdrew their charges and Scotland Yard later issued a statement saying there was insufficient evidence to prosecute.
In April 2017, it was reported that Ronaldo was under investigation by Las Vegas police following allegations of raping a woman in 2009. Documents verified by Ronaldo's lawyers state that Ronaldo paid a woman $375,000. -Display repair. Ronaldo and his lawyers issued a lengthy statement to reject all allegations, describing them as a “deliberate smear campaign” with some parts “altered and/or completely fabricated,” a statement Der Spiegel categorically denies. In July 2019, Las Vegas prosecutors said they had not charged Ronaldo with rape; The statement said: "Based on the information currently available, the allegations of abuse against Cristiano Ronaldo cannot be proven beyond reasonable doubt." The same woman filed a civil lawsuit in Nevada in September 2018, accusing Ronaldo of rape. The Daily Mirror said in 2021 based on court documents that the woman owes 56 million liters.
Ronaldo is a billionaire:-
Cristiano Ronaldo is not only the richest footballer in the world, but also the first footballer to become a billionaire. According to Forbes, he became the first active team sports athlete to surpass $1 billion in career earnings in 2020. He certainly isn't living without money like he used to. He owns at least eight homes and is building a guest house that will add more than $54 million to his wealth empire. With a $10.7 million limited edition Bugatti Centa and a large collection of luxury cars, Ronaldo lives the life of the 1%.
CR7's nickname growing up was Little Be and Cry Baby:-
As a child, Ronaldo was nicknamed "crybaby" by his family and friends because, according to his mother, he cried when the ball was passed and his friends did not score. They also called her the little bee because of her speed, which is still true today.
Cristiano scored more than 800 goals in his career:-
Cristiano Ronaldo has scored 807 goals, making him the all-time leading scorer in the history of men's football. Lionel Messi is 48 goals away from Ronaldo, but three years apart, you never know if he can score. The previous record was held by Joseph Bikan, who scored 805 goals between 1931 and 1955.
He clocked 32.51 km/h against West Ham in the 2021-21 season:-
In September 2021, Ronaldo reached a speed of 32.51 km/h in a match against West Ham, becoming the fastest footballer ever in a match. He beat his Manchester United team-mate Aaron Van-Bissaka and West Ham United striker Jarrod Bowen.
He has a lifetime contract with Nike:-
In 2016, Ronaldo signed a $1 billion lifetime contract with Nike. This is the third-lifetime contract, after LeBron James and Michael Jordan. This may sound expensive, but Forbes reported that Ronaldo's social media presence created $474 million in value for Nike through 329 posts in 2016. At the time, he had 240 million followers across all platforms, and today he has 39.5 million followers on Instagram, making her the most followed person on the platform.
List of Most Followed Instagram Accounts -:
Below are the top 50 accounts with the most followers on the photo and video-sharing social platform Instagram, each with total followers rounded to the nearest million. The most followed accounts on the platform are Instagram’s brand accounts. The most followed person and male Portuguese soccer player is Cristiano Ronaldo, and the most followed female is American singer and actress Selena Gomez.
On Instagram, Cristiano Ronaldo is the most followed person, male, athlete, and European with over 61.4 million followers.
#Cristiano Ronaldo Net Worth:-
Cristiano Ronaldo is $450 million in 2023 & Indian Rupee 37,51,35,97,500.00.
In February 2021, Ronaldo became the first person in the world to reach 500 million followers across Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. In April 2022, it was Rs 84.9 crore.
In March 2021, he surpassed the goal tally of Brazilian legend Pele; His hat-trick against Serie A rivals Cagliari took him to 770 goals in all competitions.
In August 2021, he switched teams from Juventus to Manchester United, where he first played from 2003 to 2009, before moving to Al Nassar in Saudi Arabia in December
The five-time FIFA Player of the Year became the first active team sports player to surpass $1 billion in career earnings in 2020.
In addition to his lifetime deal with Nike, Ronaldo makes money from CR7-branded clothing, accessories, hotels, and gyms.
On Instagram, Cristiano Ronaldo is the most followed person, male, athlete, and European with over 614 million followers.